2010 Cadillac CTS Coupe – Rival For 3 Series Coupe Or Audi A5?
It seems that the Cadillac CTS sedan’s success made the guys from General Motors hope again, despite the fact that were bankrupt recently, they want to launch an attack to the German competition via the new 2011 Cadillac CTS.The road version of the Cadillac CTS Coupe concept is expected to make it’s debut at 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show’s floor, in December. Inspired by the lines of the highly-appreciated Cadillac Converj Concept, shown at Detroit 2009, the new model is a 2+2 seats coupe, which has plans to vie with the cream of the crop of the premium coupes Audi A5 Coupe, BMW 3 Series Coupe, Mercedes E Class Coupe or Infinity G37 Coupe.
Compared to the Cadillac CTS sedan, the coupe is 2 inches shorter and 2 inches lower, adopting an imposing design – the Cadillac officials say that, despite it is derived from the sedan, the coupe only has few elements borrowed from it (the gauges, the central console, headlights and the front grill).
In US, Cadillac CTS Coupe will be available with the direct injection 3.6-liter V6 304 HP engine, coupled to a 6 speed manual gearbox. Optionally, you can choose for the Driver Shift Control automatic transmission (with controls on the steering wheel for the sequential mode) and for all-wheel drive.
The next engine is set to drop later and it will equip the top version of the CTS-V Coupe: a 6.2-liter V8 and 556 HP (the same on the Cadillac CTS-V). In conclusion, the Americans “think big.”
