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Build Your Own Handmade Cadillac Coupe DeVille Watch [Gadgets]
Are you debadging your '64 Cadillac Coupe DeVille? Rather than toss that be-ducked rear badge aside you should reuse it like this guy, who crafted the turn-aside lock cover and badge into a crazy Cadillac-branded watch. "Cadillac Style," FTW! DataMancer]
Wednesday, Nov 18
The Five Craziest Engines You Can Buy Today
Mercedes-Benz AMG 6.2-liter V-8 (C63 only) Cadillac 6.2-liter "LSA" V-8 (CTS-V) What: 3.8-liter, DOHC, 24-valve flat six. Aluminum crankcase, cylinder jugs, and heads. 435 hp @ 7600 rpm; 317 lb-ft at 6250 rpm. Ferrari 4.3-liter V-8 (F430 Scuderia/Scuderia Spider 16M)
Monday, Nov 16
Bob Lutz Confirms Cadillac CTS-V Wagon, Achieves Sainthood [New Cars]
Cadillac, by way of Bob "Too Cool to Live, Too Young to Die" Lutz, just confirmed that the already-kinda-confirmed Cadillac CTS-V wagon will see production. In other news, our heads just exploded. 556 supercharged horsepower, five doors, and rear-wheel drive. And it's actually going to h...
2010 Mercedes E63 AMG: First Drive [500 HP Week]
Model Year: 2010 Make: Mercedes Model: E63 AMG Trim: base Engine: 6.2-liter 32-valve V8 Horsepower & Torque: 518 HP @ 6,800 RPM, 465 Lb-Ft @ 5,200 RPM Curb Weight: 4,300 Lbs (est) 0-60: 4.4 secs (manufacturer quoted) Fuel Economy, EPA: 13/20 MPG
"New" GM Drops Totally Useless Financial Results [Carpocalypse]
Contributing to GM's sales in the U.S. was the strong retail performance of some of its newest vehicles, including the Chevrolet Camaro and GMC Terrain, as well as the Chevrolet Equinox, Buick LaCrosse and Cadillac SRX which are generating higher average transaction prices and higher re...
Sunday, Nov 15
Forum Wars: “Talk Smack, Then Hit the Track” [Forum Wars]
These days every car model has its own forum; if you look hard enough I'll bet you can even find a webpage dedicated to the usefulness and styling excellence of the Pontiac Aztek. In most cases car forums are happy places where people can share useful information (like how to turn off the anno...
Monday, Nov 9
The Ten Most Obnoxious Limo Conversions [LOLCars]
Started Life As: Ferrari 360 Appropriate For: Marrying someone who wears Ferrari team shirts but actually drives a Ford Escort. Started Life As: A Pontiac Grand Prix Turned Into: Something actually worse than a Pontiac Grand Prix
REPORT: GM To Build Cadillac Converj Electric Car [Over The Back Fence]
While a production date has not been set, the Converj will join the Caddy lineup as its second hybrid following the Escalade, though it'll be considerably more serious about fuel mileage than that behemoth. With a 40-mile all-electric range just like the Volt, the Converj will be able to c...
Saturday, Nov 7
Porsche 928 To Take On Renault Alliance, 158 Other Heaps: LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza 2009! [24 Hours Of Lemons]
Skid Row Racing, 1977 Chevrolet Camaro Bavarian Beer Wagon, 1985 BMW 325e Formula BMW, 1986 BMW 325E ONSET/TWTM2, 1987 Chevrolet Cavalier Wagon I Wanna Roc, 1989 Chevrolet Camaro Redneck Racing Team(RRT), 1991 Cadillac Eldorado Gimp Pimp, 1996 Cadillac STS
Tuesday, Nov 3
GM Board Says, "Screw It, We're Keepin' Opel" [Carpocalypse]
About General Motors: General Motors, one of the world's largest automakers, traces its roots back to 1908. With its global headquarters in Detroit, GM employs 209,000 people in every major region of the world and does business in some 140 countries. GM and its strategic partners produce...
Sunday, Nov 1
Deal Of The Year: Bustle-Back Ex-CIA Seville Limo For $350- Ran When Parked! [Found On Craigslist]
What can we say? I was going to use it for a Project Car Hell contestant, but what could possibly compete with a 1980 Cadillac Seville limo for this kind of price? Not only that, the seller claims "HELL YES IT DID RUN WHEN PARKED!!!! Rats chewed some of the wires." How hard could it be? And not onl...
Thursday, Oct 29
Jalopnik Vs GM: Bob Beats Blog [Jalopnik Vs GM]
It appears GM, even a just-emerged-from-bankruptcy GM, still has the power to beat a blogger. Our Wes Siler, in a $41,000 Mitsubishi EVO, has fallen to "Maximum" Bob Lutz driving a $60,000+ Cadillac CTS-V. Still, there is the issue of that BMW M3 to deal with...
What Car Would You Beat Bob With? [Question Of The Day]
Just to reiterate, the challenge is to bring a new, stock production four-door vehicle and try to beat the admittedly tough Cadillac CTS-V. Our first choice was, of course, a Mercedes C63 AMG until Mercedes decided they didn't want to have anything to do with it. And then Jaguar backed out wi...
Jalopnik Vs. GM: We Have Seen The Enemy, And He Is Bob [Jalopnik Vs GM]
GM's "Maximum" Bob Lutz either mentally preparing himself or wondering where he left the car keys to his Cadillac CTS-V today at Monticello. The first shot of the Jalopnik Evo out on the track — below.
Wednesday, Oct 28
EXCLUSIVE: 800HP Lingenfelter Twin Turbo-Powered Specter Werks Corvette GTR [Sema]
Specter Werkes/Sports is an automotive prototype and fabrication facility based in Troy, Mich. It specializes in race-proven engine performance enhancements and creating specialty accessories for the C5 and C6 Corvette, the Cadillac CTS and more.
Cadillac CTS-V Vs Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR: By The Numbers [Jalopnik Vs GM]
Despite being more similar in weight and size than you'd expect, the Evo is still significantly lighter and smaller than the CTS-V, but the Cadillac obviously has a huge power and torque advantage. Perhaps more tellingly, the Evo can lap the 12.93 miles of fast corners on the Nurburgring wi...
Tuesday, Oct 27
Monticello Motor Club: A Turn-By-Turn Analysis
The full 4.1-mile course at Monticello is a monster, with 20 corners and three straights. The Cadillac CTS-V isn't just muscle and no cornering, but with torque vectoring differentials and weighing 600 Lbs less, the Evo is still going to give it a run for its money. At the very least, this shou...
Jaguar Pusses Out Of Jalopnik Vs. GM Race [Jalopnik Vs GM]
So what does this mean for us? Well, it means we're still racing Lutz — except now, since Mercedes and now Jaguar weren't willing to stand by their product for five laps in a time attack race versus the CTS-V, we're beginning to believe the CTS-V is the only production luxury sedan on the mark...
Friday, Oct 23
Jalopnik Vs. GM: Bob Lutz In Training At Monticello
Only six days now before our own Wes Siler takes on Bob Lutz at Monticello Raceway, pitting a Jaguar XFR against a Cadillac CTS-V. Lutz's been training at Monticello for the big day, but it won't stop the pending caning.
Sunday, Aug 16
2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon: First Drive [Jalopnik Reviews]
Conventional wisdom is Americans don't like wagons, imagining them as transportation for unwashed masses of rugrats driven by people who've given up being cool. The Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon resoundingly shreds that stereotype.
Friday, Aug 7
2010 Lincoln MKZ: Part Three [Jalopnik Reviews]
• Manufacturer: Lincoln • Model: MKZ • Engine type: 3.5L Duratec V6 engine • Horsepower: 263 @ 6250 RPM • Wheelbase: 107.4" • Top Speed: NA • EPA Fuel economy city/highway (MPG, Estimated): 17/24 (AWD V6), 18/27 (FWD) • Jalopnik Fuel Economy: 25 MPG (city/highway mix 60/40%)
Thursday, Aug 6
2010 Cadillac SRX 2.8T: First Drive [Jalopnik Reviews]
Twenty inch wheels also come along for the ride in either painted finish or a super gaudy chrome. Had we been driving sanely on public roads, this Caddy is expected to get a 16/23 MPG fuel economy rating from the EPA, only a 1 MPG penalty in the city over the non-turbo. We weren't driving sanely.
Tuesday, Jun 30
2010 Cadilac SRX: Part Two [Jalopnik Reviews]
Cadillac has been working to shed itself of the also-ran, luxo-barge image for almost a decade now, most successfully with the 2008 CTS sedan. The SRX adds a second vehicle to the "good Cadillac" lineup and it's as exciting a vehicle as you can get in an unfortunately popular, and just as unf...
Wednesday, Apr 8
2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee: Good Looking, But Is It Enough?
The problem is still the fuel economy. In addition to the base model flex-fuel 3.6-liter V6 with an estimated 280 HP, the new Grand Cherokee gets the available 5.7-liter HEMI V8 generating 360 HP and 390 lb-ft of torque at 4,250 rpm – features VVT and despite features like VVT and fuel-saving M...
Monday, Apr 6
2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
We drove two different iterations, both were equipped with the baseline 3.0-liter V6 with 265 HP, 235 lb-ft of torque (a 300 HP turbocharged 2.8-liter V6 will come as the product goes to market), mated to a six-speed automatic transmission and both equipped with the latest generation of th...
Friday, Mar 20
2010 Chevy Camaro: First Drive [Jalopnik Reviews]
With the $22,995 V6-equipped 2010 Chevy Camaro LS producing 304 HP, nearly as much as the V8-engined 2010 Ford Mustang GT, and the 426 HP 2010 Chevy Camaro SS starting at just $30,995, initial impressions of GM's new muscle car are extremely good. It's faster than its competitors and benef...
Wednesday, Jan 14
Obama's New Cadillac Limo Officially Unveiled [Presidential Limo]
Currently, the 1983 Cadillac Fleetwood limousine resides at the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif., while the 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham is at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Ark.
Thursday, Jan 8
Official 2010 Camaro Paint Colors Released [2010 Chevrolet Camaro]
The available colors for 2010 are "Safe Bet" Silver Ice Metallic, "Statutory Grape" Imperial Blue Metallic, "Secretary Nail Polish" Red Jewel Tintcoat, "Rental Fleet" Summit White, "Always Dirty" Black, "You Bought A Camaro In That Color?" Aqua Blue Metallic, "Grandpa's Cadillac"...
Tuesday, Dec 30
PCH, Joad Family Redux Edition: 1957 Cadillac Camper or 6-Door Rabbit Limo?
The 1957 Cadillac is one fine-looking car, no doubt about it, and Cadillac built bulletproof forged-crank engines back in those days, but even a Fleetwood wouldn't be voluminous enough for your Joad-style peregrinations. Time to go Winnebago shopping? Hell no, not when you could have t...
Monday, Sep 22
UAW, Obama Riding McCain On Owning Foreign Cars Like Rest Of Country
While the overtones of protectionism are strong, the nuts n' bolts of the ad are all about whether McCain's just a no-good dirty flip-flopper. Gettelfinger claims a recent article by Newsweek's Keith Naughton contradicts McCain's statement that he has proudly bought American-made ca...
Thursday, Sep 4
1984 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
In '84, the base engine in the Eldorado was the 135-horse 4.1 liter V8, which was good enough to haul the car's 3,748 pounds. The disastrous Oldsmobile 350 diesel engine was also available… but let's not go there. The '84 Eldorado Biarritz sold new for $23,737 before options, which was $52,42...
Friday, Aug 29
2009 Cadillac CTS-V: First Drive
By now, you’ve probably guessed that I really, really enjoyed driving the Cadillac CTS-V. It offers a new level of capability for performance sedans on the track, but especially on the road. In both environments it’s amazing fast, but also exploitable. Think of it as a ZR1 that you can drive p...
Thursday, Aug 28
Cadillac CTS-V Coupe: What To Expect From The Up-Powered Caddy Two-Door
Last year at Detroit, in addition to the Cadillac CTS Coupe concept, GM debuted the new production CTS-V sedan, which will go on sale before the end of the year. Given that, as well as what we've heard from our sources, it's highly likely we'll see the CTS-V Coupe get its sheet whipped off at Co...
Tuesday, Aug 19
Cadillac CTS Coupe To Bow At LA Auto Show
Following a teaser preview at Pebble Beach this past weekend, GM announced the Cadillac CTS Coupe would finally flaunt its doorless flanks for the public at this November's 2008 LA Auto Show. Reports, as well as spy photos and official pres shots we've already seen, indicate the coupe wil...
Tuesday, Aug 12
Cadillac May Can STS, DTS Replacements
Fuel costs, the recession and most importantly: slow sales. Having lost $69.8 billion since 2004, General Motors is now looking to sell customers the vehicles they want, dropping models that don't sell. The company has also discovered that, while people still want Cadillacs, they want th...
Wednesday, Jun 25
2010 Cadillac CTC, Cadillac CTS Coupe, Spotted From Behind
Check out the rear end on this 2010 Cadillac CTC, the 2010 Cadillac CTS Coupe but with a 'C' for Coupe instead of an 'S' for Sedan (get it?). Of note is the smooth glasshouse created by the hidden B-pillar and the center-mounted square exhaust pipes contained within the bumper. Also apparent i...
Wednesday, May 7
Cadillac Readying Hybrid Chopper For LA Auto Show
The Cadillac that ain't your father's may be just be two-wheeled. Word of a new Cadillac motorcycle sporting gee whiz ethanol hybrid technology has just surfaced in D Business. The Caddy that leans will be built by V20 Consulting in New York and shown off at the next LA Auto Show. The irony of an...
Friday, Mar 7
2010 Cadillac CTS Coupe
We caught our first glimpse of the production Cadillac CTS Coupe through the trees of its secret holding pen. With these first-ever front-3/4 and profile shots of a real-world CTS coupe prototype, we can now assess the changes Cadillac designers have made to translate the striking Detro...
Friday, Jan 11
Detroit Auto Show: 2009 Saturn Vue Green Line 2 Mode Hybrid
The Vue Green Line 2 Mode is GM's first application of two-mode technology on a front-wheel-drive vehicle. The system is currently on the V-8-equipped Chevrolet Tahoe 2 Mode and GMC Yukon 2 Mode full-size SUVs, and becomes available in 2008 on the Cadillac Escalade 2 Mode luxury SUV and Ch...
Thursday, Jan 3
Honda Sales Up For 2007... Acura Not So Much
2007 Honda Division sales highlights: 12th consecutive record Honda Division sales of 1,371,438 (up 4.5 percent) 14th consecutive year-over-year sales increase Record full-year sales of CR-V, Fit and Civic Hybrid Accord sales increased 10.3 percent for the year, to 392,231 units
GM Sales Decrease In 2007, But People Love The Aveo
Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, GMC and Saturn divisions saw retail increases year-over-year GM's retail car deliveries increased 15 percent based on the strength of the all-new Chevrolet Malibu, 2008 Cadillac CTS and fuel-efficient Chevrolet Aveo, Cobalt, Pontiac G5 and G6. Aveo sales...
Monday, Dec 3
Honda Sales up 4.7% for November, No One Wants an Acura for Hanukkah
Acura Division posted sales of 12,910 for November. The MDX sport utility vehicle led the division with sales of 4,891. November sales of the TL performance luxury sedan totaled 4,064; the TSX sports sedan totaled 1,884. Sales of the RDX sport utility vehicle totaled 1,679.
Sunday, Oct 28
SEMA 2007: Cadillac CTS Sport With 3.6-Liter 304 HP V6
As the new 2008 Cadillac CTS sedan garners critical acclaim, the CTS Sport concept puts a unique twist on this hot new luxury sedan. The CTS Sport concept suggests a customization theme emphasizing the car's performance character. The show car includes new front and rear fascias, a modifi...
Wednesday, Oct 3
Cadillac XLR
Let's say you're looking for a V8-powered roadster. You're flush, but aren't entertaining the typical Germanic options. You want a crisp handler, but that well worn, peak-earning-years ass has seen better days. Getting rattled around like the last Cracker Jack in the box isn't your idea o...
Wednesday, Sep 12
Frankfurt Auto Show: 2008 Cadillac BLS Shows It Has A SexyBack...End
The gasoline engine offerings — all turbocharged — include two, 2.0L four-cylinder versions (120 kW / 175 hp and 154 kW / 210 hp) and a high-tech, 2.8L six-cylinder engine at 188 kW (255 hp), which features a twin-scroll turbocharger and variable phasing of the intake camshafts. The new 2.0L f...
Friday, Aug 24
Profiles in Badge Engineering Courage: Daewoo Launches G2X
The G2X is powered by a state-of-the-art two-liter engine with a turbocharger and high-tech Gasoline Direct Injection. The engine boasts segment-leading maximum power of 264 hp and maximum torque of 36 kg.m. Its 132 hp per liter of displacement (a typical attribute of sports car engines)...
Tuesday, Jul 10
Opinion: 1937 Cadillac V8
Now that's a car clock! It's a little strange to see a big luxury sedan with a floor-shift manual transmission (it's hard to make out the shifter in this photo); maybe cars really were better in the 30s! 1937 CADILLAC 8-Cylinder [100megsforfree.com]
Monday, Oct 30
Ad Watch: Leo Burnett "Drops" A New Pontiac G6 Commercial
Well, after Modernista! dropped that little piece of Cadillac action onto the airwaves this past weekend, it looks like the former holders of the account weren't going to let it go unanswered. The folks at Leo Burnett decided to drop us a copy of their ad which dropped this evening for the Po...
Monday, Jun 26
Jalopnik Emissions
Mercedes Drops New CL Class into Laps of Luxury Buyers Spy Photos: 2008 Cadillac CTS, Interior Shot CAD Fiends!: Camaro Blueprint Leaked Spy Photos: Bentley SUV Mule? Reviews Reviews: 2007 Volkwagen Passat Wagon 2.0L, Part 1 El Camino The Grand Caballero! News
Monday, May 15
Between the Lines: AutoWeek on the 2009 Cadillac CTS
Anyway, if you're inventing sources, it's a good idea to dream one up who knows what he's talking about. Discounting folding hardtops, there's only one coupe that outsells the hardtop version by a large margin: the Jaguar XK. But hey, I admire Meiners' Deep Throat's balls (so to speak).
Monday, Apr 17
Opinion: Between the Lines: The Car Connection on the Cadillac Escalade
As country singer and professional Burt Reynolds pal Jerry Reed sang, when you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not. Of course, back when The Guitar Man recorded his career-topping paean to the joys and sorrows of shooting craps, the second gen Chevrolet Camaro was minting mon...
Thursday, Feb 9
Opinion: Between the Lines: Automobile on the Cadillac XLR-V
You may not believe this, but my mother always told me to be polite. I just never saw the point. Honest, yes, absolutely. But polite is so boring. Being snide, flip and nasty is so much more entertaining. (Why should drag queens have all the fun?) I guess that s the biggest problem with US automotiv...
Thursday, Dec 1
Between the Lines: AutoWeek on the Cadillac STS-V
In the next graph, Bobby G starts backpedaling furiously. First, he allows GM engineer John Heinricy to set the bar, painting the STS-V as a four-door version of a base C6 Corvette. Then, finally, Gritzinger cuts bait and runs.For those looking for a BMW M5 in Cadillac clothing, that may not b...
Thursday, Nov 10
GM Reveals 2007 Cadillac Escalade
Cadillac has at last revealed the royal card in its hand of redesigned GMT-900 SUVs — the Cadillac Escalade. Here in the high-margin upper reaches of the market is where GM hopes the new models' refinement will pay off. The Escalade is easily the most appealing of the new trucks, sporting a po...
Monday, Oct 31
Don't Tease Me, Escalade
Far from laying it on us with a straight shot, these teaser images of Cadillac's new GMT-900 Escalade for 2007 could be just about any slab-sided SUV this side of a Land Rover Explorer H3 (but for the barely visible "DE" of the door badge). Still, the Escalade is definitely the most anticipat...
