Thanks to GM’s financial predicament, the launch of the eye-catching Cadillac CTS Coupe has been delayed until 2010.

We snapped the two-door Caddy at the Sydney Motor Show last year when the car was doing the rounds globally. It is easy to see why many will be disappointed with this delay.

An expected production version did not appear at [...]

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The continued decline in the new vehicle market has claimed another scalp, with GM Holden announcing today that the introduction of Cadillac into Australia has been delayed indefinitely.

GM Holden Chairman and Managing Director Mark Reuss describes the decision as being the only “common-sense” and “commercially responsible” one to make, given the tough economic climate. He [...]

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This Sunday just gone (UK time) saw the return of the one true Top Gear to British television sets, and to computer screens of net-savvy fans around the world this morning.  Let me tell you: they’ve still got it.

Clarkson pits the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 against the Porsche 911 GT2 – describing the latter as “terrifying”.  [...]

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GM Premium Brands will be using this year’s Australian International Motor Show in Sydney to debut its latest import – the Cadillac CTS sedan.

The Cadillac CTS sedan is a recent Motor Trend ‘2008 Car of the Year’ winner and is close to our own home-grown Commodore and Falcon in packaging. That means it’s rear-wheel-drive and [...]

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The United States of America, the country that arguably coined the term “SUV”, has long gone without any true tailgate goodness. In fact, the only proper station wagon (crossovers are NOT wagons) that GM sells in the US is the Saab 9-5 SportCombi, which is about as American as a sensible approach to gun [...]

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Okay, lets be honest. The car you see in these pictures is the new Cadillac CTS-V and its dog ugly. Good from afar…but far from good is the best way to describe the styling, particularly the 80’s inspired front end. But…just like the fat kid at school had the best personality, the CTS-V ‘s ugliness [...]

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The Hummer H3 is currently selling up a storm in Australia, with a waiting list that was recently stretching back six months as buyers lined up for the well priced and very capable SUV. Not one to let a little thing like Global Warming get in the way of a good time, the General has [...]

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GM Holden have today confirmed that they will be bringing the Cadillac brand back to Australia in 2008 after a close to 40 year hiatus. The plan to reintroduce the luxury brand to this country was announced today by Holden chairman and managing director Chris Gubbey, at an end of year lunch for the media [...]

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In what is a not so surprising move General Motors have announced that they have purchased a 50 percent stake in VM Motori. VM Motori are well known for building powerful and highly efficient diesel engines.

In recent time we have seen a VM Motori diesel option introduced into the Holden Captiva line-up and heard whispers [...]

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We have to admit that the modern Cadillac is not what we would consider the cutting edge of automotive excellence or even mediocrity for that matter. The days of big fins and lots of cool are well and truly behind the Cadillac brand now. We came across the following spy shot of the 2009 Cadillac [...]

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