Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon makes world debut at Pebble Beach
18 Aug 2008|3,546 views
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"The addition of this dramatically-designed Sport Wagon is well synchronised with today's changing consumer tastes as a compelling alternative to SUVs or other larger vehicles," says Jim Taylor, Cadillac general manager. "This is an important step in Cadillac's ongoing global expansion, and of course in international markets like Europe, wagons have been and continue to be very significant. The CTS Sport Wagon is an important expansion to the Cadillac line-up worldwide."
The new model's striking profile communicates a performance-oriented character in tandem with high aerodynamic efficiency. It rides on the same wheelbase as the CTS sport saloon and is 7 mm shorter overall, yet still offers a generous luggage capacity of 720 litres behind the rear seats.
Design highlights include:
For the UK, the CTS Sport Wagon will include features such as a fully integrated infotainment system with 40-gigabyte internal hard drive and pop-up navigation screen, and a hand-cut-and-sewn leather interior.
UK engine and transmission options are yet to be finalised. US models will be available with 3.6-litre V6 engines, and an efficient 2.9-litre turbo-diesel engine is being developed for CTS models primarily for European and Asian markets. It is a compact, dual overhead cam, V6 engine from GM's family of diesel engines that delivers optimal fuel economy as well as reduced emissions and noise. The engine is rated at 250 ps.
Design details
"It's a taut design that not only suggests sleekness, but delivers it," said Clay Dean, global design director for Cadillac. "Indeed, the drama of the saloon is amplified in the CTS Sport Wagon, as the centreline cue that is part of the exterior and interior is more prominent and plays a stronger role in defining the design at the rear of the vehicle.
"The more you study the rear of the CTS Sport Wagon, the more you see. Functionality was certainly a guiding factor during development, but so was the idea to inject emotion into the normally sedate wagon category," adds Dean.
One of the more interesting integrations of form and function is found in the seamless roof load management system. Rather than abrupt stanchions, brackets and cross bars that protrude above the roof line, the CTS Sport Wagon's system blends with the roofline, maintaining an uninterrupted appearance. The central section of the roof panel angles downward inside the roof edges, allowing an unobtrusive placement of the cross bars - and creating a subtle fin effect at the trailing edges of the rear panels.
"They're not fins in the classic sense, but they work to help disguise the cargo load system and, yes, they acknowledge Cadillac's design heritage," concludes Dean.
CTS SPORT WAGON - PRELIMINARY UK TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
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Vehicle type: Five-door, five-passenger rear-wheel-drive estate
Wheelbase (mm): 2880
Length (mm): 4859
Width (mm): 1842
Height (mm): 1502
Track (mm): 1570 (front); 1575 (rear)
Engine/transmission: UK details to follow at a later date
Suspension: Four-wheel independent: MacPherson strut front; multilink rear, progressive rate coil springs, monotube shock absorbers
Steering: Variable-assist rack-and-pinion
Brakes: Four-wheel disc; dual-piston front callipers; single-piston rear callipers
Wheels: 18-inch or 19-inch aluminium
Luggage capacity (litres): 720 (behind rear seats)(US EPA measure)
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"The addition of this dramatically-designed Sport Wagon is well synchronised with today's changing consumer tastes as a compelling alternative to SUVs or other larger vehicles," says Jim Taylor, Cadillac general manager. "This is an important step in Cadillac's ongoing global expansion, and of course in international markets like Europe, wagons have been and continue to be very significant. The CTS Sport Wagon is an important expansion to the Cadillac line-up worldwide."
The new model's striking profile communicates a performance-oriented character in tandem with high aerodynamic efficiency. It rides on the same wheelbase as the CTS sport saloon and is 7 mm shorter overall, yet still offers a generous luggage capacity of 720 litres behind the rear seats.
Design highlights include:
For the UK, the CTS Sport Wagon will include features such as a fully integrated infotainment system with 40-gigabyte internal hard drive and pop-up navigation screen, and a hand-cut-and-sewn leather interior.
UK engine and transmission options are yet to be finalised. US models will be available with 3.6-litre V6 engines, and an efficient 2.9-litre turbo-diesel engine is being developed for CTS models primarily for European and Asian markets. It is a compact, dual overhead cam, V6 engine from GM's family of diesel engines that delivers optimal fuel economy as well as reduced emissions and noise. The engine is rated at 250 ps.
Design details
"It's a taut design that not only suggests sleekness, but delivers it," said Clay Dean, global design director for Cadillac. "Indeed, the drama of the saloon is amplified in the CTS Sport Wagon, as the centreline cue that is part of the exterior and interior is more prominent and plays a stronger role in defining the design at the rear of the vehicle.
"The more you study the rear of the CTS Sport Wagon, the more you see. Functionality was certainly a guiding factor during development, but so was the idea to inject emotion into the normally sedate wagon category," adds Dean.
One of the more interesting integrations of form and function is found in the seamless roof load management system. Rather than abrupt stanchions, brackets and cross bars that protrude above the roof line, the CTS Sport Wagon's system blends with the roofline, maintaining an uninterrupted appearance. The central section of the roof panel angles downward inside the roof edges, allowing an unobtrusive placement of the cross bars - and creating a subtle fin effect at the trailing edges of the rear panels.
"They're not fins in the classic sense, but they work to help disguise the cargo load system and, yes, they acknowledge Cadillac's design heritage," concludes Dean.
CTS SPORT WAGON - PRELIMINARY UK TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
|
Vehicle type: Five-door, five-passenger rear-wheel-drive estate
Wheelbase (mm): 2880
Length (mm): 4859
Width (mm): 1842
Height (mm): 1502
Track (mm): 1570 (front); 1575 (rear)
Engine/transmission: UK details to follow at a later date
Suspension: Four-wheel independent: MacPherson strut front; multilink rear, progressive rate coil springs, monotube shock absorbers
Steering: Variable-assist rack-and-pinion
Brakes: Four-wheel disc; dual-piston front callipers; single-piston rear callipers
Wheels: 18-inch or 19-inch aluminium
Luggage capacity (litres): 720 (behind rear seats)(US EPA measure)
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