News By Topic: Cadillac

2004 and 2005 Crash Ratings of Vehicles With Side Air Bags

Apr 15, 2005

2004 & 2005 Vehicles with Side Air Bags Side-impact air bags (SABs) SABs offer protection to two principal areas of the body -- the head and the chest -- during moderate to severe side-impact crashes. The chart below indicates which vehicles offer what type of protection (head and/or chest) and the type of SAB used to ... Continue reading

GM to add corporate badge to its vehicles - Move reflects consumer confidence in "the brand behind the brand"

Apr 12, 2005

GM adds corporate badge to its recently-introduced and all-new 2006-model vehicles Detroit - In a move to link General Motors and its vehicle brands more closely, the company today announced that its corporate emblem will begin appearing on all recently-introduced and all-new 2006-model vehicles produced and sold in No ... Continue reading

Technologies Converge In GM's Cadillac STS

Apr 11, 2005

The most technologically integrated vehicle ever debuts at 2005 SAE World Congress For the complete press kit click here DETROIT - General Motors revealed the most technologically integrated vehicle ever at today's opening of the 2005 SAE World Congress. The Cadillac STS SAE 100, which pays homage to SAE's 100th annive ... Continue reading

GM Pulls Ads From Los Angeles Times, Citing 'Factual Errors and Misrepresentations' in Articles

Apr 8, 2005

April 8, 9:06 am ET Snidesw Remarks; And now you know why most reviews are good and only a few in the media are brave enough to bite the hand that feeds them...maybe this cancellation will mean that GM has some budget for us? Let me know what you think also, msnide@theautochannel.com<p> LOS ANGELES (AP) -- General Moto ... Continue reading

Edmunds.com Reports True Cost of Incentives: Japanese Incentives Reach Record High

Apr 4, 2005

SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 4 -- Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, reported today that the average manufacturer automotive incentive in the United States was $2,556 per vehicle sold in March 2005, up $177, or 7.0%, from March 2004, and up $187, or 7.9%, from February 2005. (Logo: http ... Continue reading

Microheat Inc. Ships HotShot to General Motors for 2006 Model Cadillac DTS

Apr 4, 2005

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.--April 4, 2005--Microheat, Inc., manufacturers of the revolutionary HotShot(R) hot washer fluid and windshield de-icing system, announced the first OEM shipment of HotShot to General Motors for installation on the 2006 Model Cadillac DTS, which will be available for sale later this year. Introdu ... Continue reading

U.S. Auto Sales Box Score March 2005

Apr 2, 2005

April 1,2005 The AP compliled the results of March 2005 car and light truck sales in the United States by the major automakers. Industry totals include 22 automakers. The table compares sales in March 2005 with sales in March 2004 and year-to-date totals for the two years. Light trucks include pickups, vans, minivans a ... Continue reading

GM Reports 426,114 Deliveries in March

Apr 1, 2005

FOR RELEASE: 2005-04-01 CONTACTS GM Reports 426,114 Deliveries in March Retail Sales Up 34 Percent from February, U.S. Share Improves Full-Size Pickup Sales Lead Industry, Best March Sales Since 1978 New Pontiac G6, Chevrolet Cobalt and Buick LaCrosse All Post Best-Ever Monthly Sales DETROIT - General Motors dealers so ... Continue reading

Donald Trump To Be The First Cadillac DTS Executive Limousine Customer

Mar 23, 2005

NEW YORK March 23, 2005; President George W. Bush was delivered the world's first, state-of-the-art 2006 Cadillac DTS presidential limousine in January. Never one to be outdone, billionaire real estate developer Donald J. Trump is next to receive his keys to the first 2006 Cadillac DTS executive limousine, which will b ... Continue reading

Letter from Europe - Old Friends in Geneva; Test Drives Odessey Honda ; Hyundai Tucson

Mar 17, 2005

By Andrew Frankl, European Bureau Chief Geneva 2005 It was snowing in Nice and it was snowing in Geneva. The line for taxis in sub zero temperatures was long and when I eventually got into something I can only describe as Eurotrash the driver nearly spun into the Lake, Michael Schumacher he most certainly was not! Stil ... Continue reading

IIHS REPORT: The Risk of Death While Driving Different Vehicles

Mar 15, 2005

CLICK HERE FFor IIHS Tables The driver died in the crash. So did many other passenger vehicle drivers during 2000-03, but the risk of death isn&#8217;t the same in one vehicle compared with another. Car, minivan, SUV, and pickup truck models vary widely in the likelihood of dying in a crash. The average driver death ra ... Continue reading

2005 Geneva Motor Show: Cadillac Introduces BLS

Mar 2, 2005

General Motors Europe Executive Director Design Bryan Nesbitt introduces the new Cadillac BLS Show Car at the 75th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 1, 2005. ... Continue reading

GM to launch second Cadillac model in China

Feb 28, 2005

SHANGHAI, Feb 28, 2005; Reuters reported that General Motors, will begin selling an SUV model from its Cadillac line in China from Tuesday, after introducing the iconic brand to its second-largest market worldwide in 2004. General Motors Corp. said it had sold more than 1,000 Cadillacs in China since sales began last O ... Continue reading

GM Recall: Hummers, Cadillacs, Buicks, Chevrolets

Feb 10, 2005

DETROIT February 10, 2005; Reuters reported that General Motors Corp. is recalling more than 193,000 vehicles on the U.S. market to fix a variety of safety defects, federal safety regulators said Thursday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the recalls included one covering 155,465 pickup trucks, s ... Continue reading

Solutia Automotive PVB to be Included on '06 Cadillac DTS

Feb 10, 2005

Saflex(R) interlayer product will be used in all four doors as security enhancement CHICAGO, Feb. 10 -- The Cadillac DTS, unveiled yesterday at the Chicago Auto Show, will offer laminated glass side windows in all four doors as a standard feature when it goes on sale later this year. The windows will contain Solutia Au ... Continue reading