Drew Dowdell

To address Reg's concern, this is an area where there is more to it than the numbers. There may be an issue with the way rear seat room is measures skewing the number in an unfavorable way. The rear seat feels much much roomier than the current model. Part of that is because the front seat feels roomier too. I can sit in the front seat and move it further forward than I would in the current car and that in turn gives more room to the rear seat passenger.

I plan to do a series of very high res shots of all of the releases from this show. It won't be as comprehensive as our normal shots, but I'm going to make them as big as I can without breaking the site.

I have updated the article with live shots from the show. I'm sorry that a few were a bit blurry, I was getting pushed.... .... but I pushed back.

LOL, they're both round so they copied all other steering wheels except for the flat bottom ones Very well played, Cadillac! There's only one thing I don't really like: the Cadillac badges on the sides... But since the white (sportier looking, BTW) car doesn't have them, that's probably a Platinum badge or something. Looks like Cadillac played its cards quite well with this one It's my fault for not doing the article on the new transmissions, but the key to the 2.0T in this car is the new 8-speed that it and the other RWD Cadillac cars are getting. It has a shorter first and second gear and a taller 7th and 8th gear to give the ratios a wider spread. That, plus the low mass, will make the CT6 feel sprite as smaller V6 cars. Keep in mind that this car actually weighs less than a CTS and that has a 2.0T with the older 8-Speed... so it should be fine here. I'm hoping GM dares to put the 4-cyl on the US versions of the CT6. It'll certainly draw criticism, but it will also be bold. I'd only change the N/A 3.6L for a detuned 3.0L TT, but that's just me wanting an extra aura of exclusivity for Cadillac over the rest of GM (I'm assuming that 3.6L will spread to other brands over time). This new 3.6 will filter to other GM brands after Cadillac is mostly finished with it, so it sounds like it is a 4 year engine for them. The first vehicles to get it will be premium cars at Buick and possibly Camaro.

300 lbs lighter + new 8 speed fwd transmission. They are saying that performance of the new powertrain will be equal or better than the 2.5 and with better fuel economy. That's why. The 2.0 is a torque machine not a horsepower machine. It will likely feel faster than V6es that have to wind up first.