A report from The Detroit News suggests Cadillac will introduce a brand new version of the CTS sedan on the Ny auto show next month, and a brand new Escalade will follow this autumn. Cadillac marketing vice chairman Don Butler reportedly made the announcements on the National Automotive Dealers Association meeting in Florida.

News of an all-new Cadillac CTS is simply not without precedent. Earlier this year, Cadillac vp Robert Ferguson told Automobile Magazine thon the third-generation CTS would bow at the Long island show. Ferguson also intimated that the auto would ride on a stretched version of Alpha platform utilized by the Cadillac ATS sports sedan. The CTS is Cadillac’s second best-selling model, after the SRX crossover, with 46,979 sales recorded in 2012. The present-generation car was the 2008 Motor Trend Car of the Year.

Other reports suggest the brand new Cadillac CTS will grow about half a car size from the present model (pictured above) in order that it may well compete head-on with luxury sedans just like the Audi A6 and BMW 5 Series. Expect more rounded, sophisticated sheetmetal rather than the crisp, dagger-like edges on today’s “Art & Science” CTS. Under the hood, we think a similar engine choices because the new ATS: a 2.0-liter turbo-four and a three.6-liter V-6. There is more powerful V-Series variants at a later date.

As for the Escalade, the brand new luxury SUV will ride at the updated truck platform shared with the Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra, in addition to with the subsequent-generation Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban and GMC Yukon SUVs. Expect rather more modern styling inside and outside, as Cadillac hopes to lay more distance between the Escalade and its plebian SUV-mates — potentially making a better-generation Escalade a valid contender for German and Japanese luxury models.

Given that the Cadillac Escalade is slated for a fall introduction, we will be able to probably expect to look it on the L. a. auto show in November. The Escalade sold 22,632 units last year; read more about what the Motor Trend WOT staff thinks the 2014 Escalade must succeed here.

Source: The Detroit News