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Road Test: 2024 Cadillac XT4 Premium Luxury FWD

Clean Fleet Report

Cadillac’s Subcompact SUV The 2024 Cadillac XT4 is smack dab in the heat of the subcompact premium/luxury SUV category. It is the third best-selling SUV for Cadillac, coming in behind the larger Escalade and XT5, but ahead of the XT6 and Lyriq EV. All of them outsell the Cadillac luxury sedans. Let’s take a look.

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Road Test: 2021 Cadillac Escalade Duramax 4WD

Clean Fleet Report

Photos by John Faulkner and Cadillac. The all-new 2021 Cadillac Escalade Duramax is big and famous for being the ride of celebrities. If you are looking for comfort, versatility, great looks, a very accommodating and large interior, some innovative features and surprisingly good fuel economy, the 2021 Cadillac Escalade is for you.

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2023 Cadillac CT4 V-Series Blackwing Review – Here to Play

The Truth About Cars

At first, I didn’t like the 2023 Cadillac CT4 V-Series Blackwing. Cadillac hasn’t forgotten that this car also needs to stop and turn – and it's massaged things appropriately. Inside, Cadillac tries to mix the entry-level luxury of the standard CT4 with some performance bits. Cadillac got the “yee-haw” part right.

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Road Test: 2021 Cadillac XT5 Premium Luxury FWD

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Cadillac’s Midsize Contender. Competing in the premium midsize SUV category, the 2021 Cadillac XT5 is right in the middle of stiff competition, including models from Acura, Audi, BMW, Genesis, Infiniti, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Maserati, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Tesla and Volvo. Ready to go head-to-head. Three Models.

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2023 Cadillac Escalade V-Series Review – The Fun of Wretched Excess

The Truth About Cars

No one, but no one, needs a 2023 Cadillac Escalade V-Series. Fuel economy is a predictably dismal 11 mpg city/16 mpg highway/13 mpg combined. Sure, some folks can make a reasonable argument for needing a large SUV for towing or hauling people and stuff. Not for the V. But I gotta admit, I kinda want one.

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GM CEO outlines highlights of fuel economy plan through MY2016: lightweighting; more efficient gasoline and clean diesel engines, electrification

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Within his talk about the need for a US energy policy at the IHS CERAWeek 2013 energy conference in Houston, GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson outlined some highlights of the company’s fuel economy plan through the 2016 model year. A good rule of thumb is that a 10% reduction in curb weight will reduce fuel consumption by about 6.5%.

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Cadillac CT6 mixed-material body structure saves 90 kg over predominantly steel construction

Green Car Congress

Cadillac will use an advanced mixed-material approach for the lightweight body structure of the upcoming CT6 range-topping full-size sedan, which will debut 31 March at the New York International Auto Show. —Travis Hester, Cadillac CT6 executive chief engineer. Fuel Efficiency Manufacturing Materials Weight reduction'

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