2011 Cadillac SRX

A new 3.6L V-6 - the most powerful standard engine in the segment - Updates as of 2012 Cadillac SRX. It increases a combination of performance, technology and sophistication that is resonating with more customers luxury crossover.

Cadillac SRX retail sales rose 17.7 percent in the first half of 2011, based on record sales for 2010 increased 150 percent.

The new 3.6L - known by its code "LFX" engine - is the only engine offered in the Cadillac SRX. It delivers a power of 16 percent plus (308 hp / 230 kW) than the previous V-6 provides an additional low-end torque. reactivity of the vehicle is greatly improved in all conditions - from rest, around town maneuverability in traffic, passing maneuvers and accelerations at full capacity. It is mated to a Hydra-Matic 6T70 six-speed automatic transmission that features an Eco mode selectable by the driver that changes the shift points and increase throttle to help maximize fuel economy.

Cadillac SRX also provides enhanced features for 2012, and updates that make it quieter and more refined - including new absorbent materials placed strategically in the car. The basic suspension system and Sport have been revised to improve ride quality.

"The improvements we've made to the 2012 SRX luxury crossover to the already great even better, to give our customers greater performance and functionality," said Don Butler, vice president of marketing for Cadillac. "Many changes are a direct response to feedback from consumers, demonstrating the commitment of Cadillac to total customer satisfaction."

2011 Cadillac Ciel Concept

The Concept Cadillac Sky - pronounced "CL", the French translation of the sky - is a four-seater convertible that opens a new chapter in the design of Cadillac and rising product, pushing the art of the brand and the philosophy of science in a new layer. Heaven is a new expression of the historical grandeur of Cadillac, and a celebration of the open-top driving.

"Great Luxury Cadillac innate expression and the sky, remember that heritage, while suggesting that the brand can go in the future," said Clay Dean, global design director for Cadillac. "Luxury is driven by the authentic experience, not just products, and the sky is the travel experience."

Concept Cadillac Sky is a spacious and elegant grand gesture that explores themes of exploration of the behavior of Cadillac's flagship high-end luxury. It is powered by a twin-turbo 3.6-liter direct-injection V-6 engine, coupled with a hybrid system powered by lithium-ion battery.

Coastal Inspiration

Driving the California Highway 1 in an open car when the sun goes down, Big Sur north of Monterey, is a mobile team Ciel type expected during design.

"It is Heaven on the romance of the training," said Dean. "It emulates the grand tour cars seen on the greens of Pebble Beach, but with a modern twist that the draft vision for the future of Cadillac ".

The four-door Cadillac Ciel cover the social aspects of the concept of free travel, with ample space for two couples. It evokes the spirit of the classics from a long, superficial part. The French-style doors are rear-hinged rear doors on the guarantees - no B-pillar - to reveal sweeping views of the interior drama. The difference between a fender lines running from nose to tail, and bright nickel accents of work products for body care, to improve the visual length of the car, and respect for the Cadillac Touring Cars from the past.

2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe

Cadillac announced the 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe, the most recent and dramatic series and models of new production to be achieved. Scheduled to arrive in Cadillac showrooms in the spring of 2010 Cadillac CTS Coupe is a new luxury sports coupe destined to become a central part of the brand ladder magazine.

"Cadillac CTS Coupe is the new focal point of Cadillac, which expresses our design and technical capabilities," said Bryan Nesbitt, Cadillac general manager. "It is intended to appeal to a new generation of car enthusiasts."

Cadillac CTS coupe with sport sedan, 556 hp (415 kW), CTS-V and the new CTS Sport Wagon foundation of the Cadillac line. High-performance V-Series edition of the Coupe will also be published in 2010.

The design of the Cadillac CTS Coupe is almost like the prototype was unveiled at the Detroit Auto North America in 2008.

A classic 2 +2 coupe is enhanced with advanced technologies available, such as rear-view camera system and a performance-oriented suspension system connected to a rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive.

2011 Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon

Cadillac unveiled the Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon car show, anticipating the next addition to its line of performance V-Series. It combines performance and luxury of the terminal CTS-V Sport Sedan with the dramatic conception of the CTS Sport Wagon.

"The Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon is a natural extension of both the CTS V-Series range, without offering high-performance cars of commitment to enthusiasts who want the extra space in a car," said Don Butler, vice president Cadillac marketing. "The Sport V-Series Wagon is another feature of the dramatic presence and power of the Cadillac."

The exterior is finished in Midnight Black, first seen on the Cadillac Sixteen concept and is highlighted by shiny liquid silver-finished wheels and a chrome finish on the black mesh grille. The rear bumper, a spoiler at the top and center high-mounted stop lamp are also unique to the show car.

Inside, the Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon Car Show is cut in exclusive black leather Alcantara accents. The top of the dashboard and door panels at the top are treated with the same high quality leather, accented with midnight Sapele wood, while the material microfiber cloth and stitching has been applied to the lower door panels, pillars, console cover, headliner and Central steering wheel. Car shows fine-grained black leather-covered seats in Alcantara Recaro seats and more. The seat inserts are divided in half, and stitching accented with dark gray, while the V-Series logo is laser etched back. Obsidian black accents grace the center console, console, steering wheel and door panels.

Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Race Car

Cadillac announced that it will return to competition in 2011 with a race-ready version of its CTS-V Coupe to compete in the World Club Challenge Sports Car of America, North America's largest series of race-based production.

Cadillac announced that it will return to competition in 2011 with a race-ready version of its CTS-V Coupe to compete in the World Club Challenge Sports Car of America, North America's largest series of race-based production.

Vender tilbage til en Flytningen Series Cadillac konkurrerede Hvor den 2004 til 2007. GT i-med Konkurrerende Klassen CTS-V Sport Sedan, Cadillac fanget Producentens Championship The 2005 og 2007 og førerens the 2005 Championship.

Cadillac is the field two teams in the future is based SCCA World Challenge GT-class racing on the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe. CTS-V, which also includes the CTS-V sedan and CTS-V, Wagon, was recently named Car and Driver magazine list of the Top 10 for 2011.

"Palatakseni races of the SCCA World Challenge is Hyvä ja osoittaa suorituskykyä kykyä top Cadillac CTS-V Coupe" Sanoi Don Butler, johtaja Markkinointi Cadillac. "Taman Sharjah perustuu tuotanto Kilpi, joka anta toimintaamme Meille vast Parhan mahdollisuuden kilpailijoiden vahvistaa radalla, Eika showroom vain."

Cadillac is working with Pratt & Miller, a New Hudson, Michigan, engineering firm specializing in motor sport, to develop the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe race car. Although some components of the production CTS-V will be modified due to the unique requirements of career or to meet the technical requirements of the SCCA series, all efforts to maintain the production of content as possible.

Cadillac CTS-V Coupe

Cadillac announced in 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe debuted at the Salon in 2010 that North American International Auto in Detroit. It combines the new Cadillac CTS Coupe spectacular design with 556 horsepower (415 kW) compressor V-8 engine in the Cadillac CTS-V sedan. The result is a luxury sports coupe aimed at driving enthusiasts.

"The Cadillac CTS-V Coupe combines our technology the most powerful and advanced design of our production the most dramatic," says Bryan Nesbitt, Cadillac general manager. "This combination of features and visual techniques are designed to create a very compelling choice for consumers of luxury sports. "

The Cadillac CTS-V Coupe begins production this summer. Its suite of technical and performance elements include Magnetic Ride Control, race racing Brembo brakes and an automatic transmission with paddle control available.

La Copa V-Series includes a unique grille that doubles the volume of car air intake, an important factor for its high-performance capabilities. Also be visually identified by a central section of the deck provides space for the compressor, and front and rear specific. As the Cadillac CTS Coupe, the exhaust pipe is centered inside the rear fascia, but with single points of twins. The car rolls on 19-inch wheels made of cast aluminum, available in polished or painted, and the Michelin Pilot Sport 2 tires for high performance.

Cadillac CTS-V Black Diamond Edition

Cadillac offers this spring, the Black Diamond Edition, a high-performance CTS-V that will be popular in a number of performance options and exclusive Tri-paint, which is also known as "Black Diamond".

Black Diamond edition, included in the CTS-V sedan, coupe and wagon models will be the first use of an automobile manufacturer of pigment JDSU SPECTRAFLAIR exclusive in North America. JDSU, a technology company Milipitas, California-based specialized in optical solutions for peak color in many markets. Its pigments are used in some paints DuPont is Cadillac.

The Cadillac CTS-V Black Diamond is a tri-dark paint with pigments embedded SPECTRAFLAIR Bright Silver. While the leaders of other luxury offers metallic paint, Black Diamond created through a laborious process that gives the extra dimension of painting.

On the other hand, contains a short, metal, pigment SpectraFlair Black Diamond uses aluminum flakes encapsulated in a glass-like substance called magnesium fluoride. The result is a paint that sparkles like a diamond as the light hits the surface from different angles.

"Cadillac CTS-V Black Diamond Edition is the well-designed, tailored tuxedo," said Michelle Killen, Cadillac exterior paint design. "Background color can be a simple black, but the detail and richness of the material set it apart."

Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept

Concept Cadillac XTS Platinum julkisti vuoden 2010 Pohjois-Amerikan kansainvälisessä autonäyttelyssä, Mika Uusi viittaa luksussedanin tulevaisuuden paradigm. Cadillac esittelee kehittyvien Konsept top of the line Platinum malleista Sharjah, ja uutta alleviivaamalla tekniset ylellisyyttä ilmauksia ominaisuudet, Kuten käyttövoimajärjestelmään plug-in hybrid.

Cadillac presentó el Concepto Cadillac XTS Platinum Sala in 2010 North American International Auto, lo que sugiere a paradigmatic nuevo para el futuro del lujo sedan. El concepto de muestra superior emergentes de los modelos Cadillac of Platinum Series línea, con énfasis en las nuevas expresiones of Características de lujo y la tecnología, incluyendo a plug-in del sistema Híbrido propulsion.

The concept Cadillac XTS Platinum is designed from the inside, re-imagine the luxury sedan as a headquarters staff, built for performance options, luxury and connectivity. This concept introduces a new approach in the car electronics that enhance the form and function of car entertainment, navigation and information systems.

"The concept Cadillac XTS Platinum east l'expression suivante de l'art et la philosophie des sciences de Cadillac exécution here Refle nos EFFORTS pour les Dernières offer innovations dans la maniere la plus astucieuse», explique Bryan Nesbitt, directeur général de Cadillac . "Nous avons ce concept image comme un siège de voiture personnelle, en technologie de pointe pour utilisant the permettre à de nouveaux niveaux de Connectiviti et de luxe."

Concept uses XTS Platinum Cadillac Cadillac 3.6L V-6 gasoline engine with direct fuel injection, combined with a plug-in hybrid system. Plug-in technology allows the battery to fully charge a standard wall outlet, when a pure thrust, in many driving situations, especially in urban switches the fuel efficiency can be twice that of conventional hybrids.

Traditional luxury sedans defined as an elegant interior and the Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept pushes the formula for the future. It offers new approaches in design combines the luxury of fine craftsmanship with customer-driven innovation. Like the Platinum Edition, current products, such as platinum Escalade and STS and DTS sedans Platinum, interior design is based on hand-cut and sewn materials. Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept injects the newer forms of decoration and themes, including organic light-emitting diodes (O-LED) shows instead of the traditional indicators and displays.

Cadillac Urban Luxury Concept

Cadillac introduced the concept of urban luxury, a design study to explore a new type of vehicle that offers a luxurious experience in a small size. Concept Cadillac Luxury Urban complements its compact dimensions with the design, features and Technology Cadillac is known.

"The concept of urban luxury Cadillac celebrates its intelligence scale, innovative content that makes it unique, regardless of their size," said Clay Dean, director of GM North America and Advanced Design Champion Cadillac. "He has a small footprint outside but roomy on the inside."

Designed and developed the Los Angeles area, where the tight, restricted parking areas for apartments, office buildings and suburban homes are part of everyday driving, the concept of weaving elements of Cadillac's iconic design in a form that prevents the design of conventional vehicles to meet the needs of those metropolitan motorists.

Equivalent in size to the cars of the city are popular in Paris, London and Shanghai, the concept of urban luxury design shows a departure from conventional vehicles. It can accommodate four people, all easily available in a pair of scissors type doors to expand outwards and rotate forward when opened. Planning to promote a broad passengers, which is split into high-end materials and features a new generation of interactive technology. Touch-pad button and displays the readings to solve the more traditional indicators, and serves as an entry system and climate control - a design feature that helps to open more space for passengers inside.

2010 Cadillac SLS

Shanghai GM has announced a new Cadillac SLS. This is one of the two new models - in collaboration with the Buick Excelle XT - which made its debut at the stand of the automobile in 2009 in Guangzhou Auto Show.

The new SLS is the next generation of Cadillac luxury sedan business SLS was introduced in China in 2006. It combines the elegance of traditional American luxury brand with cutting edge technology and is especially suitable for business elites. It is the first model of Shanghai GM OnStar-equipped.

The new Cadillac SLS comes in four variants are priced between 448,000 yuan and 698,000.

SIDI options under the motor fuel

The new Cadillac SLS will select two new world-class engines with direct fuel injection mated to a six-speed manual-automatic transmission. Engine 3.0-liter SIDI delivers 272 hp and 300 Nm, while the 3.6-liter SIDI engine produces a maximum power of 310 hp and 374 Nm of torque. In addition to the impressive power, the engine reduces fuel consumption by 9 percent and produces less hydrocarbon emissions than similar plants.

OnStar security and information services

The new SLS features GM's OnStar in-vehicle safety and information service that will live in China in early December. With the push of a button, the Cadillac SLS owners immediately connected to the OnStar call center service for 24 hours 365 days a year.

2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon

 Amidst the beauty and history of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Cadillac car enthusiasts is a world premiere of his latest design of cars. 2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon makes its debut on the Monterey Peninsula, with a dramatic design that elevates and updates the classic wagon body.

Not unlike many historic Cadillac designs, the new Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon is an undeniable presence and dynamic. Finely cut the car in the rear profile syringes avant-garde design in the world once utilitarian cars. Charrette next Cadillac offers ample interior space and includes a series of choices of six-cylinder engines, making it a compelling alternative to larger utility vehicles.

Based on the hot-selling CTS sport sedan, and a sister vehicle Cadillac CTS Coupe Concept extends Sportwagon design-driven renaissance of Cadillac. This first special Pebble Beach, the Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon moves to the world circuit of the Motor Show in autumn - and Cadillac dealerships in spring 2009.

"The addition of the Sport Wagon is designed dramatically synchronized with the changing tastes of consumers today as an alternative to SUVs and other larger vehicles," said Jim Taylor, Cadillac general manager. "This is an important step in Cadillac's global expansion in progress, and of course in international markets like Europe, wagons have been and remain very important."

2010 Cadillac Aera Concept

Cadillac Concept Aera won the Challenge 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show Design, tying the smart labels and animals of the seven other automakers such as Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Nissan, Toyota and Maybach. GM Advanced Design has won the honor more than any other design team, this is the third win since 2005.

This is the seventh year of competition and this year designers were asked to consider the "1,000-pound car," and instructed to imagine an effective four-passenger vehicle that has kept the comfort, safety, driving performance and style, while not exceeding the weight requirements.

"The concept Cadillac Aera was designed to continue the art of Cadillacs fantastic forward thinking" and science "philosophy," says Jussi Timonen, lead designer of the project. "It is shaped like a small city car city, but we approached this 2 +2 coupe drive both from the point of view of the luxury brand. Aera in every detail was designed to minimize the environmental impact of the car without sacrificing style, comfort and a sense of the details that make the reputation of the Cadillac. "

The Concept Cadillac Aera is powered by compressed air via a pneumatic control system very efficient, which has a 10,000 psi composite tank air storage with a capacity of 1000-mile range. Flexible air cells in the outer skin, similar to the material developed for NASA's airbags Mars Rover, improve passive safety features and interior comfort. The aerodynamics of flexible polymer to optimize skin function as a lightweight alternative to traditional body panels and glass.

The 1912 Official Handbook of Automobiles, (wow, stats and views of brasss era cars still licensed under the Selden patent)

the above delivery wagon is cool, but check out the Locomobile Cup Racer, and the price ... $18,000

the Peerless on the right hand side below... if you read the stat sheet, you might be as amused as I am that the body is known as the "King of Belgium"

the Selden Patent issue:

The above tag has a bit of historical perspective... the Selden company patented the automobile. He collected on every car made... 0.75%

Selden was a patent attorney. His dad was a judge, and a prominent Republican attorney most noted for defending Susan B Anthony.

Yeah, it obviously didn't stand up very long, but for a time, they had the patent on the automobile, and if you wanted to sell a car in America, you either paid a licensing fee or fought them in court.

Henry Ford fought them in court and won... he was obviously better prepared to make a success and a fortune that he'd share with the US Govt by way of taxes, so the right people were persuaded to take the patent of the automobile, and make it go away... the reason given was that the Ford and other cars were using an engine based on a different engine than Selden had patented.

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/05/spooky-no-traction-sliding-on-ice-as.html  

see the whole book page by page at http://www.archive.org/stream/officialhandboo04assogoog#page/n12/mode/2up which is just one of 10s of thousands of online books at http://www.archive.org/