It could also disappear at the end.
The Cadillac CT6 sedan might still be around. Maybe it is. It seems that no one knows the truth right now, even Cadillac executives. Although the sedan was launched in 2016, GM’s announcement last November contained cutbacks at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly facility where the CT6 is manufactured. We’ve received conflicting reports since then that basically amount to a huge fat I don’t know when referring to the CT6.
The most recent word is from Automotive News. The J.D. The magazine covered the recent J.D. Power Automotive Summit in San Francisco. It reported on comments by Cadillac’s Chief Market Officer Deborah Wahl, which suggested that the CT6 could – or at the very least, – live on. According to Automotive News, she stated that “the news about its demise was greatly exaggerated”. According to reports, she also stated that sales of the sedan would continue through 2019 and 2020. Although it sounds promising, it is not a commitment to keeping the sedan around.
This backs up anotherAutomotive NewsStory from a few weeks back, whereGM President Mark Reuss, and Cadillac President Steve Carlisle discussed the possibility of the CT6 remaining available on the U.S. markets. According to reports, this would mean either moving CT6 production to another facility or importing it from China.
reached out to Cadillac on January 14 to get clarification about the CT6 issue. Officially, Cadillac responded that the CT6 will cease production at Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant in mid-2019. Additionally, they said that “we usually don’t talk about future product plans.” This clearly shows that some are discussing future plans in a non-committal manner.
Officially, there is no confirmation or information except that North American CT6 production will end later in the year. We can see the bigger picture unofficially and connect some dots. It’s not difficult to see, but it is fuzzy. Even though the CT6 is just a few years old and sedan sales are falling like mad in the U.S., it’s still a popular choice. Although we suspect GM bean-counters would love to see it go in favor of an all SUV lineup, Cadillac’s legacy is more than a century of building luxurious cars, and not crossovers or other SUVs.
The end of an era and, perhaps, the end for Cadillac would mean the end to the CT6. Executives would love to keep the car around for this purpose, it seems. The million-dollar question about the CT6’s future is whether or not this can be done without affecting the bottom line.
We hope the elegant Caddy sedan stays around, for all its worth.