With a new year comes new cars, and 2015 will see General Motors add multiple exciting products to its Cadillac and Chevrolet product portfolios. It will all start at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next week, but we thought we’d give you a preview of the product onslaught so you know exactly what to expect from The General throughout the year.
1. 2016 Cadillac CT6
This list is in no particular order, but well start it off with what we believe is the most highly anticipated GM product of 2015. We first caught wind of Cadillac’s full-size sedan in 2012 when GM filed a trademark application for the ‘LTS’ name. A Chevrolet Caprice-based test mule was spotted shortly after, followed by sightings of pre-production versions of the big luxury sedan. Cadillac has now confirmed the car will be called CT6, as per its new naming convention, and released crucial details on its new Omega chassis and powertrain.
The CT6 will make use of a “mixed material body structure” and some aluminum body panels to keep its weight down. The car is eight inches longer than the current mid-size CTS, but is said to be 24 kg lighter. GM has said the car will have the most powerful six-cylinder gasoline engine in the segment, an all-new 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6, and will also have a plug-in hybrid drivetrain on offer capable of returning up to 70 MPGe. Inside, expect new technologies like GM’s camera-based rear view mirror, massage chairs and other amenities helping to put it on par with competing luxury sedans.