Confirmed: New Cadillac CTS Coming to New York, Escalade Debuts This Fall

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

News of an all-new Cadillac CTS is not without precedent. Earlier this year, Cadillac vice president Robert Ferguson told Automobile Magazine that the third-generation CTS would bow at the New York show. Ferguson also intimated that the car would ride on a stretched version of Alpha platform used 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 current-generation car was the 2008 Motor Trend Car of the Year.

Other reports suggest the new Cadillac CTS will grow about half a car size from the current model (pictured above) so that it can compete head-on with luxury sedans like the Audi A6 and BMW 5 Series. Expect more rounded, sophisticated sheetmetal instead of the crisp, dagger-like edges on today’s “Art & Science” CTS. Under the hood, we expect the same engine choices as the new ATS: a 2.0-liter turbo-four and a 3.6-liter V-6. There may be more powerful V-Series variants at a later date.

As for the Escalade, the new luxury SUV will ride on the updated truck platform shared with the Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra, as well as with the next-generation Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban and GMC Yukon SUVs. Expect far more modern styling inside and out, as Cadillac hopes to put more distance between the Escalade and its plebian SUV-mates — potentially making the next-generation Escalade a legitimate contender for German and Japanese luxury models.

Given that the Cadillac Escalade is slated for a fall introduction, we can probably expect to see it at the Los Angeles 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 needs to succeed here.

Courtesy of MotorTrend.