Lutz Confirms Development of Cadillac V12

just make the sixteen and everyone will be happy.

I agree. Just having the sixteen on the road would be more beneficial than any of the silly ad campaigns Caddy has done in recent years.

My impression is the Cad 16 will never be built. At least in the size of the concept. I saw the 16 in person at an auto show and the car is gargantuan. My guess the car is undrivable on normal roads with other cars around due to its size. Oh yes, the car is georgeously styled and drivable, but where?

Well, obviously, they're not actually producing THE Sixteen. They're going to come out with a full-size luxury sedan that kind of looks like it, and will have a sixteen-cylinder engine.

12 cylinder.
16 cylinder is ridiculous.

lol! Sounds vaguely familiar...

"7-Speed: Genius
8-Speed: Ridiculous"

16 cylinder is no more ridiculous than a V12 with twin turbochargers. Plus it wouldn't even be the first 16 on the market.

7 or 8 speed - too much.

CVT - fine

6 speed - fine.

Whoops! Meant twelve!

Hell Yes!

God that car still looks good.

Ok. Make it a little smaller, call it the Twelve. Sweet!

I hate it when popular culture infects my fragile little mind; but every time I look at that Sixteen I have this disturbing rendition of Borat saying "Niiiiice," followed by a goofy grin.

this could turn them in the right direction if done right

Very exciting things happening at Cadillac. Can't wait to get my hands on the CTS coupe.

Okay,

I'm going to get on my GM "high horse" here one more time.

Let me preface this by saying that I do not work for GM or any GM dealer. I also don't own a GM product at this time.

That being said, GM is doing some pretty smart things right now. A good way to build consumer confidence in all of a company's products is to take the best stuff you make and really refine it to a very high level. GM continues to garner a lot of press from all over the world with Corvette and Cadillac product lines and even C/K pickup. That reflects well on the entire GM product portfolio.

I don't really see the other domestic brands commiting to this strategy. Lincoln and the F-150 should be the primary focus of Ford right now. I'm sure the F-150 is in the forefront at Ford but Lincoln certainly isn't.

Chrysler is all over the board in the press but gets more attention from the fact that they may be spun off or sold than about it's products.

Toyota gets a big boost from Lexus as does Nissan with Infinity and so on.

I am excited and curious to see how far GM will take Cadillac. A 12cyl ultra luxury coupe, sedan, or whatever, will give them a lot of "street cred" these days.

Agree. Everything you said is true. GM's rapid progress, the lack of commitment from the other domestics, Toyota/Nissan/Honda's angelic collective image...

One exception I see is the VW/Audi merger. Audis products are improving at an intense rate, and each new review I read lauds their products; on the other hand, here in the US, Audi's positive image doesn't do anything for Volkswagen.

Ahh!

"Audi's products are improving at an intense rate, and each new review I read lauds their vehicles" is what the first sentence of the second paragraph should read.

This site needs an "Edit Post" button!

What a waste of time and engineering... the final product is going to be less than acceptable... like all other previous examples.