Cadillac Readies A 7-Series Knockout Punch With New Flagship Sedan

General Motors has green-lighted the development of a large flagship sedan for Cadillac, sources say, part of its plan to position its luxury brand's lineup to take on the German luxury stalwarts in every key sedan segment.

The flagship sedan is to be built on a new rear-wheel-drive platform and arrive by 2015. The long-rumored rwd flagship would challenge the BMW 7 series and Mercedes-Benz S class and is a key to GM's ambitions to expand Cadillac in China.

HoustonMidtown - 7/24/2012 7:30:37 AM

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Its easy....entry level = A(TS), next up is the C(TS)...and so on....just like BMW 1, 3, 5, 7 series....

delan - 7/23/2012 11:01:24 PM

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Wait, so what is the XTS then?

chewy - 7/24/2012 1:15:49 AM

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The DTS replacement with a new name. The two would probably be of similar size as I am sure XTS is 200+.

ThierryHenry14 - 7/24/2012 9:58:52 AM

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So will this car be slotted above the XTS? So ATS (Small) CTS (Medium) XTS (Large) ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZTS (X-Large?)

dayday - 7/24/2012 9:25:40 AM

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I really have Cadillac's naming strategies. They all sound very weird.

ThierryHenry14 - 7/24/2012 10:30:29 AM

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I know the TS in the name is Touring Sedan... But is there a reason for the A? I think the CTS is Catera Touring Sedan, and DTS is Deville Touring Sedan... But what about A? or X?