Baru sedan Cadillac target Mercedes S-class

Pertama spy gambar model eksekutif besar baru dari Cadillac yang akan menjadi bagian besar dari serangan yang direncanakan di pasar mobil premium Cina. Topping berbagai model baru dari Cadillac yang akan membawa bertujuan Mercedes S-kelas telah dinodai dalam pengujian untuk pertama kalinya.
Laporan saat ini menyarankan model bisa bernama LTS, nama yang dilaporkan Cadillac merek dagang tahun lalu.
Model besar akan kira-kira sama dalam ukuran S-kelas baru dan didasarkan pada platform baru. Cadillac baru kemungkinan untuk menggantikan todays berpenggerak XTS, yang didasarkan pada versi wheelbase panjang RUPS Epsilon platform.
Dijuluki Omega, arsitektur baru akan pengemudian roda belakang Native dan juga menawarkan pilihan empat-wheel-drive. Omega juga Merenggang, berarti versi wheelbase panjang unggulan yang baru juga mungkin. Seperti model akan ideal untuk merek Cina booming pasar mobil premium.
Styling model baru terlebih dulu musim panas lalu coupe Elmiraj mewah dengan konsep Ciel, berukuran eksekutif empat-seater convertible.
Meskipun keledai tes ini memakai kamuflase berat, styling terlihat elemen termasuk yang tipis, vertikal lampu dan grill depan yang besar.
Ciel didukung oleh mesin V6 turbocharged digabungkan dengan drivetrain listrik hibrida dan lithium-ion baterai.
Selain menawarkan berbagai macam mesin V6 turbocharged dirampingkan kekuatan model, Cadillac juga akan menawarkan drivetrain hibrida dengan listrik-hanya mode, seperti yang diharapkan oleh pembeli eksekutif modern.
Mobil akan cenderung datang ke pasar pada tahun 2015, setelah mengungkapkan di Detroit motor show pada bulan Januari tahun depan.
Cadillac penjualan saat ini pementasan kebangkitan di AS, dengan total penjualan 2013 yang membuat keuntungan besar persentase lebih dari 2012. Cadillac sedang membangun pabrik baru di Cina, di mana ia ingin pergeseran 100.000 mobil per tahun 2016.

First spy pictures of a new large executive model from Cadillac that will be a big part of a planned assault on China's premium car market. A new range-topping model from Cadillac that will take aim at the Mercedes S-class has been spotted in testing for the first time.
Current reports suggest the model could be named LTS, a name which Cadillac reportedly trademarked last year.
The large model will be roughly similar in size to the new S-class and is based on an all-new platform. The new Cadillac is likely to replace todays front-drive XTS, which is based on the long-wheelbase version of GMs Epsilon platform.
Dubbed Omega, the new architecture will be natively rear-wheel drive and also offer a four-wheel-drive option. Omega is also stretchable, meaning a long-wheelbase version of the new flagship is also likely. Such a model would be ideal for the brands assault on the booming Chinese market for premium cars.
The styling of the new model was previewed last summer by the extravagant Elmiraj coupe and the Ciel concept, an executive-sized four-seater convertible.
Although this test mule wears heavy camouflage, visible styling elements include its thin, vertical headlights and large front grille.
The Ciel was powered by a turbocharged V6 engine coupled with a hybrid electric drivetrain and a lithium-ion battery pack.
As well as offering a range of downsized turbocharged V6 engines to power the model, Cadillac will also offer a hybrid drivetrain with an electric-only mode, as expected by modern executive buyers.
The car will likely come to market in 2015, after a reveal at the Detroit motor show in January next year.
Cadillac sales are currently staging a revival in the US, with its 2013 sales totals making substantial percentage gains over 2012. Cadillac is also currently building a new factory in China, where it wants to shift 100,000 cars per year by 2016.