More than a year ago, Cadillac confirmed that the relatively weak-selling STS and DTS models would eventually be replaced by one new model. Since then it was widely speculated that this new luxury sedan would ride on the Zeta chassis.
More recently, Zeta has fallen out of favor among the big wigs inside GM, with several future Zeta-based vehicles getting the axe.
Sources within the automaker now tell us that this 2012 model year Cadillac sedan will in fact be riding on long-wheel-base version of the Epsilon II chassis, as was recently rumored. This of course means the new Cadillac would be front-wheel-drive or all-wheel drive sedan and not rear-wheel-drive as many had hoped.
Trademark filings seem to suggest this new sedan could carry a “DT7†nameplate. Currently production is set to start in the last quarter of 2011. However, as with any vehicle this far out, readjustments or delays are certainly possible.
- Chris Doane
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