Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:31:14 -0500 From: "Bo" <nonospamom> Subject: Re: SAABillac
"WhyAsk" <vwincentnospamet> wrote in message news:gWSNd.1297$h06.257262nospamer.newsread.com... > First Cadillac Designed For Europe Debuts In Geneva > just-auto.com > February 7, 2005 > Cadillac will show a concept version of its new European car at the Geneva > motor show in early March, and display the production version at the > Frankfurt IAA in September. > General Motors vice chairman Robert Lutz will give a sneak preview of the > sedan on Tuesday February 8 when he opens the new headquarters for > Cadillac > Europe, a subsidiary of the Netherlands-based Kroymans Corp., which > distributes Cadillacs in Europe, according to Automotive News Europe. > The smaller Cadillac will be built on GM's Epsilon architecture using the > Saab 9-3 body shell. Sales of the car are scheduled to start early next > year. > Despite previous suggestions, the Cadillac version probably will not get a > convertible version which the 9-3 line offers. The car will come with a > 1.9-litre diesel engine, which sources say will come from the Fiat-GM > Powertrain engine joint venture, and a V6 petrol engine from Holden, GM's > Australian subsidiary, which builds the GM Global engine line. > The baby Cadillac will be produced in Trollhattan, Sweden, where Saab > assembles the 9-3 and 9-5. Saab's Swedish assembly operation has been in > doubt as GM consolidates its manufacturing capacity. > In full production, the new Cadillac could sell 10,000 units a year, GM > sources say. There have to be at least that many idiots in Europe.
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