[jjm01]

The future of the Cadillac division - and the rest of GM for that matter - is bleak.

Perhaps the best hope for Cadillac continuing building cars that normal people would still want would be if it were sold to the Chinese, as c5rv illustrated. Unfortunately, we'll likely never get do drive those cars because they'll be deemed too big, inefficient, not environmentally friendly, and completely unnecessary in modern America. Plus, I can’t see a Chinese built copy being as good as the American original. After all, look how popular BUICK is in China.

The sale of Hummer to the Chinese just goes to show you how ass-backwards this country is fast becoming. Ironic how the communist Chinese are forward thinking and believe in progress, while the democratic United States is sliding towards Third-Worldism.

In the interim, until the eventual demise of GM, under government control, think Cadillac Cimmaron and “environmentally friendly” hybrids with 3, 4 and 5 cylinders, maybe turbo or supercharged if we’re lucky, and perhaps a V-6 for the new Subaru sized Escalade. Think double or triple 0-60 times. The days of the Escalade, XLR, DTS and any V-series as we know them are numbered. How else do you expect GM to meet C.A.F.E. standards.

Do the math, C.A.F.E. just can’t be met alone with Chevy and certainly not with the Buick and GMC lineup. Cadillac is gonna have to take the hit. Just as C.A.F.E. standards and the associated “downsizing” nearly destroyed Cadillac by the mid 1980s and nearly bankrupted GM, this round will finish off Cadillac and GM for good. It’s deja vous all over again. Only this time imports are much stronger than they were in the 1980s.

Don’t be surprised if the CTS become the flagship, but only as a hybrid with a 3 or 4 cylinder engine. Let me take my V predication back… they’ll stick a V on the 4-cylinder hybrid.

Of course, all of this will do is turn away traditional Cadillac loyalists, and the younger demographic will continue to flock towards imports. GM and Cadillac are done. If I am wrong, aside from the US military, please cite for me an example of anything the government runs well.