Cadillac is keeping up the pressure with another new market entry, the STS. As the flagship of the Cadillac car line, the STS has been the brand's rival for top-drawer sedans from BMW, Mercedes and Lexus.
While the outgoing STS design still looked quite fresh and benefited from the strong Northstar V-8 powertrain, the car was handicapped by a number of factors.
Most problematic was its front wheel-drive chassis, which stood out like a sore thumb in a class dominated by more performance-orientated rear-drive platforms.
The 2005 STS, which enters showrooms late this year, is based on GM's Sigma architecture. This rear-wheel-drive/all-wheel-drive platform has already proved its worth as the foundation for Cadillac's popular CTS mid-luxury sedan and more recently the SRX sport utility vehicle. The model proliferation is part of GM's $5 billion bet to overhaul Cadillac.
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