[megeebee]

I received my copy of this weeks' Automotive News. The August sales charts are out. Cadillac has reported 4202 deliveries of the new DTS. Sales of the left-over '05's was 1879. Overall, Cadillac had a good month. Only a few hundred units shy of last August. But the year-to-date totals are interesting. Through August of this year, Cadillac sales are 166,293. Last year at this time they totaled 149,683. Another point of interest: Escalade sales actually increased over last August, if only by 777 units. ESV and EXT were off a little. CTS sales were off, too : August this year:3610, in '04: 4365. But in year-to-date, the CTS is ahead of last year by over 4000 units.
(These figures are Calendar year, not model year)

 

[caddycruiser]

Most of those HAVE to be fleet sales to rental agencies. They seem to be the only places (besides the dealer) that has them in relatively good numbers right now--because there certainly aren't very many private owners yet.

 

[turbojimmy]

Most of those HAVE to be fleet sales to rental agencies. They seem to be the only places (besides the dealer) that has them in relatively good numbers right now--because there certainly aren't very many private owners yet.

I hate when they do that, but that's the only logical explanation.

I went to Edmunds yesterday and clicked on New Cars, then Cadillac. The 2006 DTS came up as one of the top 5 most researched so I guess it has piqued people's interest.

Jim

 

[Leloz]

They show two hp figures for the DTS: 275 and 291. Wasn't the previous generation 275 and 300?

 

[caddydaddy]

Yes, but there's a new method for calculating engine power. That's the reason for the change.

 

[ben72227]

Yeah, the SAE introduced a new technique this year. Most engines LOST horsepower (especially the Asians, Toyota's Camry went from 210 to 190) but surprisingly, the supercharged N* went from 440 to 469! and the new Vette engine went from 500 to 505!