Cadillac CT6 to Get Aluminum Body: Report
Cadillac’s upcoming large rear-wheel drive sedan will be light for it’s size, but the company hasn’t explained exactly how it plans to get there.
A new report from Automobile suggests that Cadillac will give the CT6 a body made of aluminum to save weight rather than the composite structure made of high-strength steel, aluminum, and steel stampings and castings. According to the report, the CT6 will actually have a curb weight similar to the Alpha-based CTS, sitting somewhere in the range of 3,700 to 4,100 lbs.
The report also suggests that the CT6, which is expected to debut later next year, will be powered by Cadillac’s upcoming engine family that will include four- six- and eight-cylinder configurations.
Cadillac announce earlier this year that it will migrate to a sequential alpha-numeric naming structure for its vehicles that will eventually re-name all of its cars by number to denote their place within the lineup. The all-new CT6 will be the first of those to adopt the new structure, but that name leaves space for more models above it because Cadillac currently has everything from CT2 to CT8 trademarked.
[Source: Automobile]
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