Bad News for the STS and DTS?

[Patrick]

News of the upcoming CTS Sport Wagon was a big hit, but for those hoping for a larger Cadillac, you may want to start hunting the classified ads.

The folks at General Motors have recently announced that the redesigned STS and DTS have both been delayed with no stated date to continue. The market has shifted hard away from the gas guzzling luxury sedans that made Cadillac great, and as fuel prices have risen sharply in the past five years, the sales of the STS and DTS have slumped. Part of the problem is the success of the CTS, so overall the Caddy sales have not been any worse than other domestic dealerships, but with this delay we could be seeing the end of the full sized Cadillac.

Rumors state that there might be a single large sedan in the works that would replace both of the current larger models, but for the time being GM is clearly focused on growing the CTS lineup which now has a sedan, wagon, coupe (coming in 2010), and high performance model Also, GM has been working on the economy of the Escalade which now features a Hybrid trimline, so the development of a large, inefficient sedan might be a long time off unless there is a change in the market.

[Katzmans Caddy]

It is disappointing news but history always repeats itself. The first oil crisis back in 73/74 saw knee jerk reactions by the big three then too.

In the mean time I look at the positive side, I was at a dealer last week pricing out a pre owned 2007 DTS. They were willing to let it go for $14,995. All this means is that the luxury of a big Cadillac is all that more affordable now. I like it.

[STS-V 4 me]

Originally Posted by Katzmans Caddy

It is disappointing news but history always repeats itself. The first oil crisis back in 73/74 saw knee jerk reactions by the big three then too.

In the mean time I look at the positive side, I was at a dealer last week pricing out a pre owned 2007 DTS. They were willing to let it go for $14,995. All this means is that the luxury of a big Cadillac is all that more affordable now. I like it.

I just purchased an STS-V and sold an SRX to buy it. My wife drives a CTS and owning an STS was something I had always wanted to do. It's sad to see a great car go away and make way for what I guess now will a a combination of the STS and DTS line. Regardless of what Cadillac does my STS-V will always have a place in my garage!

[Elomyday73]

I think that it might lead to something else. but for now, theyre just friends and partners. or, that they like each other, but can never be together...

[Woody]

the most sad part of the whole thing is that all they have to do is improve the milage of the cars already on the market. There are cars made today that get worse milage than the modle A ford did!!!