Automobile Mag: GM Cuts Cadillac CT6, XTS, Chevrolet Impala, Cruze, Volt, and Buick LaCrosse

[TheBlackAdder]

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General Motors will cut the Cadillac CT6, Chevrolet Volt, Impala, Cruze sedan and hatchback, and Buick LaCrosse from its lineup by the end of 2019 as part of a $6 billion cost-saving plan to prepare the automaker for a zero crashes, zero emissions, zero congestion future.

The Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant that builds the Cadillac CT6 is devoting production of that luxury sedan through June 1, 2019, to the V-Series version powered by the marque’s new 550-hp, 4.2-liter twin-turbo double overhead-cam V-8 engine. Production of the Chevrolet Impala also continues there until June 1, while the Buick LaCrosse and Chevy Volt end production at Hamtramck on March 1, 2019.

Cadillac “expects to meet sales demand” for the CT6-V Blackwing V-8 with production that has been allocated through next summer, a spokesperson told Automobile magazine.

The Chevrolet Cruze hatchback and sedan end production at GM’s Lordstown Assembly in Warren, Ohio, on March 1 of next year, and production of the Chevy Impala and Cadillac XTS end production in the GM Oshawa, Ontario, Canada assembly plant in the fourth quarter of next year.

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[Freddie]

1. So they're basically forcing everyone to buy SUVs or trucks

Like Ford is doing. Big mistake. There will be another “gas crisis” in due time and they’re counting on people wanting to buy vehicles that don’t get optimal MPG.

[TheBlackAdder]

2. Yep. At least they are keeping some sedans, while other companies are getting rid of them.