Sweden's Saab plant to build new Cadillac model

[Judi Lynn]

Sweden's Saab plant to build new Cadillac model
March 1, 2005, 4:27 AM


STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- General Motors Corp. said Tuesday that it plans to build a new mid-sized Cadillac at its plant in Trollhaettan, giving workers there some sense of safety amid looming job cuts.

Carl Peter Forster, the president of GM Europe, made the announcement at the annual Geneva International Motor Show in Switzerland, one of the continent's most important automotive exhibitions.

Saab said the new Cadillac BLS sedan and the Saab SportCombi mid-size wagon are to be built at the plant, along with the 9-3 wagon and sedan.
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"We see this as proof of the confidence the GM management has in us as a designer and producer of cars," Christer Nilsson said. "GM has chosen to place the production of this new variant of Cadillac here and this feels enormously positive for us."
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http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw112348_20050301.htm



The Cadillac BLS will debut next month in Geneva

Cadillac to introduce a small sedan - only for Europe
By John McCormick / Special to The Detroit News


Cadillac, making a major commitment to become a global luxury brand, plans to introduce a small sedan in spring 2006 that will be sold exclusively across Europe.

General Motors Corp.'s luxury unit will take the wraps off the BLS concept car at the Geneva motor show next month.

The front-wheel-drive sedan is based on the automaker's next generation Epsilon "premium" architecture. It will be produced in left and right-hand drive versions and compete with other front-drive, entry level luxury cars such as the Audi A4.
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To appeal to more European consumers, the range of engines available in the BLS will include two diesel engines - a 1.9-liter turbo four-cylinder available initially and a 2.8 turbo V-6 to be offered later. Across Europe, 50 percent of new light vehicles sold are equipped with diesel engines.
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http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0502/14/A02-89127.htm

[praxiz]

1. A saying in Norway is

.. that Norway invents something, Sweden produces it and Denmark retails it.