Cadillac: The European BLS has been discontinued
The Cadillac BLS is no longer in production. He announced Klaus-Peter Martin to the magazine ‘Autotelegraaf’. The spokesman for Cadillac said that the last of BLS was produced in the month of June. Since 2005, the car was assembled in Trollhattan, Sweden, in the same plant from which come the cars Saab. Precisely with the 9-3, the BLS shared many technical details as a platform and powertrains.
After just three years on the market, the American car designed and built exclusively for Europe abandons the stage vehicles. The reasons for the flop of the BLS are based on two main factors: the key technical front-wheel drive Cadillac that went against tradition and the goal of 10,000 units per year ever. Not even the debut of the variant Wagon was able to straighten the sales of this model that have settled on very low volumes.
In addition, Martin said that will focus heavily on the Cadillac CTS for the difficult European market. U.S. House spokesman was confident of the potential of the new model, because the short variant will join the Sport Wagon and diesel versions, equipped with a new 2.9 V6 engine. Instead, the vacuum left by the BLS will be filled will the ATS, a compact car and rear-wheel drive that will take the role of entry level range.
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