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Cadillac Cadillac Cadillac The Cadillac CT5 was, in fact, only ever intended to ride on GM's Alpha 2 platform - an updated version of the automaker's existing Alpha architecture, as found in the Cadillac ATS and final-generation CTS. That's not to say it wouldn't have made sense for GM to design it for the Omega platform; we would have loved to see more use of this architecture. That said, there was at least one other vehicle slated for a highly modified version of the Omega platform: a large crossover utility vehicle. There again the platform's extraordinarily light weight, rear-wheel-drive, and available all-wheel-steering as found in the CT6 could have been a boon to both fuel economy and driving dynamics. But too much work needed to be done, and to simply call it an "Omega crossover" would have been an understatement.
Cadillac Cadillac Cadillac That program was dropped all the way back in 2017 due to costs associated with the necessary modifications, and what could have been a refreshingly nimble, luxurious, rear-wheel-drive crossover became the FWD-based Cadillac XT6 instead. The reality is that, like the dual-cam Blackwing V8 that found its way into the Cadillac CT6-V, the Omega platform itself was never meant to be more than a one- or two-trick pony, introduced with the singular purpose of underpinning Cadillac's flagship models. Now, Cadillac is plotting a (yet another) new course, with the aim of sitting at the fore of GM's emboldened push into electric propulsion, which makes a new Omega-based model as unlikely as ever. Some things are too good to last.
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Cadillac' s Cutting-Edge Omega Platform Was Only Designed For Flagship Models
Apr. 04, 2020 10:05 AM ET by Aaron Brzozowski Scoop / 14 Comments Despite reports to the contrary, the CT5 was never actually intended to use GM's Omega platform. In developing the outgoing Cadillac CT6 luxury sedan, General Motors pulled out all the stops to craft something that was rigid, smooth riding, and astonishingly light for its size. The resulting "Omega" platform, as it was known, was a cutting-edge science experiment that saw GM's Detroit-Hamtramck plant joining panels seamlessly using laser welding techniques, spot-welding aluminum to steel, borrowing high-tech adhesives from aerospace, and performing all manner of other engineering trickery. In short, it was a modern engineering marvel. But rarely did people understand (or care) about these details. It's too bad the Omega platform was never shoved into another model, because with the discontinuation of the Cadillac CT6 this year, GM's cunning Omega platform is no more. But while some reports have maintained that the new CT5 sedan was originally slated for Omega, our own GM sources tell us this is factually incorrect.Cadillac Cadillac Cadillac The Cadillac CT5 was, in fact, only ever intended to ride on GM's Alpha 2 platform - an updated version of the automaker's existing Alpha architecture, as found in the Cadillac ATS and final-generation CTS. That's not to say it wouldn't have made sense for GM to design it for the Omega platform; we would have loved to see more use of this architecture. That said, there was at least one other vehicle slated for a highly modified version of the Omega platform: a large crossover utility vehicle. There again the platform's extraordinarily light weight, rear-wheel-drive, and available all-wheel-steering as found in the CT6 could have been a boon to both fuel economy and driving dynamics. But too much work needed to be done, and to simply call it an "Omega crossover" would have been an understatement.
Cadillac Cadillac Cadillac That program was dropped all the way back in 2017 due to costs associated with the necessary modifications, and what could have been a refreshingly nimble, luxurious, rear-wheel-drive crossover became the FWD-based Cadillac XT6 instead. The reality is that, like the dual-cam Blackwing V8 that found its way into the Cadillac CT6-V, the Omega platform itself was never meant to be more than a one- or two-trick pony, introduced with the singular purpose of underpinning Cadillac's flagship models. Now, Cadillac is plotting a (yet another) new course, with the aim of sitting at the fore of GM's emboldened push into electric propulsion, which makes a new Omega-based model as unlikely as ever. Some things are too good to last.
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