2010 Detroit: Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept

Detroit Editor Todd Lassa has the lowdown on Cadillacs luxurious XTS Platinum Concept at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show.

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:05 This is a convergence of a few cars.

00:07 Cadillac has planned to combine the STS and DTS sedan

00:11 into one big new flagship.

00:13 This car is called the XTS.

00:14 It's a concept, but it's a good preview of what we'll be

00:17 getting within a year.

00:19 General Motors has the fully developed plug-in hybrid power

00:23 plant that was supposed to go into the Saturn Vue.

00:26 But of course, it's not going to be.

00:28 So instead, it goes in the Cadillac, which, because of

00:31 its price, will be able to absorb the costs of a hybrid

00:35 much better.

00:36 The styling is the latest iteration of the art and

00:40 science look, with a very swept kind of look to the

00:43 exterior, making it more of a fastback type of four-door.

00:48 The car is big.

00:49 It's an inch longer than a Cadillac Escalade.

00:52 And it's wider and taller than a Cadillac STS.

00:56 So it's got a lot of interior space.

00:58 This car also extends Cadillac's platinum sub-brand.

01:02 It's got a nicer interior, high-level appointments, a

01:06 little bit extra bling and zoop.

01:09 Cadillac also announced that each and every one of its

01:11 models will fall into either one of two sub-brands.

01:14 You'll be able to get either a platinum version or a V

01:18 version of its various cars.

01:20 The XTS, of course, will come in a platinum version.

01:23 Whereas the CTS already is in the V series version.

01:26 And eventually, we'll get the high-performance V series

01:30 variant of its upcoming 3 Series competitor, a smaller

01:35 rear-drive car than the CTS.

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01:44 (upbeat music)