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Edited May 31, 200817 yr by BigPontiac

Glad they are doing this car, but it really needs more cargo space.

The tapered rear roof line doesn't make it appear to be a dog friendly vehicle, which would be my whole justification for getting the wagon body style. No mention of available manual trans is also a miss for me.

To me, it looks more like a CTS Maxx than a true wagon. Too hatchback-y and not wagon-y enough, imo. It's handsome though.

Aha, a 3.0L with 260hp!

Edited May 31, 200817 yr by ZL-1

Aha, a 3.0L with 260hp!

Awesome. 27 mpg is one higher than the current 263 hp 3.6L. Maybe the sedan will get 28 highway?

I'm hoping the 3.0 becomes the export model's base engine.

The tapered rear roof line doesn't make it appear to be a dog friendly vehicle, which would be my whole justification for getting the wagon body style. No mention of available manual trans is also a miss for me.

I guess it depends on the size of your dog. For me, I have a Chinese Pug. This is way more practical than an Enclave or Acadia, in size and mpg.

C'mon guys, anyway think of questioning the authenticity of these photos? Jalopnik only care about getting hits from getting information and photos out, not its accuracy. The upper right-hand photo is the most damning, indicating that these are fakes and proxies as part of the survey. Compare the rear window slope versus existing spy photos of the actual car and you can see the huge difference. GM is not stupid enough to let actual photos of the production car go out on some print survey material.

Edited June 1, 200817 yr by AH-HA

Either way it's quite handsome. and the spy shots show cargo capacity won't be amazing.

Thanks for swooping in, AH-HA. I guess the photos are doctored.

C'mon guys, anyway think of questioning the authenticity of these photos? Jalopnik only care about getting hits from getting information and photos out, not its accuracy. The upper right-hand photo is the most damning, indicating that these are fakes and proxies as part of the survey. Compare the rear window slope versus existing spy photos of the actual car and you can see the huge difference. GM is not stupid enough to let actual photos of the production car go out on some print survey material.

They do look squashed or at least poorly resized.

What about the engine and other info? Are those legit?

Edited June 1, 200817 yr by ZL-1

You can tell by the overall design and layout of the page that it's not professional.

Looks like it would fit me and my 4 terriers (2 Westies, 2 Aussies).

C'mon guys, anyway think of questioning the authenticity of these photos? Jalopnik only care about getting hits from getting information and photos out, not its accuracy. The upper right-hand photo is the most damning, indicating that these are fakes and proxies as part of the survey. Compare the rear window slope versus existing spy photos of the actual car and you can see the huge difference. GM is not stupid enough to let actual photos of the production car go out on some print survey material.

it's too bad. an exciting cool-looking car like this would have helped dampen some recent bad news.

on a side note, looking at the pictures, this Caddy theme really does lend itself well to a hatch-like shape, I wonder what a compact hatch like the A3 would look like.

$h! I like it more than the sedan. So is the non-DI 3.6 going away and a 3.0L DI and a 3.6L DI going to be the only engine options aside of the V8 is the CTS-V. If so that is a great idea with gas going up.