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Revision as of 20:14, 3 January 2008
Cadillac BLS | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | General Motors |
Production | 2006—present |
Assembly | Trollhättan, Sweden |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Compact executive car |
Body style | 4-door sedan 4-door station wagon |
Layout | FF layout |
Platform | GM Epsilon platform |
Related | Saab 9-3 Chevrolet Malibu Opel Vectra |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 1.9 L Fiat turbodiesel I4 2.0 L turbocharged Ecotec I4 2.8 L HFV6 V6 |
Dimensions | |
Length | Template:Auto mm Template:Auto mm (Wagon) |
Width | Template:Auto mm Template:Auto mm (Wagon) |
Height | Template:Auto mm Template:Auto mm (Wagon) |
The Cadillac BLS is a compact executive car designed specifically for the European market by the Cadillac marque of General Motors. The car is based on GM's Epsilon architecture and is built in the same plant in Trollhättan, Sweden, that builds the Saab 9-3 and the Saab 9-5. Sales began on March 2006, with a station wagon joining the line for 2007. Though originally designed for the European market, the BLS was introduced to the Arabian, Mexican, South African, and South Korean markets for the 2007 model year.
Features
A range of engines are available in the BLS: one diesel engine, a 1.9 L turbocharged four-cylinder, one petrol engine a 2.8 L turbocharged V6, and one petrol engine a 2.0 L available with two power levels.
At Template:Auto in in overall length, the BLS is almost six inches shorter than the CTS, the smallest Cadillac available in the United States.
Engines:
- 1.9 L Fiat turbodiesel I4 16v, 150 hp (110 kW)
- 1.9 L Fiat turbodiesel I4 16v, 180 hp (132 kW) (2007-)
- 2.0 L Ecotec I4, low-output turbo, 175 hp (129 kW)
- 2.0 L Ecotec I4, high-output turbo, 210 hp (154 kW)
- 2.0 T FlexPower 200 hp (147 kW)
- 2.8 L HFV6 V6, turbo, 250 hp (184 kW)
Second generation
In 2005, General Motors vice chairman, Robert Lutz, announced that a second generation BLS would be sold worldwide starting in 2010. It will be built alongside the next generation Saab 9-3 in Rüsselsheim, Germany, and will be produced in Lordstown, Ohio at General Motors' Lordstown Assembly.