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The news coming from General Motors these past few weeks has been arriving at a staggering pace. Early in August 2008, the automaker rolled out the 2010 Chevy Camaro and promptly followed that announcement up with updated photographs showing its proposed plug-in hybrid, the Chevrolet Volt.

Over the coming weeks, GM announced important changes for Cadillac including the showcasing of its second generation SRX crossover and new models for the CTS line, a wagon and a coupe. After that, GM once again touted a new car for its Chevrolet line up, the Cruze, a compact car which will officially be introduced at September's Paris Auto Show.

Most recently, GM has been indicating that a compact Cadillac was in the works and, according to industry media leader AutoWeek, such a car will be in Cadillac showrooms in 2010. Yes, a four cylinder Cadillac apparently is on its way!

Shades of Cimarron.

The not yet officially announced (therefore, unnamed) vehicle might remind Cadillac faithful of the Cimarron, a four cylinder subcompact car that was on the market for a few years in the early 1980s. That car had the terrible distinction of sullying Cadillac's image for years as the Cimarron was part of GM's J-car family, cars which were sold across the automaker's product lines most notably included the Chevrolet Cavalier.

In the 1990s, GM rolled out the Catera, a compact Cadillac built in Germany by its Opel division. Though somewhat larger than the Cimarron it, too, failed as customers found the marketing campaign wanting and discovered that the Catera had numerous quality issues.

Three's A Charm?

Specifics about GM's third attempt at a small Cadillac are wanting, therefore we can only draw upon speculation for now. However, given that the Cruze was just announced, the platform for that vehicle could underpin the new Cadillac. In any case, the new Cadillac might be the second generation BLS, a car sold by Cadillac in Europe and elsewhere, but currently not available in the US and Canada. That would be the natural step to take, though the BLS nomenclature could be changed to something else to comply with current Cadillac naming convention (DTS, STS, CTS).

Let's just hope that whatever car GM builds for Cadillac doesn't remind us of a Chevrolet; consumers might be ready for a fuel efficient four cylinder model, but they'll stay away from a vehicle that fails to live up to their lofty expectations.

Copyright 2008-2012 -- Matthew C. Keegan is the owner of a successful writing and marketing business based in North Carolina, USA. He manages several websites and is a contributing writer for Andy's Auto Sport, a retailer of quality tail lights and headlights.

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Dodge D11 Luxury Liner 4-Door Sedan 1939
To fit better in the Chrysler Corporation lineup, alongside low-priced Plymouth and medium-priced DeSoto, Dodge's lineup for early 1930 was trimmed down to a core group of two lines and thirteen models (from three lines and nineteen models just over a year previous). Prices started out just above DeSoto but were somewhat less than top-of-the-line Chrysler, in a small-scale recreation of General Motors' "step-up" marketing concept. (DeSoto and Dodge would swap places in the market for the 1933 model year, Dodge dropping down between Plymouth and DeSoto.)

In the initial two years of production, Cadillac offered no options for the Allanté except for the interior and body color. Like the Cimarron of a few years earlier, the Allanté was introduced with an engine which was below the expectations of its target market. The 170 horsepower (130 kW) HT-4100 engine was insufficient against more powerful competition. This introductory platform turned off many potential customers, who considered the vehicle to be underpowered for its $55,000 price tag, causing them to conclude that Cadillac was not genuinely committed to building a performance car. In 1989 the powertrain was improved with the 4.5 L engine producing 200 horsepower (150 kW). Finally, in 1993 the powertrain was again upgraded to respectable performance with the 4.6 L Northstar V8 producing 290 horsepower (220 kW). This turned out to be the final year of production, as Allanté sales never reached the volume which Cadillac hoped for.

Plattner Auto Group News :GM had recurring quality problems with the latter two deficiencies in a variety of internal parts across multiple engine and transmission lines throughout its mid-'70s-to-mid-'80s decade, so these problems certainly would not have been out of place in Olds 350 diesels. In addition, the fuel system did not have an effective water separating system, and neither the buyers nor the dealer service staff were adequately informed about the products and procedures necessary for the proper maintenance of the engine.

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Dodge Brothers emerged as a leading builder of light trucks. They also entered into an agreement whereby they marketed trucks built by Graham Brothers of Evansville, Indiana. The three Graham brothers would later produce Graham-Paige and Graham automobiles.
Stagnation in development was becoming apparent, however, and the public responded by dropping Dodge Brothers to fifth place in the industry by 1925. That year, the Dodge Brothers company was sold by the widows to the well-known investment group Dillon, Read & Co. for no less than US$146 million (at the time, the largest cash transaction in history).

The Monte Carlo, discontinued in 2007, is said to be replaced by the Camaro, also a coupe. At the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, the production version of the Chevrolet Spark was displayed under the nameplate of Spark. General Motors announced that the Spark, along with the Chevrolet Orlando, would go into production in the US. The Orlando will be a successor to the HHR . Along with the Spark and Orlando, General Motors will introduce two more models: the plug-in hybrid 2011 Chevrolet Volt; and the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze, successor to the Cobalt. Chevrolet is starting a second generation Aveo which will make make release summer of 2010.

Plattner Auto Group Home illon, Read & Co. offered non-voting stock on the market in the new Dodge Brothers, Inc., firm, and along with the sale of bonds was able to raise $160 million, reaping a $14 million (net) profit. All voting stock was retained by Dillon, Read. Frederick Haynes remained as company head until E.G. Wilmer was named board chairman in November, 1926. Wilmer was a banker with no auto experience and Haynes remained as president. Changes to the car, save for superficial things like trim levels and colors, remained minimal until 1927, when the new Senior six-cylinder line was introduced. The former four-cylinder line was kept on, but renamed the Fast Four line until it was dropped in favor of two lighter six-cylinder models (the Standard Six and Victory Six) for 1928.

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The company has long worked on alternative-technology vehicles, and has recently led the industry with ethanol burning flexible-fuel vehicles that can run on either E85 (ethanol) or gasoline. The company was the first to use turbochargers and was an early proponent of V6 engines in the 1960s, but quickly lost interest as the muscle car race took hold.
They demonstrated gas turbine vehicles powered by kerosene, an area of interest throughout the industry, but abandoned the alternative engine configuration in view of the 1973 oil crisis. In the 1970s and 1980s, GM pushed the benefits of diesel engines and cylinder deactivation technologies with disastrous results due to poor durability in the Oldsmobile diesels and drivability issues in the Cadillac V8-6-4 variable cylinder engines. In 1987, GM, in conjunction with AeroVironment, built the Sunraycer, which won the inaugural World Solar Challenge and was a showcase of advanced technology. Much of the technology from Sunraycer found its way into the Impact prototype electric vehicle (also built by Aerovironment) and was the predecessor to the General Motors EV1.

Plattner Auto Group Business Dodge Brothers emerged as a leading builder of light trucks. They also entered into an agreement whereby they marketed trucks built by Graham Brothers of Evansville, Indiana. The three Graham brothers would later produce Graham-Paige and Graham automobiles.
Stagnation in development was becoming apparent, however, and the public responded by dropping Dodge Brothers to fifth place in the industry by 1925. That year, the Dodge Brothers company was sold by the widows to the well-known investment group Dillon, Read & Co. for no less than US$146 million (at the time, the largest cash transaction in history).

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1997 cadillac catera help?

i need to know where the #1 cylinder is on a 97 caddy catera.

Look at the front of the engine,where the belt is,it is the first plug on the right side of the engine.

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