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You may challenge the rule that, a “true” luxury brand need to have a full-size sedan to prove the brand’s position; but at least most of the luxury brands in the world are doing this. Even for some brand that did not have in the past, are planning to do this – for example the Volvo S100 we reported a while ago.

For Cadillac, it does have a full-size sedan now (the XTS), but that it is based on the front-wheel-drive platform. In most people’s mind, FWD contradicts with “true luxury sedan”. For example you will not see a FWD Rolls-Royce Phantom, or a FWD Bentley Mulsanne...

The upcoming 2015 Lexus NX200t is equipped with the first turbocharged engine within the whole Lexus history. This engine has the Toyota internal code name “8AR-FTS”.

The 8AR-FTS has an 2.0L displacement with an open-deck, midi-skirt type aluminum cylinder block. It also has a fully balanced forged steel crankshaft, cast-in iron cylinder liners.

On the Lexus NX200t, the turbocharged 8AR-FTS makes 235 hp at 5,600 rpm with 258 lb-ft of torque available from 1,650-4,000 rpm. On the paper this engine sounds just like a normal modern 4-cylinder turbo engine, which has similar performance (2...

Today GM announced that it is going to announce the 2015 ATS-V sedan at this November’s Los Angeles auto show.

The ATS-V will be powered by a twin-turbo 3.6L V6 engine, which can be also found on the current CTS VSport sedan (please note that CTS VSport is NOT the CTS-V).

We will keep you updated once additional news are available.

Today GM released some information regarding the 2015 model year Escalade. Below are major mechanical updates and feature changes:

– A new 8-speed automatic transmission (replaces the previous 6-speed AT)
– 2-speed transfer case with off-road gear for AWD models
– New electronic features as standard in all trims: surround view camera, 4G LTE connectivity, hands-free closing functionality for the electric tailgate
– New Escalade Platinum trim with lots of luxury options, MSRP starts at $90,270 (not includint $995 destination charge)

One comment: a Cadillac sells for more than $90k, such a challenge. For more information please refer to the following press release.

Following Cadillac releasing powertrain spec for the 2015 ATS long-wheel-base version, now we also get a side profile comparison between the ATS sedan and the ATS-L, as shown below. The ATS-L has a 3.35-in longer wheelbase than the standard version.

Below are two more live photos of the 2015 ATS-L.