Cadillac July 2013 sales were up 16% on the strength of flat SRX sales with support from a strong ATS and XTS bullpen relieving CTS sales.
XTS actually edged out ATS sales, which is not where ATS sales need to be in the lineup. Cadillac still needs to find the path to double or triple ATS sales.
The ATS is now the best selling Cadillac sedan, and the SRX continues to lead crossover/truck sales. Overall Cadillac sales were up for the month versus last year, but not dramatically enough to declare it a great month — total sales were up less than ATS sales for example. CTS sales continue to hover awaiting new model in the Fall. XTS sales have effectively replaced DTS sales.
| June | (Calendar Year-to-Date) | |||||||
| January – June | ||||||||
| 2013 | 2012 | %Change Volume | 2013 | 2012 | %Change Volume | |||
| ATS | 3,459 | 0 | ***.* | 19,183 | 0 | ***.* | ||
| CTS | 2,416 | 5,046 | -52.1 | 15,133 | 25,483 | -40.6 | ||
| DTS | 16 | 79 | -79.7 | 19 | 429 | -95.6 | ||
| Escalade | 1,035 | 1,164 | -11.1 | 5,677 | 5,994 | -5.3 | ||
| Escalade ESV | 667 | 658 | 1.4 | 3,827 | 3,747 | 2.1 | ||
| Escalade EXT | 186 | 142 | 31.0 | 1,159 | 814 | 42.4 | ||
| SRX | 3,912 | 4,260 | -8.2 | 23,990 | 25,450 | -5.7 | ||
| STS | 4 | 22 | -81.8 | 7 | 142 | -95.1 | ||
| XTS | 2,234 | 753 | 196.7 | 14,684 | 753 | 1850.1 | ||
| Cadillac Total | 13,929 | 12,124 | 14.9 | 83,679 | 62,812 | 33.2 | ||
We receive some meds packed in thermal blankets with Nordic Ice gel packs tucked in to keep them cold. “freeze and re-use as long-lasting ice packs” they say. I have a hot intercooler coolant system (most any day). What happens if we put these two ideas together?
In my intercooler system, coolant flow up from the pump to the intercooler, then down to a heat exchanger, through a reservoir, another heat exchanger, and back to the pump. Almost none of the system is accessible with the nose of the V in place.
However, if I remove the engine covers and gently pry back the air guides, I can just slot in Nordic ice bags on the AVS aluminum coolant tank.
I had extras so I put them near the filter to try to provide some local A/C.
The yellow line is ambient temp in the driveway — yes 100F here in Texas. The blue line is air into the engine intake — around 120F. The Red line we would like to see go down to below 100F (wishes). What we see is that it falls from 148F to a flat steady 138F and stays there regardless of the iced tank.
I did discover that there was radiator air leaking into the filter area near a joined metal location and applied a seal there to block hot air coming to the filter.
The test was not ideal, as no air was flowing over the two heat exchangers since the V was sitting with the engine running in the driveway. I was hesitant to drive with the Nordic Ice packs just loosely stacked on the AVS tank. However, I could in a future test add a fan over the heat exchangers.
It would be great to engineer a system to allow ‘transfusion’ of cold intercooler coolant into the system when heat soaked and thus restore it to cold temps for testing.