{"id":11235,"date":"2011-10-11T10:20:58","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T15:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=11235"},"modified":"2011-10-11T10:20:58","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T15:20:58","slug":"why-is-the-cadillac-cts-coupe-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/why-is-the-cadillac-cts-coupe-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is the Cadillac CTS Coupe important?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cadillac pointed out earlier this month that the Cadillac CTS Coupe is selling well.\u00a0 It has a 27% take rate in the CTS Family, which is well above the industry average of 9% for a coupe model.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/CadillacCTSvCoupe02412.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8958\" title=\"The Cadillac CTSv Coupe at the Monticello Motor Club\" src=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/CadillacCTSvCoupe02412-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/CadillacCTSvCoupe02412-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/CadillacCTSvCoupe02412-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Cadillac is a luxury vehicle, but it is also used by people who have practical needs in their choice of transportation.\u00a0 One might expect that the Cadillac Buyer has a bit more latitude in choices available to them.\u00a0\u00a0 I agree however that the higher take rate for the CTS Coupe is remarkable, if not unexpected.\u00a0 The CTS Coupe is literally rolling art.\u00a0 If there are compromises in the design, they were taken in the function, not the form.\u00a0 The dual central rear exhaust is beautiful.\u00a0 I am sure it is functional as well, but certainly probably not ideal for exhaust flow.\u00a0 The rear seating comfort suffers dramatically for the Coupe over the CTS Sedan.<\/p>\n<p>But the CTS Coupe is an important vehicle for Cadillac.<\/p>\n<p>The Cadillac CTS Coupe reminds Team Cadillac and we the Cadillac buying public what Cadillac is supposed to be about &#8212; what the core values for Cadillac are:\u00a0 Beauty, Performance, Advanced Technology.\u00a0 \u00a0 Cadillac models <em>should<\/em> take your breath away when you see them on the street. \u00a0 They are premium models carefully engineered to be aspirational and achieve a luxury performance contact and contract with that young entrepreneur, artist, or business person who can afford one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cadillac pointed out earlier this month that the Cadillac CTS Coupe is selling well.\u00a0 It has a 27% take rate in the CTS Family, which is well above the industry average of 9% for a coupe model. A Cadillac is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/why-is-the-cadillac-cts-coupe-important\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149,6],"tags":[552,815,628,602],"class_list":["post-11235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cts-coupe-cadillac-models","category-site-info-news","tag-cadillac-cts-coupe","tag-cadillac-design","tag-cadillac-development","tag-cadillac-sales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11235"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11242,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11235\/revisions\/11242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}