{"id":17167,"date":"2014-05-02T20:25:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T01:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=17167"},"modified":"2014-05-02T20:25:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-03T01:25:45","slug":"cadillac-sales-5-april-2014-strong-srx-stronger-cts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/cadillac-sales-5-april-2014-strong-srx-stronger-cts\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadillac sales up 5% in April 2014 on strong SRX, CTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cadillac sales in April were up 5.1% overall for the month, although still down for the year to date.\u00a0 SRX moved over 4,500 units again in April, and CTS made a surprising showing &#8212; perhaps best month ever for the new redesign?<\/p>\n<p>ATS was flat, still well off the 5K per month target.\u00a0 XTS was down sharply; CTS may be grabbing up all the XTS sales now?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Escalade continues to fade.<\/p>\n<p>The ELR sold 61 examples, first time it has not sold more per month than previous:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6 in Dec<\/li>\n<li>41 in Jan<\/li>\n<li>58 in Feb<\/li>\n<li>81 in March<\/li>\n<li>61 in April<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And a new total of 247 ELRs have found new homes.\u00a0 At this pace we might predict a total sales near 750 for the year?<\/p>\n<p>The press release below suggests 61% of Cadillac buyers were new to the marque, so that seems good news for overall growth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" frame=\"VOID\" rules=\"NONE\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"118\" \/>\n<col width=\"63\" \/>\n<col width=\"63\" \/>\n<col width=\"86\" \/>\n<col width=\"6\" \/>\n<col width=\"64\" \/>\n<col width=\"64\" \/>\n<col width=\"86\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000; border-left: 3px solid #000000; border-right: 3px solid #000000;\" rowspan=\"2\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"118\" height=\"41\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 3px solid #000000;\" colspan=\"4\" rowspan=\"2\" align=\"CENTER\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"218\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">April<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000; border-left: 3px solid #000000; border-right: 3px solid #000000;\" colspan=\"4\" align=\"CENTER\" valign=\"BOTTOM\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"299\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">(Calendar Year-to-Date)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid #000000; border-left: 3px solid #000000; border-right: 3px solid #000000;\" colspan=\"4\" align=\"CENTER\" valign=\"BOTTOM\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">January &#8211; April <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid #000000; border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"BOTTOM\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"38\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000; border-bottom: 3px solid #000000; border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">2014<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000; border-bottom: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">2013<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000; border-bottom: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">%Change Volume<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000; border-bottom: 3px solid #000000; border-right: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"BOTTOM\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">2014<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">2013<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">%Change Volume<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"20\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">ATS<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000; border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">2,737<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">2,725<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">0.4<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000; border-right: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">10,055<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">12,475<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">-19.4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"20\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">CTS<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">3,270<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">2,398<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">36.4<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">10,929<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">10,260<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">6.5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"20\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">DTS<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">***.*<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">***.*<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"20\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">ELR<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">61<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">***.*<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">241<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">***.*<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"20\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">Escalade<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">877<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">919<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">-4.6<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">3,100<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">3,609<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">-14.1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"20\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">Escalade ESV<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">448<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">619<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">-27.6<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">1,831<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">2,465<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">-25.7<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"20\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">Escalade EXT<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">199<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">-99.0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">44<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">773<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">-94.3<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"20\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">SRX<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">4,547<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">3,478<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">30.7<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-right: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">19,450<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">16,334<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">19.1<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"LEFT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"20\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">XTS<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid #000000; border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">1,958<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">2,891<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">-32.3<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: 3px solid #000000; border-right: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">7,838<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">10,021<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">-21.8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000; border-bottom: 3px solid #000000; border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"CENTER\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"40\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">Cadillac Total*<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000; border-bottom: 3px solid #000000; border-left: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">13,900<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000; border-bottom: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">13,230<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000; border-bottom: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">5.1<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000; border-bottom: 3px solid #000000; border-right: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000; border-bottom: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">53,488<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000; border-bottom: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">55,942<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 3px solid #000000; border-bottom: 3px solid #000000;\" align=\"RIGHT\" valign=\"MIDDLE\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial Unicode MS; font-size: medium;\">-4.4<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Press Release:<\/p>\n<p><b>DETROIT \u2013 <\/b>Cadillac\u2019s U.S. sales for April show that the brand\u2019s products continue to attract new buyers. Retail sales to individual consumers were up 12 percent, with total sales up 5 percent, including a 55-percent decline in fleet sales.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty-one percent of U.S. Cadillac buyers in April were new to the brand, and did not trade-in or dispose of a prior Cadillac model.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadillac.com\/srx-luxury-crossover.html\">The SRX crossover<\/a> is selling at a record pace through the first four months of 2014, and increased 31 percent in April year-over-year. Initial deliveries of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadillac.com\/escalade-suv.html\">the all-new, next generation 2015 Escalade SUV<\/a> began in the U.S. in April. Sales are off to a brisk start, as Cadillac closed April with less than five days\u2019 supply of <a href=\"http:\/\/media.cadillac.com\/media\/us\/en\/cadillac\/vehicles\/escalade-escalade-esv\/2015.html\">the new Escalade<\/a> available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadillac.com\/cts-sport-sedan.html\">The 2014 Cadillac CTS sport sedan<\/a> sales increased 36 percent. The brand estimates that the CTS has gained more than two points of market share so far in 2014 in its midsize luxury car segment. The 2014 CTS has been named <a href=\"http:\/\/media.gm.com\/media\/us\/en\/cadillac\/vehicles\/cts_sport_sedan\/2014.detail.html\/content\/Pages\/news\/us\/en\/2013\/Nov\/1107-cts-coty.html\"><i>Motor Trend<\/i> Car of the Year<\/a>, one of <a href=\"http:\/\/media.gm.com\/media\/us\/en\/cadillac\/vehicles\/cts_sport_sedan\/2014.detail.html\/content\/Pages\/news\/us\/en\/2013\/Nov\/1120-cts.html\"><i>Car and Driver<\/i>\u2019s 10 Best<\/a>, <i>Road &amp; Track<\/i>\u2019s 2013 Luxury Car, <a href=\"http:\/\/media.cadillac.com\/media\/us\/en\/cadillac\/news.detail.html\/content\/Pages\/news\/us\/en\/2014\/Apr\/0415-cadillac-edmunds.html\">an Edmunds.com Top Rated Vehicle<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/media.gm.com\/media\/us\/en\/cadillac\/vehicles\/cts_sport_sedan\/2014.detail.html\/content\/Pages\/news\/us\/en\/2014\/Apr\/0408-cts-all-stars.html\">an <i>Automobile Magazine <\/i>2014 All-Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a strong month for Cadillac, as new products are driving growth and attracting new buyers,\u201d said Bill Peffer, Cadillac U.S. vice president of sales and service. \u201cStrong sales in March and April have enabled us to pull even with 2013, despite the industry\u2019s very cold start to the year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cadillac last month was also <a href=\"http:\/\/media.cadillac.com\/media\/us\/en\/cadillac\/news.detail.html\/content\/Pages\/news\/us\/en\/2014\/Apr\/0409-cadillac-jdp.html\">rated highest in customer satisfaction with dealer service among luxury brands by J.D. Power<\/a>. The ranking followed being <a href=\"http:\/\/media.cadillac.com\/media\/us\/en\/cadillac\/news.detail.html\/content\/Pages\/news\/us\/en\/2014\/mar\/0303-cadillac-jdpower.html\">named a J.D. 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