Cadillac BLS

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Cadillac BLS
2006 Cadillac BLS
Manufacturer: General Motors
Production: 2006—present
Assembly: Trollhättan, Sweden
Class: Compact executive car
Body style: 4-door sedan
4-door station wagon
Layout: FF layout
Platform: GM Epsilon platform
Engine: 1.9 L Fiat diesel I4
1.9 L Fiat turbodiesel I4
2.0 L turbocharged Ecotec I4
2.8 L HFV6 V6
Length: 4680 mm
Width: 1750 mm
Height: 1470 mm
Related: Saab 9-3
Chevrolet Malibu
Opel Vectra
Similar: Alfa Romeo 159
Audi A4
BMW 3 Series
Lexus IS
Mercedes-Benz C-Class
Volvo S60

The Cadillac BLS is a compact executive car designed specifically for the European market by the Cadillac marque of General Motors. The car is based on GM's Epsilon architecture and is built in the same plant in Trollhättan, Sweden that builds the Saab 9-3 and the Saab 9-5. Sales began on March 2006, with a station wagon joining the line for 2007. The BLS starts at approximately € 27,000 (roughly US$35,000).

[edit] Features

A range of engines are available in the BLS, including two diesel engines, a 1.9 L turbocharged four-cylinder and a 2.8 L turbocharged V6. At 184.3 inches in overall length, the BLS is almost six inches shorter than the CTS, the smallest Cadillac available in the United States.

Engines:

[edit] Second generation

In 2005, General Motors vice chairman, Robert Lutz, announced that a second generation BLS would be sold worldwide starting in 2010. It will probably be built alongside the next generation 9-3 in Rüsselsheim, Germany, and may also be produced in the United States.


Cadillac road car timeline, 1930s-present - [edit]
Type 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
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Entry-level 60 61 WWII 61 Cimarron BLS
355 70/80 62 Series 62 6200 Calais Catera CTS
Mid-sized Seville STS
Full-size Coupe de Ville/Sedan DeVille DTS
60S Sixty Special Fleetwood Flwd60S Fleetwood Fleetwood
Limousine 355 72/75/85 Series 75 6700 Fleetwood 75 FL FB Brougham
Personal Luxury Eldorado
Crossover BRX
SRX
SUV Escalade
Roadster Allanté XLR
Halo V-16 Brougham