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Cadillac SRX Crossover plug-in hybrid under development

By Brett Davis |

According to US reports, GM’s luxury car faculty, Cadillac, could be about to bring out a new plug-in hybrid luxury SUV using technology also seen on the Chevrolet Volt. The car in question is expected to be based on the Cadillac SRX Crossover concept first unveiled at the Detroit motor show in 2008.

Reports say GM internal sources have confirmed production for the new model and say it will use some of the technology from the Volt to help keep development costs down. The car is also said to be based on a since scrapped project which started in 2008, based on a Buick vehicle.

A Cadillac hybrid SUV would provide the market with a rival to Toyota’s luxury off-road hybrid Lexus RX vehicles, although the Cadillac version will have the upper hand since it will be a plug-in hybrid using range-extending technology. GM does see Toyota as its main competitor in terms of sales though.

If the project does go ahead, it will be the first range-extending, plug-in hybrid luxury SUV on the market. Speculators say it certainly could take some of the Prius sales away from Toyota in the future.

Since the plans haven’t officially been made public, a release date is yet to be estimated. We’ll keep you updated though.


 

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  • Mikey_94

    Sounds great. Nice to see GM putting their Voltec technology into other vehicles.

  • Shak

    ^^ Agreed 100%. This is what Gm should have been, and now that they have been given a shaking, they are producing products that people actually want. lets just hope that like these rumours, that some of the Holden Export rumours are also true!

  • Ben

    Good to see the effort. Weird that they would say they are using some of the tech from the volt to keep costs down.. Why the hell would you not use some of your own tech..

    Still does not stop the Americans from making some butt ugly vehicles. eeeewwww

  • Dave S

    Another reason to bring Cadillac to Australia.

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