Cadillac CTS, SRX Earn 5-Star Crash Safety Rating [Video]
Last week, the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety announced that 2012 earned a record number of “top safety picks,” but the automotive industry is looking to set the record number even higher.
Cadillac ‘s 2012 SRX crossover and CTS sports sedan and wagon models received a crash safety rating of 5-star overall. According to the National Highway Traffic Adminstration, only 21 vehicles earned the overall high score for 2012.
The SRX and CTS sedan and wagon were tested under NHTSA’s revised New Car Assessment Program first put to effect for the 2011 model year. This revision requires vehicles to pass frontal, side and rollover tests. The 5-star overall rating takes into account the combined results of all the tests.
GM executive director of Vehicle Safety Gay Kent expresses, “Receiving five stars under the new rating system is an impressive feat– on that clearly demonstrates the strength of the SRX and CTS advanced structure, overall crashworthiness and effectiveness of the models’ state-of-the-art safety technologies.
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General Motors sales in China: 1.23 mln cars in 2011
General Motors on Friday said its sales in China rose 18.5 percent in 2011 to 1.23 million cars.
According to the U.S. based automaker, Buick brands came to 645,537 vehicles, up 17.4 percent, while its Chevrolet brand sold 555,991 – up 17.9 percent. Cadillac also had a good year – sales rose 72.8 percent to 30,008 units.
China’s retail sales rose an estimated 17 percent year-on-year to 18 trillion yuan ($2.86 trillion) in 2011 as the government sought to boost domestic consumption, the Commerce Ministry said.
Polk expects China will continue to be the main driver of global growth. Much of China’s new car demand has been concentrated in the largest cities, such as Shanghai and Beijing, but analysts see a burgeoning market in China’s second-tier cities, many with populations of more than 1 million.
It is expected that GM will increase its local production of Cadillacs.
China’s decision to increase import levies on some vehicles from the U.S. will have minimal impact as imports account for 0.5 percent of GM’s China sales.
GM makes vehicles in China in partnership with SAIC Motor and FAW Group.