CTS Coupe

Cadillac CTS Coupe concept

On January 13, 2008, at the Detroit Motor Show, General Motors unveiled a Coupe version of the CTS. The CTS Coupe is expected to go into production in 2009 as a 2010 model. Recent spy pics of the coupe being tested show that much of the concept remains unchanged, including the center exhaust.

The 2008 CTS won the Motor Trend Car of The Year and was selected to the Car and Driver 10 Best Car list .

The Cadillac CTS's success has been credited to its appearance in The Matrix Reloaded. When creating the film, the creators of the film were looking for a car for a chase scene for the film, and were looking for a car that would fit the atmosphere of the film. General Motors heard about this, and suggested the CTS to the filmmakers.They also suggested the Escalade, but the filmmakers rejected it. They showed more interest in the Escalade EXT, but it wasn't scheduled to go into prototype stage until 2001. Because of this, General Motors took production Chevrolet Avalanches and converted them into Escalade EXTs using prototype parts. Joel Silver, the Executive Producer of The Matrix stated, "We selected Cadillac to play a major role in The Matrix Reloaded because we knew the CTS and EXT could handle our rigorous production demands, as well as fit seamlessly into the innovative, hyper-stylized world of the Matrix." Ten CTS prototypes were used for the film, each showing different extents of damage.