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The Cadillac BLS is a compact executive car
Compact executive car

Compact executive car is a mainly United Kingdom car classification term applied to premium cars smaller than executive cars. In American English, they are usually referred to as Entry-level luxury car....
 designed specifically for the Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an market by the Cadillac
Cadillac

Cadillac is a luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors. Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, mainly in the United States, Canada, and Mexico....
 marque of General Motors
General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
. The car is based on GM's Epsilon
GM Epsilon platform

Epsilon is General Motors' new mid-size car front-wheel drive automobile platform. The architecture debuted in the 2002 Opel Vectra#Vectra C and 2003 Saab 9-3....
 architecture and is built in the same plant in Trollhättan
Trollhättan

Trollh?ttan is a Cities of Sweden in V?sterg?tland, Sweden, and the seat of Trollh?ttan Municipality, V?stra G?taland County. The city is located 75 kilometre north of Sweden's second-largest city, Gothenburg....
, Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
, that builds the Saab 9-3
Saab 9-3

The Saab 9-3 is a compact executive car produced by the automaker Saab Automobile in Trollh?ttan, Sweden. The convertible version is manufactured in Austria by Magna Steyr....
 and the Saab 9-5
Saab 9-5

The Saab 9-5 is an executive car produced by the Swedish automobile maker Saab Automobile. It was introduced in 1997 as the replacement to the Saab 9000....
. Sales began on March 2006, with a station wagon
Station wagon

A station wagon in American English, Australian English, Canadian English and New Zealand English usage and an estate car in British English usage, is a passenger automobile with a car body style similar to a sedan but with the roofline following the full, sometimes extended rear cargo area, i.e. ending with a more vertical door...
 joining the line for 2007. Though originally designed for the European market, the BLS was introduced to the Arabian, Mexican
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
, South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
n, and South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
n markets for the 2007 model year. The car has so far not been a huge success, however.






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The Cadillac BLS is a compact executive car
Compact executive car

Compact executive car is a mainly United Kingdom car classification term applied to premium cars smaller than executive cars. In American English, they are usually referred to as Entry-level luxury car....
 designed specifically for the Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
an market by the Cadillac
Cadillac

Cadillac is a luxury vehicle marque owned by General Motors. Cadillac vehicles are sold in over 50 countries and territories, mainly in the United States, Canada, and Mexico....
 marque of General Motors
General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
. The car is based on GM's Epsilon
GM Epsilon platform

Epsilon is General Motors' new mid-size car front-wheel drive automobile platform. The architecture debuted in the 2002 Opel Vectra#Vectra C and 2003 Saab 9-3....
 architecture and is built in the same plant in Trollhättan
Trollhättan

Trollh?ttan is a Cities of Sweden in V?sterg?tland, Sweden, and the seat of Trollh?ttan Municipality, V?stra G?taland County. The city is located 75 kilometre north of Sweden's second-largest city, Gothenburg....
, Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
, that builds the Saab 9-3
Saab 9-3

The Saab 9-3 is a compact executive car produced by the automaker Saab Automobile in Trollh?ttan, Sweden. The convertible version is manufactured in Austria by Magna Steyr....
 and the Saab 9-5
Saab 9-5

The Saab 9-5 is an executive car produced by the Swedish automobile maker Saab Automobile. It was introduced in 1997 as the replacement to the Saab 9000....
. Sales began on March 2006, with a station wagon
Station wagon

A station wagon in American English, Australian English, Canadian English and New Zealand English usage and an estate car in British English usage, is a passenger automobile with a car body style similar to a sedan but with the roofline following the full, sometimes extended rear cargo area, i.e. ending with a more vertical door...
 joining the line for 2007. Though originally designed for the European market, the BLS was introduced to the Arabian, Mexican
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
, South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
n, and South Korea
South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea , ), often referred to as Korea and the "names of Korea#Revival of the names", is a Semi-presidential system republic in East Asia, located in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula....
n markets for the 2007 model year. The car has so far not been a huge success, however. For instance, in 2007, Cadillac sold a total of 282 cars on the German market (in a market totalling 3.15 million annual sales), and in 2006, just 3,257 cars left the factory in Sweden, followed by 2,772 in 2007.

Features

A range of engines are available in the BLS: one diesel engine, a 1.9 L turbocharged four-cylinder, and two petrol (gas) engines, a 2.8 L turbocharged V6, and a 2.0 L available with two power levels.

At in overall length, the BLS is almost six inches shorter than the CTS
Cadillac CTS

The CTS is a mid size luxury car made by General Motors for the Cadillac brand.It was introduced as the replacement for the Cadillac Catera in 2003....
, the smallest Cadillac available in North America.

Engines:
  • 1.9 L Fiat
    Fiat

    Fiat S.p.A. Fiat based cars are constructed all around the world?the largest concern outside Italy is in Brazil . It also has factories in Argentina and Poland....
     turbodiesel
    Turbodiesel

    Turbodiesel refers to any diesel engine with a turbocharger. Turbocharging is the norm rather than the exception in modern car and truck diesel engines....
     I4
    Straight-4

    The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
     16v, 150 hp (110 kW)
  • 1.9 L Fiat
    Fiat

    Fiat S.p.A. Fiat based cars are constructed all around the world?the largest concern outside Italy is in Brazil . It also has factories in Argentina and Poland....
     turbodiesel
    Turbodiesel

    Turbodiesel refers to any diesel engine with a turbocharger. Turbocharging is the norm rather than the exception in modern car and truck diesel engines....
     I4
    Straight-4

    The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
     16v, 180 hp (132 kW) (2007-)
  • 2.0 L Ecotec I4
    Straight-4

    The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
    , low-output turbo, 175 hp (129 kW)
  • 2.0 L Ecotec I4
    Straight-4

    The straight-4 or inline-4 engine is a four cylinder internal combustion engine with all four cylinder mounted in a straight line along the crankcase....
    , high-output turbo, 210 hp (154 kW)
  • 2.0 T FlexPower 200 hp (147 kW)
  • 2.8 L HFV6
    GM High Feature engine

    The 3600 LY7 are members of General Motors Corporation' new High Feature engine family of modern DOHC V6s. This new family of engines was introduced in 2004 with the Cadillac CTS....
     V6, turbo, 250 hp (184 kW)


Future Model

In 2005, General Motors vice chairman, Robert Lutz
Robert Lutz

Robert A. "Bob" Lutz is the Vice Chairman of Global Product Development at General Motors Corporation....
, announced that a second-generation BLS would be sold worldwide starting in 2010. It will be built in Rüsselsheim
Rüsselsheim

R?sselsheim is the largest town in the Gro?-Gerau in the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area of Germany. It is one of seven special status towns in Hesse and is located on the Main, only a few kilometres from its mouth in Mainz....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 and in Lordstown, Ohio
Lordstown, Ohio

Lordstown is a village #Ohio in Trumbull County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Youngstown, Ohio–Warren, Ohio–Boardman, Ohio, OH-Pennsylvania Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Area....
, at General Motors' Lordstown Assembly
Lordstown Assembly

The Lordstown Complex is part of a General Motors Corporation automobile factory in Lordstown, Ohio. The plant opened in 1966 and currently produces the compact GM Delta platform cars....
. It has been reported that the BLS will be replaced entirely with a rear wheel drive car. It will be offered as a sedan, coupe, convertible, and wagon. Designers are aiming for more than a "baby CTS" by making the design more unique.

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