A Cadillac XT6 vehicle is seen at the La Fontaine Cadillac dealership in Highland, Michigan, September 18, 2019.
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DETROIT – General Motors This year put an end to the production of a fuel cadillac crossing in a Tennessee factory, while extending the production of another vehicle at the establishment, CNBC learned.
The automaker in Detroit will cease the production of the XT6, a three -row crossing, in its Spring Hill assembly plant towards the end of this year, but it will continue to produce a smaller crossover called the XT5 until the end of 2026, according to an internal memo sent to the factory employees and confirmed by the company.
Changes are not linked to prices, according to a company spokesperson. They are one of the previously announced plans of the brand to offer a full range of fully electric cars, multisgments and SUVs, he said.
The multisgments mix car elements with a traditional SUV based on trucks.
Cadillac, which has brought back its ambitions to sell electric vehicles exclusively by 2030, was on an aggressive deployment of products which included the introduction of six new products or updated in the past year. This included electric vehicles and gas vehicles.
The Tennessee factory produces Cadillac Lyriq – the brand’s first EV – since 2022. It also recently started the production of a three -row crossing called Vistiq, which mainly replaces the XT6, at the factory.
The internal memo cited the “high demand from customers” for the pursuit of the XT5, which should end production later this year. The XT5 was the Cadillac sales vehicle last year last year behind the Escalade and Lyriq SUV.
XT6 sales have been largely disappointing since its launch in 2019, with sales on average of around 19,000 units per year. It was the last of the three -row multisergments of GM to be released during this period and shared many components with the cheaper GMC Acadia.
In the memo, the Leadership factory also said that the installation would have planned downtime on the week of May 12. GM has confirmed downtime, as well as temporary layoffs for workers, citing the need to adjust the inventory of vehicles with demand.