I don't think Ford, Audi, or Acura come out with mid engine cars to actually measurably increase their profits and instead they are halo cars, for the brand and image. Audi builds a couple of thousand R8's a year out of 2 million (guess) cars total, Acura plans to build 800 mid engine cars out of their worldwide production. None of them even try for high volume. Ford and their GT, no volume there.
I don't see them getting rid of the high volume Corvette and this car would do more for Cadillac's brand than Chevy's.
Then Cadillac has a twin turbo V-8 coming out in 2018 which would give them another place to use the engine.
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When Cadillac’s new 4.2-liter V8 launches, it will first be found under the hood of the Cadillac CT6, likely in the Platinum or CT6 V-Sport models wearing a 4.2TT badge, with de Nysschen noting that a true CT6-V might not be in the cards. We’ll speculate that power figures will likely stretch well beyond 400 horsepower, as the new twin-turbo LGW V6 delivers that much punch from 3.0 liters of displacement and six cylinders. As such, Caddy’s new 4.2-liter turbo V8 will likely be rated closer to the 500 horsepower mark, with de Nysschen saying that power will likely be “in the upper 400s”.
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