The company has also focused on reducing overall weight. The new full-size flagship will be more than 50 pounds lighter than the existing CTS, which is already 700 pounds below the current BMW 7-Series.
“We will create with the CT6, the world’s most advanced body structure, and it’s not aluminum,” said GM development head Mark Reuss, as quoted by The Detroit News.
The platform architecture will use some aluminum parts, helping reduce the part count by approximately 20 percent, though it will still be mostly made of traditional steel and high-strength steel alloys.
Taking full advantage of the lightweight build, the CT6 will also be offered with a 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged engine that Reuss claims is the most powerful in the segment.
Full details will likely be confirmed early in 2015 ahead of market arrival later in the year.
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