When Johan de Nysschen left Audi to lead Infiniti, his first big moves were to move the company HQ to Hong Kong and institute a new naming scheme for the brand's lineup.

With de Nysschen now in place as the head of Cadillac, he's wasting no time making similar changes. Yesterday, the formal announcement went out that Cadillac will create a new headquarters in New York City, where the sales and marketing organizations will be based. Today comes word that the entire Cadillac lineup will get new nomenclature.

That news was the buried lede in the announcement of the upcoming flagship sedan's name: CT6. The official GM explanation for the moniker and the subsequent changes is as follows:

"The model name CT6 is derived from Cadillac's use of CTS for its centerpiece carline, the current version of which is Motor Trend Car of the Year for 2014, Road & Track's Best Luxury Sedan and one of Car and Driver's 10Best. The name also indicates a coming shift to a simplified naming convention for future Cadillac models. Under this strategy, familiar lettering like "CT" would be used for car models, with the number indicating the relative size and position of the cars in the hierarchy of Cadillac models."

Unlike the nomenclature change at Infiniti, which affected all models at once, the new Cadillac names will only be instituted as existing vehicles are redesigned or new models are introduced.

Let's pray that the CTS falls into the former category before the CT6 arrives. Oh, and an update for Escalade aficionados: that name isn't going anywhere.





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