The CT6 will be based on Cadillac’s new Omega platform, which will likely also underpin another product in the General Motors range following the sedan’s debut next year. The rear-wheel drive S-Class fighter will use lightweight materials and new body construction techniques to reduce fuel consumption and enhance driving dynamics making it “the lightest and most agile car in the class of top-level large luxury sedans,” Cadillac says.

Cadillac announced today that its new, high-technology car positioned at the top of its range will be called Cadillac CT6.

“The Cadillac CT6 continues our brand’s elevation and global growth,” said Uwe Ellinghaus, Cadillac chief marketing officer. “CT6 will constitute an entirely new approach to the prestige sedan, emphasizing a dynamic driving experience and advanced technology.”

When it launches in late-2015, the CT6 will expand the Cadillac range upwards – meaning it will not replace any current product. Positioned above today’s CTS and XTS product lines, the CT6 aims to join the elite group of top-class large luxury cars.

Future Cadillac vehicles will be named under new, simplified strategy. General Motors Co. said Wednesday that Cadillac’s top-of-the-range car being introduced next year will be called the Cadillac CT6. The brand confirmed it is the start of a “simplified” way it will name cars in the future.