Sleuth

Two-door CTS appears to be a done deal: You might have seen it at the recent North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Mich. auto show.

Well, the Sleuth is here to tell you it’s going to happen sometime next year. General Motors will produce a version of its Cadillac CTS coupe concept beginning in the summer of 2009. GM is Cadillac’s parent. The CTS coupe program began back in 2006 under the codename GMX226. The CTS coupe will roll off GM’s Lansing (Mich.) Grand River plant. Production is slated to total 15,000-20,000 units a year. The car might be called CTC, but recent trademark filings by GM indicate it might be called CT6 instead. The production version will look similar to the concept with only a few changes expected. Look for the road version to add a decklid spoiler and forgo the show car’s center exhaust setup for a more conventional one. It looks hot. It will be hot.

New BMW will be half 3-series car, half X3 sport ute: As the Sleuth uncovered a few months ago, BMW is working on a new vehicle that’s directly based on the 3-Series car. The Sleuth’s insiders report that BMW engineers are using the body of a 3-Series wagon on top of a sport ute chassis. Company insiders say the new model — codenamed F3 — will probably arrive as a 2010 model. The ride will provide the high seating position of a sport ute with the layout of a traditional station wagon.