Frankfurt 2007: Cadillac BLS Wagon has got back

Filed under: Frankfurt Auto Show, Wagons/Estates, Euro, Cadillac

click above image for high-res gallery of the Cadillac BLS Wagon

var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/design/Cadillac_BLS_Wagon_gest_bootylicious_in_Frankfurt'; Big derrieres can be hot if they're attached to the right body. We're talking about cars here, specifically wagons whose ample rumps allow you to haul more cargo while hardly carrying the stigma of a libido killing minivan. Wagons are still very popular in Europe, so Cadillac had the bright idea of building a wagon version of its BLS, a front-wheel drive entry level luxury car that's a Saab 9-3 beneath its skin. Don't call this a Sport Combi though, as the BLS gets it own sheetmetal, and the wagon unveiled in Frankfurt wore it well. It looks very much like a first-gen CTS that's been starving itself.

Cadillac is hoping that by offering European customers more choices, it will sell more cars, so in addition to the Wagon it's also offering Stabilitrak as standard equipment and two new engines for the BLS in Europe next year. The first is a 1.9L two-stage turbodiesel producing 180 HP and 295 ft-lbs., and the second is a 2.0L Flexpower engine that produces 285 HP and is able to run on E85 ethanol. Since the BLS is largely sourced from Saab, it should come as no surprise that the Flexpower engine is really one of the Swedish automaker's Biopower engines.

Check out GM's tiny press release after the jump and view our full gallery by clicking below.

Gallery: 2008 Cadillac BLS wagon

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