Cadillac boss spills product plans

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Cadillac will get a new flagship that won't be a four-door sedan, and the brand has a new small car in the works, possibly to compete with the BMW 2 series and the front-wheel-drive Mercedes-Benz CLA.

The revelations came in an unusual way: a lengthy retort online by Cadillac President Johan de Nysschen to an Internet report describing an alleged product squeeze at the General Motors luxury brand.

De Nysschen also noted that new powertrains are coming, including "new energy" units, which could mean hybrid, electric or fuel cell vehicles. 

The Cadillac leader did not discuss timing for the new products. He wrote his response after the Aug. 18 debut of the Escala five-door luxury concept car during Monterey Car Week in California prompted an automotive website, The Detroit Bureau, to post a report about the brand's shrinking future product plans.