FIRST LOOK: 2016 Cadillac CT6 flagship luxury sedan

Cadillac took the wraps off of its highly anticipated new flagship car on Wednesday night, the eve of the 2015 New York Auto Show.

It's long. It's sleek. It's elegant. Not quite Elmiraj concept elegant, in my humble opinion, but CT6 is a beautiful car. At first glance-- albeit, only via still photography and video-- CT6 is certainly flagship worthy.  For this "old school" dude, it's the 21st century Fleetwood Brougham.  CT6 also is loaded with technological firsts including a rear camera mirror which streams high definition images to the rearview mirror for an unobstructed view, according to GM, and available exclusive engines including a 3.0L twin-turbo V6.

The CT6, first announced by GM CEO Mary Barra in September 2014 at the Detroit Homecoming Conference, will be assembled at GM's Detroit-Hamtramck plant.  Production begins at the end of this year for the North American market and early 2016 for Europe, Korea, Japan, Israel and the Middle East.  Production for the Chinese market also will begin in early 2016 at an all-new plant in China.

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