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Inside GM’s decade-long battle to revive Cadillac as the quintessential American luxury car brand

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Cadillac wants to regain its prominence as the premier American luxury brand.

The luxury vehicle market is crucial for automakers like GM , as luxury vehicles have higher profit margins than their mainstream counterparts.

Cadillac 's domestic competition has historically been Ford Motor's Lincoln luxury brand, which sells roughly a third of the vehicles in the U.S ..

Cadillac is relaunching its all-electric Celestiq , a $ 300,000 -plus vehicle.

The Celestiq is a bespoke vehicle that the automaker is hand-building at its tech and design campus in Warren .

GM CEO Mary Barra said April sales for Cadillac were the brand's best for that month since 2007 .

Cadillac 's sales in China have been in a freefall as Chinese brands dominate Western brands.

Cadillac last year remained off the winner's podium in terms of sales.

GM 's president says China remains a focus for the automaker, which also is attempting to return to Europe with Cadillac .

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