Things should improve in this category in the 2014 model year with the intro of eight-speed automatics and a new diesel option.

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If the sale goes through it will bring to a close the McCourts' stormy eight-year stewardship of what had been one of MLB's model franchises.

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Cadillac's next generation CTS, due out later this year, will be 244 pounds lighter than the current model, and will offer an eight-speed automatic transmission.

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