Archive: Why Cadillac’s previous Le Mans bid was doomed

The sportscar fraternity took a collective gasp when Cadillac axed its Northstar project in August 2002. The move ran contrary to all reliable indicators and came just as the General Motors marque’s latest open-top prototype was coming good. By why should have been surprised? After all, it wasn’t the first piece of bizarre decision-making over the course of Caddy’s three-year bid to win the Le …Keep reading