Cadillac to Build 95% Cars Locally by 2018 for China Push

General Motors Co. will build more than 95 percent of its Cadillac lineup locally in China by 2018, as part of its strategy to make the country a key market for the premium brand alongside the U.S.

“China is on an unstoppable path of ascendancy,” Johan de Nysschen, Cadillac’s president, told reporters in Shanghai today. “China is absolutely now, at the very, very center of our focus. We need to establish the Chinese market as the second volume hub for the Cadillac brand.”