CADILLAC is expected to have a range of four vehicles on sale in the UK by 2004 as it seeks to increase its share of the European market, the brand's general manager John Smith told Fleet NewsNet at the Frankfurt International Motor Show. Following Cadillac's 1998 entry into the UK market with the launch of the Seville the General Motors luxury brand has struggled to make its mark with sales for the first eight months of the year totalling 126 units.

However, Smith remains upbeat about Cadillac's potential saying: 'We only have a single car and there is only so much appeal that car can have in the luxury car market. But it was an important step for Cadillac to make especially with the model being in right-hand drive form.'

Smith says vehicles in the pipeline include the next generation of the Cadillac Catera, an American rival to the BMW 5-series, which will be launched in the UK with a choice of petrol and diesel engines and will be up to four inches smaller than the current model taking it into BMW 3-series territory, an all-wheel drive sports utility vehicle and a Seville replacement.