Factory build sheet
2016 Cadillac XTS Livery (W20)
Build 2G61U5S3-G · 3.6L 6cyl · Front-wheel drive · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 2G61U5S3 and position 10 reads G. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every XTS whose VIN starts 2G61U5S3 and carries G in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 273 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 273 known VINs
Factory specification
As filed by Cadillac with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 3.6 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Engine model
- LFX - SIDI, VVT, E85 MAX, ALUM GM
- Valve train
- Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Front-wheel drive
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sedan/Saloon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
The same build, other model years
Cadillac used the VIN pattern 2G61U5S3 for 7 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
- 2013 Platinum 3.6L 6cyl Sedan · 929 vehicles code D $12,684
- 2014 Livery 3.6L 6cyl Sedan · 248 vehicles code E
- 2015 Livery (W20) 3.6L 6cyl Sedan · 199 vehicles code F
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2016 You are here code G
- 2017 Livery 3.6L 6cyl Sedan · 110 vehicles code H
- 2018 Livery 3.6L 6cyl Sedan · 170 vehicles code J
- 2019 Livery 3.6L 6cyl Sedan · 139 vehicles code K
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 2G6 | GENERAL MOTORS LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | 1U5S3 | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | G | Model year — 2016 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2016 Cadillac XTS as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
273 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 2G61U5S3-G shares the specification above.
- 273 Known VINs
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the XTS, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2016 Premium Vsport 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 64 vehicles
- 2016 Platinum Edition Vsport 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 102 vehicles
- 2017 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 133 vehicles · $10,995 median
- 2017 Luxury 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · AWD 1,039 vehicles · $14,848 median
- 2017 Platinum 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 39 vehicles
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 273 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.