General Motors has insisted that moving Cadillac's headquarters from Detroit to New York is a strategic move, but a Michigan economic development official said Thursday it is driven by Cadillac top executive's desire to live in the Big Apple.
Michigan Economic Development Corp. car czar Nigel Francis said he's "99% sure" Johan de Nysschen, Cadillac president, just didn't want to move to Detroit.
"One of his conditions might have been I want to work from where I live," said Francis.
It's not the first time de Nysschen has moved a brand away from its corporate parent — and not the first time he's moved a company away from Detroit.
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