Cadillac CTS test drive since 2007 sedan

Dolce Caddy - The first Cadillac CTS test

Most new cars look and drive as if by designer bureaus and the design of designers are exclusively led by marketers who completely deprive the machine of the soul. And involuntarily comparing competitors, you have to remember Zhvanetsky with the classic: yesterday they were large, but five, and today are small, but three.
The novelty from Cadillac will not torment you painfully. The appearance of CTS is stunning, powerful motors, the brand has a glorious name. Designers and GM engineers seem to have been a compromise with marketers. Of course, the car has its drawbacks, but about them later.
The first Russian test drive CTS was held in the Krasnodar Territory along the coast of the Black and Azov Sea. Residents of local resort town have long been accustomed to luxurious cars and the Moscow region on license plates. However, our newcomer forced each second to turn your head and see the car with a look. Unusual adaptive headlights with bixenon, chopped sides, glass roof, rear lights are completely LED, including the white light of the rear. From beginning to end, the squat CTS looks original and spectacular. And in size, Cadillac exceeds each of the German three, its length is 4860mm.
However, athletic design makes you bend your head when landing. Sitting on the rear seats is not very convenient, and the doors open not as wide as we would like. Places above the head. Perhaps it will be possible to solve the problem by abandoning the glass hatch, which occupies 70% of the roof, but getting rid of crowding in the shoulders will not work. Today, the price is proper nutrition and weight loss. So you can’t plant any more than two back. Strange, but there is not much more space in the front passenger place. Despite the presence of adjustment of the chair in height, the glove compartment presses the knees. Better right away behind the wheel, by the way, in rich trim levels it is equipped with electro -regulations. The chair is moderately tough with a profile that is pleasant for my back with a computer.
There are three sports wells with informative devices in front of the driver. There are even (worthless) oil pressure indicator and placers of buttons. Sticking up comfortably, I recall the first grandfather’s penny, on the torpedo of which there was a stove and radio, and there were a dozen control lamps indicators. It seemed to me that I had to study for a very long time in order to remember all their meanings. Today in the modern machine buttons are dozens and they duplicate several functions. The driver is concentrated by the control of a multimediasist, climate control, navigation, telephone, seat settings, etc. Even seasoned car journalists are not the first time find a common language with this wealth. Maybe it is time to introduce a certain standard to manage auxiliary systems?
Today, even a golf class from Korea flaunts with powerful radio tape recorders, what can we say about Cadillac. In the rich configuration, CTS is equipped with a 40-hogabyta BOSE 5.1 \u200b\u200baudio system with a subwoofer, amplifiers for individual channels and ten speakers. There is a know-how like system focusing systems on the listener and the Pilot Noise function. The latter is trying to fight external noises, analyzing the sound with microphones. On the panel of the retractable Touch-Screen, which displays DVD or catches a television signal. Despite the presence of a GPS receiver, he does not know the roads of Russia. Adaptation of cards is a matter of time.
The gaze clings to the arrow clock with the chrome building. The finishing materials are not bad, however, the skin is rude, and shadows fall in the light salon between the joints. For Russia, decorative decoration only with wood, in the States for young customers they offer a imitation of carbonate.
The trunk is deep and large, but only opens with a button from the driver's seat. Or automatically, if you come close with the key. But if the car is open, and the wife or child wants to open it outside, nothing will come of them. Unusual.
Two six -cylinder gasoline engines and one six -speed machine are available to customers of CTS. The first motor is 2.8 liters. (210 hp) with rear -wheel drive in the base, another volume of 3.6 liters (307 hp).
Optionally offered a non -contact label with the possibility of remote heating. As an option, you can also choose all -wheel drive. In the usual mode, 4WD divides the torque equally between the axes, and in the case of slipping or a sharp start, an electromagnetic coupling can instantly transfer up to 100 percent of the torque. With such a drive, power on a slippery road is realized safely and efficiently. To help the Stabilitrack exchange rate stability system, which analyzes not only the adhesion of the wheels, but also varies the stiffness of the hydraulic power steering.
In April, the Krasnodar traffic cops were not yet saturated with resorters, so local drivers are quite law -abiding. I was no exception, so the speed did not exceed much and did not pour greatly into the turns. However, the first impression is positive. The steering is quite informative. The automatic machine when moving down is conceived, but a powerful 307-horsepower engine helps out. When overtaking it is enough with a margin, the start of up to a hundred takes only 6.3 seconds. The CTS-Sovsky suspension swallows the asphalt joints quite smoothly and, despite the rolls, holds impressive lateral accelerations. I note that the tires on our cars stood universal.
The brakes were alert. With regular slowdown, a considerable effort is required. Perhaps new brake pads are to blame and after running in the pedal will become more sensitive.
What should be the perfect business class car? This is a sedan. With a powerful engine, spectacular design, comfortable salon. Even Europe, whose population prefers hatchbacks and station wagons, chooses sedan for business class. It’s not a secret that the Germans rule the ball in this segment. Is the new Cadillac worthy to compete with them on an equal footing? My opinion is quite.
Prices for Cadillac CTS with a 2.8 engine start from 1 million 206 thousand rubles. Option 3.6 costs 1 million 322 thousand rubles. Want a full -wheel drive system? Then prepare another 101 thousand rubles.
 
Yaroslav Marshalkin
 

A source: Auto.mail.ru