Cadillac CTS test drive since 2007 sedan
Dreams of business class
In the second generation, CTS is surprisingly similar to its predecessor outwardly. What can be misleading: in fact, the new Caddy machine is a qualitatively different level. descriptive geometry
Cadillac is impressive. It makes you round your eyes, open your mouth and put an enthusiastic saliva. Wow? Definitely, wow and even what! Faced as a glass, and chopped, like a steak, this is such a CTS in the next six years. The car has a certain grace of a tank performed by brutal sophistication. It seems, if he had square wheels, it would not be striking at all. However, the proportions are clearly verified, and a deliberately high waist line and the side-bearing windows crushed on top of the roof look unusually stylish. But still I wonder how Caddy has things to do with visibility?
The CTS is abundantly illuminated: red neon tubes burn in strictly vertical plafonks, and when pressed on the brake, bright LEDs flare up next to them. They are echoed by their colleagues, who together lined up in a row on the bend of the trunk lids. And if the matter takes place at dusk, this is another reason for the decent sizes of the WAU.
But the most important thing in Cadillac is that he contrasts himself with all other cars. The identity and originality of his credo.
Little by little
However, one credo is not limited to. In the cabin, the credo cabin is completely different: cultural and restrained, but still luxury, a little high-tech and, again, style. But no brutality is not so! And you will not find sports here either. In the end, do not take wells for sports, tumor interspersed on the steering wheel and the central console and the mountain range of a massive tunnel separating the driver with its passenger! Rather, the interior is permeated by the spirit (but not a shower!) For such barking.
The interior in beige colors can prefer gray or black salon. And a tree in cadillacs, by the way, is the real
Access without a key will be even in the basic configuration, and the remote launch is already for the surcharge
In the open spaces of the central tunnel, there was a place for both the armrest with the mezzanine and for the cup holders
The bourgeoisness of the car is obvious: the widespread skin even a central panel is wrapped in it; The true tree, which is neatly decorated in classical places, and elegant round watches in the most trumped place. Plus chrome, generously scattered over the cabin in the form of all kinds of edges and linings. In general, more than a complete set of decorations. It is amazing that they all do not conflict among themselves, but complement each other, visually appropriate for the interior, and not turning it into the focus of eclecticism. Yes, a subtle sense of taste was enough and I stated this charming fact on the salon with admiration.
The right things
Since the Cadillac is all premium, the presence of all outrageous excesses in such a car should not be surprised, but rejoice. Here is a panoramic hatch, the front half of which, moving, opens access to the sky. Here are the chairs with ventilation taking the opportunity, I convey greetings to them from a grateful priest. And this, pay attention to the climate control more separately: even separate displays with temperature are provided for the driver and for the passenger.
Having stopped for photography, for a start, I plunged into the study of a multimedias system that gives myself a display, a high-echomoid, stretching under the ignition of the subsoil of the central console. In it, I quite expectedly discovered a music center with a very decent sounding acoustics, which reproduces music from the built-in 40-gygabyte hard drive. You can, however, connect both a flash drive or the AI-AI-in-Calle in the inputs are available inside a boxing box. In addition, the system has a TV tuner, he allowed us to catch the beautiful nanny Zavorotnyuk on the air. In addition, both the DVD player and the navigation system, however, the latter in our conditions refuses to work, there are no suitable cards. This, of course, is a minus.
The panoramic hatch is rather expensive (65 511 rubles), but an extremely pleasant option
The trunk is small even by the standards of cars of the younger grades only 373 liters
The third passenger on the back sofa will be completely out of the topic
By the way, if the display is suddenly bored, it can be forcibly pushed back, but still a narrow strip will remain in sight, and the image on the screen will be rebuilt under its format, for example, laying radio stations will concernedly laconically. Conveniently.
Carried away by listing excellent excesses, I almost forgot about the feelings of the driver at the wheel. I must notice that he complains sin: the chair is comfortable to the maximum, the steering wheel is a seal, and the ergonomics are impeccable. But managing various functions through a sensory display requires a certain addiction, and you have to be distracted on the go. True, something in terms of working with the audio system is prudently duplicated by the buttons, including on the steering wheel, and the climate control was made humanly here in principle.
Sport in a straight line It is not necessary to pick the key in the ignition lock: the engine is launched by a button. Six cylinders are picked up at once, but the caddy is silent: the sound insulation of the motor compartment is excellent. Only the arrow of the tachometer nevertheless gives the V-shaped six with both heads we work as the owner! You can go: the machine gun selector is transferred to de and go.
It depends on the emotional aspirations of the driver whether the car will move smoothly or rush from the place with all four wheels. Full-wheel drive and a 3.6-liter motor about 307 horses do not even allow you to hint about a lack of dynamics: here it is with a fair margin. Six gears can also be played manually, but this is not necessary: \u200b\u200bthe CITIS and without any handwriting does not differ in slowness. Well, yes, the machine is not perfect (including in manual mode), but the engine as can smooth out the shortcomings of the box. And in order to feel the advantage of all -wheel drive, you need to wait for either rain or winter. We were lucky with the weather, as luck would have it.
The steering wheel is moderately acute, but it is extremely informative and, mind you, without any pretense of severity. The suspension, without a doubt, is focused on comfort: it would be advisable to limit the sports ambitions of the owner to be limited to bastards in a straight line, because Caddy reacts to the active actions of the steering wheel with tilting of the body than a rapid change in the trajectory.
Personally, I do not see anything bad in this: firstly, not all cars should unconditionally hit sports, and, secondly, for most potential owners of such direct sports, there will be enough for the eyes. What other turns on the bourgeois cadillac, God forgive me? It looks gorgeous, sweeps with terrible force, comfortable to be on what else to wish?
Charisma in addition And there is nothing to wish, by and large. For the money that costs CTS, in this class you still need to look for a car with a fairly powerful engine and equally well equipped. Well, Volvo-S80 Yes? The German three and somewhat similar in the aura are delightful jaguar-XF, otherwise equal, come out tangibly more. Yes, and the so far Japanese Lexus with infinity oh as not cheap. So Cadillac turns into a somewhat unexpectedly very good offer.
A bright design and a rich story in this situation completely come out with a bonus to the car itself. Meanwhile, CTS can be bought because of the only appearance and non-trivial image only this car is so charismatic. And charisma is now worth a lot
Rich base
Basic rear-wheel drive CTS with a 2.8-liter V6 with a capacity of 210 liters. With. And automatically is estimated at 1,206 342 rubles. This price includes six pillows, a stabilization system, climate and cruise control, electric windows, mirrors and seats (all-like leather); The access without a key, 18-inch wheels, xenon and music by and large, everything you need and even more than that. You can order a panoramic hatch (65 511 rubles), polished wheels (24,795 rubles), multimediasystem with an 8-inch display and other charms (105 183 rubles) and a package of options for 34,844 rubles, including heating and ventilation of the front seats, Electro -regulation of the steering column and the system of distance launch of the engine. In a pure form, the surcharge for a 307-horsepower engine with a volume of 3.6 liters will be 73,472 rubles, and for all-wheel drive it will be necessary to throw another 100,485 rubles from above.
Cadillac CTS 3.6 V6 AWD
general information
Body, number of places/doors
Sedan, 5/4
Equipped mass, kg
1882
Complete mass, kg
2425
Length x width x height, mm
4860x1842x1463
Base, mm
2880
Front/back, mm track
1569/1575
The diameter of the turn, m
11,1
Speed, km/h
225
Acceleration 0-100 km/h, with
6.7
Fuel consumption, l/100 km
8/16.8
Trunk volume, l
373
The volume of the fuel tank, l
68
Engine
Location
The front is longing
Design
gasoline, 6-cylinder, V-shaped
Working volume, SMZ
3564
Power, L.S. at rpm
307/6400
Torque, kgsm at rpm
38,1/5200
Chassis
Drive unit
On the front wheels
Transmission
Automatic 6-st.
Suspension:
Independent, spring
front
on transverse levers
behind
Mollycent
Steering
rack type with amplifier
Brakes
disk, ventilated
Tires
235/50 R18
Car
from 13.62 rubles/km
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Bright appearance; chic salon; high smoothness; excellent dynamics; good price
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Rectilinear controllability; Not the best machine gun
Kirill Brevdo, photo Gleb Semerenko
A source: Magazine buy a car [04/2008]
