Cadillac SRX test drive since 2005 SUV

Beauty in American

In the past and the year before last, Cadillac SRX received the Best Luxury SUV (the best crossover) from one of the authoritative American magazines.

But in the last room of the wheels, we were forced to record an all -wheel drive Kaddy in a dozen victims of cars prejudice, which are not easy to find the owners in Russia. Therefore, it became interesting to us: that the American is good and how Russian will like it


Modestly and even imperceptibly came to the Russian Cadillac market. One model, second, third and now there are already five of them! True, such diversity does not affect sales: representative overseas cars are not yet honored.
 

The most successful in the lineup is just SRX: American, crossover, luxury. The external to become and power gives a unequivocal idea of \u200b\u200bwhich it can not even look into the salon inside. But we will still look. Moreover: we sit inside and rush along the highway to the bay
 

A classic abode of people who want to ride without straining will open in the cabin in the cabin. Evaluate at least a large steering wheel with a wooden insert and buttons control of the radio and cruise control! On the steering column (which, of course, is regulated in four directions), there is also a pedal unit control lever (it can be pulled or pushed back).
 

Prices
Cadillac SRX

SRX crossover with a 3.6-liter 255-horsepower engine and a five-speed automaton costs from $ 62,490. The packages of safety pillows for the driver and the front passenger (front, side, curtains), climate control, cruise control, electric windows, and a system of dynamic stabilization are included. , an anti -wings system, rear -view mirrors with electric and heating, xenon, headlight washers and electrical adjustment of the front seats in eight parameters. A car with a 4.6-liter 320-horsepower engine costs $ 71,500.
 

Large chairs, stimulated by white threads, relax and turn into sleep. They are not only regulated in eight directions, but even heated in parts (you only want the back, you want one pillow). All these are unconditional advantages for a person who slowly settles at the wheel, will drive everything that is needed for himself and only then click on the gas.
 

Cadillac SRX is a car for the city and the suburbs. Please note: not for the village and village. That is, only for those cases when you go to the Sequir or go to control how the construction of the cottage is moving. And to carry something to the construction site yourself, that you are, in fact, the space in Cadillac SRX is exclusively for its owner.
 

There are no trifles in such a car. Take at least a hatch with a closing electric storage, occupying a huge area over the heads of those sitting in it. Of course, he will not make the car a convertible, but will bring closer to this status as much as possible. Or, for example, a monitor display with a touch display as well as a TV, from which you will be reprimanded, if, without turning it off, try to move

 

Slowly driving SRX was quite difficult. Especially for good asphalt. And not because even a slight press on the gas pedal causes a rather noticeable acceleration, although it is: a car without an unpleasant nervous jerk, but still very actively breaks down.
 

It's all about the perfect feeling that you are going quickly. These are not empty words and not a stamp, applied to all foreign cars drivers of our Modes. The amazing active suspension Magnetic Ride Control guarantees an exceptionally smooth move.
 

The leisurely foam of the pedal is accompanied by a silent overkill of speeds, and the arrow at this time smoothly goes back to the top of the speedometer. And now: Hello, where are you in a hurry?, The traffic police officer tells us, showing a radar with numbers 96. A nice thing! But it seems, they didn't even drive as it should

Well, if you try to move properly, some thoughtfulness of the machine will be revealed with a sharp press on the accelerator. No, it will leave the place of SRX like a bullet, smearing passengers along the seats. But this is only at the start.
 

If you accelerate with 60 km/h, then the engine will first ruin pretty, scaring others, and only then allow the car to shoot. However, we have tested a modest 3.6-liter 255-horsepower car, and there is also a top version: with a 4.6-liter 320-horsepower engine with the beautiful name Nothern Star V8!
 

If you move from asphalt to uneven soil, the Magnetic Ride Control will, of course, reduce the speed, but so, as much as you could expect. And what is especially nice, there are absolutely no rolls and swing. Just amazing!

  

And the brakes, it seems, were designed with an eye on comfort: God forbid, they will be too sharp! I was not able to slow down the way I got used to: balancing between smoothness and effectiveness: SRX does not know how. And what does he know how to stop either smoothly or sharply, or sharply: so that the unhealthy rear passenger (weighing more than 100 kg) each time was exactly between the front seats.
 

In general, what is good for the American, then for Russian it is very good. Only expensive. But pathetic and charismatic. And does not bother at all!
 

The car was provided by Atlant-M Lakhta, an official Cadillac dealer


Text: Alexander Korobchenko
Photo: Roman Ostanin
 
 
 
 

Source: Wheel magazine [No. 115/2007]