Characteristics Cadillac STS

Cadillac STS: So easy to be exclusive

The silhouette of this car is something unpacable resembles an invisible aircraft - an accurate, powerful and at the same time imperturbable. Although the Cadillac STS road can hardly stay unnoticed for a long time, since its spectacular design attracts attention and pedestrians, and motorists. Often, this particular principle is "not to remain unnoticed" - the owners of this model are guided, acquiring it to stand out against the background of other expensive and prestigious cars.

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If you first navigate the size of the Cadillac STS body, it can be formally attributed to the executive class. But some experts classify Cadillac STS as a business class machine, based on the fact that its value is comparable to the price of European cars in this category. The dimensions of this car are slightly inferior to American representatives of the representative class, but it can hardly be considered a shortcoming model - because Cadillac STS is primarily a comfortable car for the driver, so a huge rear sofa is needed here. Solid businessmen who loving themselves to drive themselves often stop their choice on this car.

Of course, Cadillac STS can give you an unforgettable feeling - it is felt first at the start when a massive car is accelerated with a roar, acquiring truly incredible acceleration. However, this sedan can start very gently and smoothly, if necessary, and at such moments its motor works almost silently. It is impossible not to admit that when it comes to overcoming steep aggregates, Cadillac STS is not so ideally going through them, like the Bavarian representatives of the same class - a typical American, it can give more tangible rolls. But the rest of the car is extremely good, so it is quite possible to forgive it.

Suspension and tires

One of the indisputable advantages of the model is the progressive Magnetic Rige suspension, which is installed on the V8 motor versions and allowing even the most uncomfortable roads of roads without reducing the velocity (in such sites, even Mercedes owners have to slow down). Such characteristics of the suspension are due to the presence of special shock absorbers capable of changing their properties literally for a fraction of a second (they are filled with a liquid mixed with metal particles). Shock absorbers of this type are instantly adapted to the features of the road, and the driver does not even have time to feel. Of course, such systems are used in auto other brands, but it is in Cadillac that they always work "on excellent." In front, the wheels 235/50 R17 are installed in front, and behind 255/45 R17 to the version with the engine 3.6. And the modification with the engine 4.6 is full of non-basal rubber 255/45 ZR18. In the latter case as winter tires So summer will have to search.

Space Level Comfort

The car is equipped with the most diverse electronics (especially when it comes to expensive equipment Cadillac STS). Among the electronic systems facilitating the driver's life, there are the most modern devices - for example, an electronic key capable of recognizing the owner at a fairly significant distance (up to 60 m), or a system that translines the indications of the rotation indicators, speedometer and the tachometer to the surface of the windshield. Solid High-tech and almost space level of comfort.

Body

Since Cadillac STS is still considered a newcomer at the car market, the cars of this model did not have any drawbacks associated with corrosion of the body. It is known that the Cadillac creators do not fundamentally save on paint, but chrome details can suffer, facing the aggressive impact of road reagents.

Weak spots?

The suspension can also be called trouble-free, at least, while the car is relatively new, and few people have time to bring more than 100,000 kilometers. But weak points can be found in this wonder machine. These include, first of all, racks and bushings of the stabilizer (they are subject to replacement every 30,000 km). Although compared with the problems caused by the unsatisfactory condition of the suspension from the sedans of the business class and the representative class of German production, these shortcomings seem to be trifle.

Power plants

The car comes on sale equipped with either six or eight-cylinder engines. Economical buyers, of course, prefer six-cylinder engines with a volume of 3.6 liters. Yes, incredible, but the fact: even among buyers of such a fashionable model, like Cadillac STS, there are people who have spent the latter for the car you like, and, therefore, forced after her purchase save every penny.

When it comes to an eight-cylinder engine, the buyer has two options - a 325 hp motor. (volume - 4.6 l) or a motor, outstanding power equal to theoretically, 476 horses (volume is 4.6 liters). True, such a powerful engine will unambiguously require appropriate maintenance (and this is extremely expensive, and troublesome - too small the number of masters in Russia can boast close to know this engine).

Whatever the motor you choose, remember that it will present certain requirements for gasoline quality (although the gasoline itself can be 92-m. Therefore, you will have to forget about gas stations on a gas station with a dubious reputation, because even a single refueling of poor-quality gasoline can cause incorrect operation of the system of changing the phase distribution. As a result, the repair, "delaying" in the amount of a couple of hundred thousand rubles, and in the future - the failure of the neutralizers, the cost of replacing which (from 41,000 rubles) will also not please the owner.

Transmissions

Cadillac STS is equipped with an exclusively automatic transmission, and according to mechanics engaged in servicing these cars, it never causes complaints. Do not take the trouble to the owners of auto and transmission - both all-wheel drive and standard rear-wheel drive.

When buying Cadillac STS should be remembered about one of the few, but this is not less than the annoying drawbacks of this model - the high probability of the occurrence of leaks in the hydraulic power steering. The cost of the car on the secondary market is from 675,000 rubles, and if you are willing to pay more about 30,000 rubles, you can even acquire an instance, the state of which is not too different from the state of a new machine.