Test drive Cadillac CTS 2013 - NV sedan

Test drive Cadillac CTS: Goodby, America

In Russia, American cars either love or not very much. It so happened. Now is the period when the Americans are not held in high esteem. Too large, consume too much fuel, etc. Cadillac CTS can begin a new head of American cars.
What American cars are most often found in Russia today? Ford Focus, you answer, and you will be wrong. The Focus model is developed by the European branch of the company and is not sold in America. Chevrolet Lacetti? Or maybe Daewoo Lacetti? Also not quite Americans.
Cadillac CTS has genuine US citizenship and is deprived of the qualities for which we disliked the full -time auto industry. Now in order.
The first generation of the car (2002) was not popular. The appearance was inexpressive and left a feeling of incompleteness, and in the CTS salon it seemed simply poor. Cheap and low -quality decoration materials for quite some time have been a real trouble of the American auto industry. In 2008, the second generation appeared.
In General Motors, the car was responsible in appearance to update the car, it became more serious, a corporate identity appeared. Rough lines give the silhouette of swiftness, hinting at the potential hidden under the hood. Diode optics, vertical rear lights, a massive radiator grille inherited CTS, but gained their unique shape. You can be sure that the driver that you just overtook recognized you. The picture is completed by 18-inch wheels with the Cadillac coat of arms.
What is Cadillac CTS in the case?
I was lucky, I took CTS exactly the day when I tumbled down. Fresh, loose - he lays so well on the road. And it is he who is so hated by drivers. My Cadillac was equipped with all -wheel drive (non -clogged) and was reinstalled into winter studded tires. So there was no particular fear from the snowy road, only a slight thrill. The 3.6-liter engine, which is placed on CTS, has a power of 307 hp. With a weight of 1620 kg, this is quite enough for him. Therefore, the gas had to be dose neatly and carefully. It is worth giving a lice, and the feed of the car easily leaves the trajectory, but also easily returns to it. GM says this is all magic Stabilitrak. The system of dynamic stabilization. I believe. In general, in winter, in the summer on Cadillac
 
CTS is quite comfortable and safe. Fortunately, it is equipped with everything necessary. Or maybe even over the need. Some manufacturers like to cut off gas at the time of skidding. Cadillac refers just to such. By the way, you need to blame the same Stabilitrak in this.
With our traffic jams and unexpected, but so long -awaited New Year's snow, I thought that I could no longer go on it. And all that we have to go through are languid Moscow traffic jams. I thought in vain. In between blizzards, the roads were surprisingly quickly cleared. Cadillac was not long in coming. The gas pedal literally otherwise began to respond to all the same affectionate and neat movements. Feeling normal adhesion to the road, the engine seemed to throw off his shackles and began to breathe in full chest. This is despite the fact that the motor in CTS is atmospheric. It's all about the direct injection system, which was developed specifically for this model. Compared to the previous version, the power increased by more than 15%. At the same time, GM engineers and fuel consumption reduced to 15 liters. True, I failed to meet the spot. The minimum consumption was about 18 liters per 100 km in mixed mode. The speed of acceleration, to be honest, did not measure, but under good conditions, a lot of time Cadillac CTS is not needed. For all his sports, he remains a sedan of a business class. It is comfortable and has a pleasant one by eye and to the touch. Huge panoramic hatch CCTS CAST CARK. The window to the sky is perhaps the first thing you notice when sitting in the back seat.
 
Given that in Russia there are already frosts, I will pay attention to the very correct function of heating the washer fluid. When buying this car in the summer, you can not pay attention to its availability, but in winter I immediately realized that it is indispensable. Icy snow is washed off with a hot stream instantly. By the way, the washer fluid heating the cadillac models, which are sold in our country officially.
In a car, a draw-up LCD display and a system that supports MP3/DVD/TV with navigation was installed in a test drive. Surprisingly, the TV in CTS does not work well, but the ordinary MP3-disk (blank) Cadillac refused to read. Bose makes sound for this model, which speaks for itself. The navigation was upset. It is, but not Russian. Perhaps they just didn’t give me a disc with the right cards. In any case, it is, but it was not possible to check.
Cadillac CTS is a good car. This is true. There are small flaws, but everyone has them. General Motors were able to create an American car suitable for European requirements. CTS has all the qualities of a business class car, but there is one significant difference in price. The maximum price of the new Cadillac CTS is 1 million 535 thousand rubles. Competitive models of other manufacturers are much more expensive.
Author: Arkady Florinsky, leading observer Finamauto.ru

 
 
 
 

A source: Business car club