Cadillac SRX test drive since 2009 SUV
Cadillac SRX test drive: New Classic
Only one step over the model staircase was turned by Cadillacsrx from a purely American car into a dangerous competitor for all premium crossovers in the European market. No matter how Kosna is the automotive industry of America, supported by the blind, almost fanatical worship of the domestic (American) consumer, the realities of the world car market make her change. Geometrically correct forms, endless dimensions reflecting the ego of newswear that earn the first $ 1,000,000 in the age of 18, causing a gait by a boost - these qualities have almost sunk into oblivion today. The European motorist appreciates diametrically opposite qualities, which means it is time to change even the American classics. Only pickups remain cowboys ...
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From the appearance of the 2010 model year in the Russian market of Cadillacsrx-4, I did not expect anything supernatural. Just restyling in Korean, I thought, because In the profile of the car, the similarity with Chevrolet Captiva is clearly read. Only more chromium, and more grace. However, I made a mistake, which is even happy. The new SRX has become a completely different car than its predecessor. Elegantly preserving the original features of the appearance of the predecessor and, having received a scattering of design elements, in the shape of a cult symbol of Cadillac soaring as a giant albatros with liter V, the car has changed beyond recognition.
Under the sky blue
Its salon is made in the best traditions of the European Lux class automotive. The seats pleasantly repeat the silhouette of the seated one, which is why, with dynamic movement and on steep turns, you are not chatting within the bias of the seat belt. Adjusting the driver's seat allows you to conveniently get a person to a person almost any complexion. The sightseeing is beautiful. Despite the impressive dimensions of the car, you do not feel at ease from the very first minutes of movement. The dimensions are clearly guessed, and for the purge of the preservation of the paintwork of the parking sensors and the image from the rear view camera, broadcasting on the large retractable display of the central console, tell the driver about critical proximity with an obstacle.
It is worth noting that the abundance of expensive materials in the interior decoration is also combined with impeccable manufacturing quality. All details are perfectly fitted to each other. There are no cracks, backlash or creaks. And the sound insulation of Cadillacsrx is so effective that at first, it seems that the car is accelerating from the electric motor. It is not heard, nor the noise of a 6-cylinder 3-liter engine with a capacity of 265 hp, nor the rustle of tires, vibration is not felt. Only the silence and pure sound of the SurroundBose 5.1 Cabin Surround Sound audio system with 10 speakers, which creates the effect of presence, allowing you to hear each tool and voice in the listening composition. In addition to the navigation built into the navigation system, films recorded on a DVD-disk or on an on-board hard drive can be viewed on the display in the center of the front panel of the car. So, in anticipation of his second half from the beauty salon or from the boutique, a man will be able to have time to benefit, not melting or copying resentment for women so characteristic of women. But not only the driver and passenger of the front seat in the SRX are accessible to purely home pleasures. On the way, the rear seat passengers can enjoy the video on the back of each of the front seats installed a monitor. SRX Luke deserves special attention. Apparently, the developers sought not to deprive anyone with comfort. As a result, even passengers of the third row of seats can enjoy the view of the sky through a huge panoramic hatch. It is the hatch, and not the glass roof, since this transparent design can almost completely move back, making a car with a body phaeton from a car with a standard body of a station wagon.
New classic
The engine starts when you press the Start button, and that it works can only be recognized by the tachometer arrow, so quietly in the car. I turn on the position D on the automatic transmission selector and give the accelerator pedal to the floor. Without a single hint to take off the rocket, the car smoothly starts off. I look for a handbrake reflexively and look around the dashboard for a luminous symbol of a blocked parking brake and, not finding either one or the other, I notice that on a round display with heavenly blue lighting, which is located in the center of the speedometer, the numbers indicating the speed of the car, already They ran over a hundred and continue to run up with enviable stability. Swallowing irregularities, he confidently enters into such turns that classic Americans were only in Hollywood militants in the wheels, but not a single normal person in real life would have decided on such a thing. The Cadillac crossover perfectly holds the trajectory with minimal roll. Emergency braking please stops for a few meters, as a dug, even even hinting at the cut with his nose. Considering that neither the roar of the motor, nor the howl of the wind in the cabin is heard at all, you can be sure that while passengers
they will not see the speedometer, they will not even understand what speed SRX rushes at, and what tricks it does. With such running qualities, Americans usually eat 30 liters of gasoline for each hundred overcome, but our Cadillac was much more modest with aggressive driving in the city of fuel, according to the on -board computer, did not exceed 21 liters per 100 km of run. Summary
Despite the positive features of the new SRX, it still remains a crossover with a relatively small road clearance and with a lack of lowering. Do not test this car on a serious off -road. Today we can confidently say that the time of Japanese and European manufacturers of representatives of the representative class has come to recognize Cadillac as a very serious competitor. Excellent running characteristics, a tightly knocked down design without a hint of slack and unworthy premium noise, first-class electronic equipment and a number of options necessary for comfort, which, by the way, includes the wind in the ass (not only heating, but also cooling the front seats). Plus, modern lighting technology, round -the -world visibility, bright appearance and, importantly, the widespread style of Cadillac (wherever it is everywhere, and this is pleasant). If, more recently, the American SRX had a number of shortcomings that deprived his buyers, now all obstacles to get the pleasure of owning an American premium car are eliminated. The only thing the new Cadillac SRX has lost compared to its predecessor is the trunk. In the new version, it is much smaller, but, as before, it closes the door with an electric drive. Count the money, test, choose.
The price of the test copy Cadillac SRX 3.0 TOP package ABC - from 2 317 920 rubles.
Source: Business car club
