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| Cadillac XTS |
Cadillac wants to go back to the first division of the premium manufacturers. With its new flagship XTS want the Americans to meet the competition from Mercedes, BMW, Audi and Lexus finally back on equal terms.
The new luxury sedan replaces two predecessors. The now outgoing STS and DTS models were mainly due to size, baroque ornamentation and litter-like driving characteristics, but only recently came to an aging clientele tradition reciprocated.
The XTS is 5.13 meters between its two predecessors, and that hits about the length of level German luxury sedans such as Audi A8, BMW 7 Series and Mercedes S-Class. When space it is located with a wheelbase of 2.84 meters and a trunk volume of 509 liters at the upper-class standard of.
Visually the new car takes just the current sharp-edged shapes on the brand. Above all, the vertically arranged light units and the wide grille ensure a confident look. In the traditional American chrome-overkill was waived for applications adorn the brushed metal body.
To drive a 3.6-liter V6 gasoline engine with 224 kW/305 hp ensures that is coupled to a six-speed automatic transmission. European standards is not typical of front-wheel drive version of the entry. In Germany, rear-wheel drive and in that class as appropriate. At least the latter, there are at Cadillac on request.
On the U.S. market, the XTS comes in the spring of 2012. Europe could follow during the year. When the Cadillac prices remain below those of traditional German premium brands, approximately 65,000 € for the four-wheel version should still apply.
