Within the notch Chicago has punched in the nation's snow belt, two key factors lead to a luxury sedan's success: a prestige badge on the hood and all-wheel drive behind the wheels. A day of commuting along any of its salt-clogged arteries will show that, in the Windy City, quattro Audis and anything with an "X" in the name are as popular as Daleys and deep dish. German marques have twigged to the necessity of all-wheel drive for two decades, and Cadillac would have left untold sales on the table if it had sent the CTS out onto these roads without its own all-weather variant. Fortunately, Cadillac's decision makers have smartened up since the days of V-8 diesels and leather-lined Cavaliers, and the CTS4 is its answer to this demanding segment...
But that would only happen in my magical dreamworld, where VW dealers were a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-like experience, everything had 4Motion and only cost $12K, and the ORLY owls were my co-pilots.
The current STS, SRX, and of course Escalade are all available with AWD. The DTS is FWD with traction contol, so that is probably more than capable in the snow. The XLR is really the only Caddy that would probably not be so good in the snow.
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awd caddy? very interesting...
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There are plenty of existing technologies that produce emissions free electricity. There isn't one single technology in the world that produces emissions free gasoline.
In the flesh, that car is absolutely stunning in black.
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AFAIK, Cateras were never available with AWD. The Opel Omega may have been, but even then I can't find anything that conclusively shows that it was an option.
- Interior is visually nice, very nice although driving position is not ideal... steering wheel a bit large and ergonomic so-so. - engine has good flexibility and a pleasant note. - moderately fun-to-drive. - same automatic transmission as on my 3-series (built by GM). - Lease rates are poor... MRSP is competitive. - Built in USA.
I give it a 17/20.
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This is the first entry level american luxury car able to hold its own with the imports. I love it!
