Cadillac

Cadillac CTS-V Coupe — Keeps one young

By Al Vinikour 
MotorwayAmerica.com

GM’s Cadillac Motor Division once had a tag line that read, “Cadillac…Standard of Excellence Throughout the World.” It might want to think up a new slogan, something like, “Cadillac…Supersonic Luxury.”

Cadillac SRX – Style takes it to the forefront

 

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

The original Cadillac SRX mid-sized sport utility vehicle introduced in 2004, based on the rear-drive CTS platform, could be outfitted with a V-8 engine and a third-row seat. It remains a very useable, drivable crossover.

We took it over ice-covered roads — more like a skating rink — several years ago after one of eastern North Carolina’s infamous ice storms. The SRX, equipped with all-wheel drive, walked the walk and talked the talk. Using a load of caution in the driver’s seat, the Caddy handled the icy conditions without mishap.

But to us its styling was ungainly, not doing a good job of carrying Cadillac’s edgy design theme.

Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon — A smart American anomaly

 By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

The Europeans have held a monopoly on mid-sized luxury wagons in the U.S. for the past decade. There’s certainly little to criticize in the European offerings such as the BMW 5-Series Touring and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class wagon. They offer first-class luxury transportation.

Cadillac CTS-V, for those who simply love to drive

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

We had some driving to do, some business to take care of on a recent warm spring weekend. So we made good use of our test car.

It’s not that way every weekend. On those weekends when there isn’t anything on the agenda we drive for fun.

And we drive to put a vehicle through its paces on roads that bring out the best and worst in cars, trucks and sport utilities. We drive them on several test loops that we’ve mapped out ranging in distance from 30 miles to more than 75 miles.

Cadillac SRX proves to be a car for all seasons

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

The first time we experienced the Cadillac SRX was in the dead of winter. It was an ice event, the kind of winter storm that is inherent to eastern North Carolina.

Cadillac headed in right direction with new XLR

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

Back in the days of black and white movies, radio comedy dominated by Jack Benny and Bob Hope and before the invention of interstate highways, Cadillac was the standard of the world.

If you purchased a Cadillac you were buying the best automobile available in the U.S. It was a symbol that you had made it – you had reached the pinnacle.
                  

STS makes Cadillac a real world player

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

Cadillac’s amazing renaissance is almost complete with the introduction this fall of the STS, the all-new full-sized sports sedan that replaces the Seville and the Seville STS in the Cadillac lineup.

It is perhaps the best Cadillac in history. That’s a tall statement, but not difficult to defend especially after spending a week behind the wheel marveling at the sedan’s driving dexterity and smooth, seamless performance.

Cadillac DTS embraces big-car formula as DeVille replacement

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

The 2006 Cadillac DTS is a modern technology-laden version of the big American luxury liner, a boat by any other name, DeVille.

With a hint of Cadillac’s current edgy styling, including a vertical headlamp theme and some sharply creased sheetmetal, the big Cadillac sedan is still the DeVille that a majority of Cadillac buyers have known and loved for more than half a century. Gone is the storied DeVille name, but the essence of the DeVille is there in the DTS from its softer ride to its spacious interior.

Cadillac Escalade – beyond hip-hop to the boardroom

By Jim Meachen and Ted Biederman

What has made the Cadillac Escalade so popular with professional athletes, hip-hop stars and other celebrity millionaires has been ramped up a notch in the all-new 2007 version.

Cadillac officials know they sell infinitely more Escalades to doctors, lawyers and businessmen than the high-profile set, but they also know that the “bling-bling” publicity generated by sports stars and music entertainers has been priceless.

Cadillac STS – where the V-6 strikes the right note

By Jim Meachen

Like most automotive journalists, we’re power junkies. The more power the more fun. That’s usually the bottom line.

But there are other things power brings to the table. For instance, the more power the better to extricate one-self from those occasional troubling encounters on crowded highways. Power is confidence inspiring.

So when there’s a choice of engines, we usually desire to drive the biggest and most powerful in the lineup.