2010: CTS Sport Wagon, SRX

[Sage]

Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon

Mmmm, bootylicious.







Cadillac SRX

 

[YSSMAN]

Bah! You beat me!

STILL...

My God, they look great! I demand that a 2.0 DIG Turbo show up in the SRX, and as for the CTS, well, I love it! Grab one of those with the 3.6L DIG and a stick, that'd be one hot wagon to look out for...

 

[sLg]

That SRX is Saturnlike...

 

[YSSMAN]

VUE = 9-4X = SRX = Equinox = Antara, etc...

 

[Turbo Lag]

That CTS looks absolutely gorgeous, love that rear end 👍

 

[McLaren]

Absolute excess. The SRX was a great vehicle before, esp. when it had that big V8.

I'm just now starting to like the new CTS, but that's where it'll stay. I can take the car in sedan form. But the Coupe & this Wagon are ass-ugly, the ass quite literally being the ugly part. There is absolutely no need for a CTS Wagon other than to try and turn the SRX into a lower-class SUV next to the Escalades.

BTW, those taillights extending to the roof are god-awful. Severely disappointed. 👎

 

[V1P3R]

I started to like the new CTS when I got into Burn Notice, but yeah... gotta agree with McLaren about the tail lights, actually make it the whole ass. Disappointed.

 

[Joey D]

A few issues with the wagon:

- The tail lamps are comically large.
- It looks awful in brown (or is that red?)
- It looks to have giant blind spots all over it making driving difficult.

 

[TwinTurboJay]

The SRX does look quite terrible, not at all derserving of the cadillac badging...however the wagon is incredible looking, much more so that the akward looking coupe concept that came out a few months ago...

 

[Bones Brigade]

ill take a wagon in V please.

 

[Omnis]

Both are hideous. Hideous.

They should've given the wagon to Pontiac.

 

[Pupik]

So the World's Tallest Taillight Award now passes from the 2nd-generation Honda CR-V to the CTS Sport Wagon.

That wagon's D-pillar is mighty thick, too. Blind spot from heck?

 

[YSSMAN]

My guess is that they'll do something like the BLIS indicators on Volvos to make up for it, but I could be wrong. Considering that the car has been designed mostly with Europe in mind, I'd love to know what they'd think of it with the 2.9L diesel.

 

[Jim Prower]

I could care less about the SRX, but It looks alright. the fake vent's a bit much, could be much smaller. The last one was much better, in my opinion, clean, not so busy, at least, but utterly forgettable. This one is only kinda forgettable, and I still don't think it can step out from the 'Sclade's shadow.

The CTS Estate (I just can't call it a Wagon) Is a "Like" for me, although the taillights are a bit big. Otherwise, offer it as a "V" and slaughter some RS4s and E63s.

 

[Tornado]

Actually turning the SRX into an SUV makes it an epic piece of pointlessness among a see of idiocy. It is as if GM has no idea about anything when they do stupid stuff like that, even ignoring the fact that the Saab version will probably be identical inside and cost less.

I have some kind of odd attraction to the CTS. I think it pulls off wagon better than sedan (and far better than coupe), but I don't know why.


To let everyone know well beforehand, I will from this point on refer to the CTS wagon as "True SRX" much like I call the DTS "DeVille."

 

[McLaren]

The CTS Estate (I just can't call it a Wagon) Is a "Like" for me, although the taillights are a bit big. Otherwise, offer it as a "V" and slaughter some RS4s and E63s.

The only way a "V" model will do any slaughtering is if it gets out in front and makes Audi, BMW, & Merc. throw up from looking at those tail lamps.

Actually turning the SRX into an SUV makes it an epic piece of pointlessness among a see of idiocy. It is as if GM has no idea about anything when they do stupid stuff like that, even ignoring the fact that the Saab version will probably be identical inside and cost less.

Like I said, +1. There was absolutely zero point in turning the SRX, which was great as it was, into a SUV.

 

[Sage]

I… LOVE… tall tail lamps. I love all the tall lamp Volvos, Saab SportCombi, I used to be unbelievably obsessed with the original Honda CRV just because of its high-mounted lamps, as well as the Focus hatch. If there’s one way to sucker me into liking a car, it’s putting tall/high tail lamps on it. (Well, except the current and previous-gen CRVs… them’s some ugly SOBs.)

 

[JCE]

They ruined the SRX.

 

[YSSMAN]

To let everyone know well beforehand, I will from this point on refer to the CTS wagon as "True SRX" much like I call the DTS "DeVille."

I won't argue with you... I'm not a fan of losing the Sigma-based SRX, it was one helluva crossover/SUV before it was even a popular idea. Cadillac could fix the Theta-based SRX by giving it some fancy gizmos and do-dadds that the other cars don't have (also, to put it out in front of the X3 and Q5), but I'm doubting that it will happen.

Because, lets be honest, if Saab gets crazy and offers one with XWD and the 2.8L Turbocharged V6, that'd be the one to have.

 

[exigeracer]

Wow, the back half of that Wagon is boring. It looks like the shape that any other designer would start with, then explore different proportions or shapes with. Definitely a first-idea design, no exploration, refinement or creativity. It's the same thing why I was so baffled that people liked the CTS Couple from Detroit so much. The first basic idea on paper made it into the final presentation. Definite meh from me, it doesn't look like they tried at all.

 

[Philly]

I quite like the look of the new wagon. Maybe that's just because wagons look better in general. But that has to be the best looking Cadillac you can buy.

The SRX? Meh. It looks like every other CUV in the GM lineup.

 

[nissan tuner]

do not want!

 

[Prosthetic]

They need to make the back less thick... And what I mean by that is that they need to narrow the rear pillars because rear visibility will suck.

 

[buickgnx88]

So the World's Tallest Taillight Award now passes from the 2nd-generation Honda CR-V to the CTS

Don't forget the short-lived Mitsu Lancer Wagon!

 

[YSSMAN]

Awwwwwwwww, don't make me miss that Lancer even more... I looked high and low for one of those when I was replacing my Jetta, found one, had a slushbox and was overpriced by about $2000. Rats!

 

[YSSMAN]

Update: 2010 Cadillac SRX Debut

Not a whole lot that is immediately interesting to point out other than the very well-done interior quality and the interesting choice of powertrain options:

"Base"

- 3.0L V6: 260 BHP​

"Turbo"

- 2.8L Turbocharged V6: 300 BHP​

Apparently the AWD system utilized is very similar to the Saab 'XWD' Haldex system, but its not identical. Given the rumors that the 9-4X project was killed, perhaps, this is the Saab we were supposed to get. Maybe. Unless Saab surprises everyone and just builds it anyway.

 

[Joey D]

That's some serious angles in the interior.

 

[Div is back]

Any additional info on the 2.8l turbocharged V6? Promising numbers. I wonder if it's a new engine or a transplant from another model?

 

[YSSMAN]

I believe its just a higher output version of whats already available in the Saab 9-3 Turbo X. In the Saab, the engine produces 280 BHP... But how Cadillac gets those figures, I'm unsure.

 

[Keef]

Excuse me, Sage, but...


This is freaking awesome!