2014 Cadillac CTS: This Is It



I find this car stunning. I hope I am not going to be disappointed by quality and performance....with MB going toward the melty-plastic look with many of their cars (E class is the only angular one remaining). This is how American luxury can compete with the Germans. The old CTS was okay looking but a bit bloated and blingy. I also don't think it aged well. Thoughts?

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Can I get this in a wagon, V version, sold.

Will be waiting for the current generation to depreciate to a sane price. Then I'll finally have an adequate replacement to my LT1 Buick Roadmaster Estate.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Amputee-assistive transmission only, buh-bye 3-pedal manual...

Nice looking car, LED's are a bit much. 'Merican cars don't do a lot for me anymore however...

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

The CTS-V will likely have a manual, the old one does and there are still a LOT of purists out there for American cars.

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Is it possible I saw this on the PA turnpike this weekend? Those vertical lights are like nothing else on the road. It was nice, whatever it was.

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Even the GT3 doesn't come with a stick, get over it.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

No.

I'm 33. I can be reasonably expected to drive for another 45 years if that. If I buy one or two new cars with a real transmission, rather than ones designed for drooling gimps, cell-phone-yapping teen girls, and overweight American porky-pies with ruined knees, they can be reasonably expected to last my entire driving career. Or at least till this country switches to 100% electric cars making the choice of transmission irrelevant.

Maybe an ATS? I've seen a few of those. These are the first pictures of the CTS AFAIK.



Also a good looking car IMO

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

The advent of the electric starter must have cheesed you off.

ALL HAIL NED LUDD!!!!

I want to drive, not have some cum'pooter calling the shots for me. Some people thought that the death scene of HAL-9000 in 2001 was sad. Me, I thought: why didn't Dave disconnect the annoying little turd last week, smash his circuit boards to powder, and vent the detritus into the vacuum of space?

Nope. It had the LEDs that continued below the bumper. From the rear it had a pronounced fuselage shape with smaller Bentley style lights. Wish I took a picture now, Damn!

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Nuts! I don't think they'd drive the car on the highway to the NYC auto show (which I am missing this year ) but that is one route from Detroit....

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Great looking car but LED Overkill!!

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2015 ML350 4Matic. Wifes DD
2015 GLK350 4Matic. My winter DD
2012 E350 4Matic. Road Trip car
2009 CLK350 Coupe Designo.Kleemann Tune For nice days/DD
2006 CL600. V12.Eurocharged Tune. Enough said
2005 CLK55 AMG Coupe.Kleemann Tune. For the sound and style
2004 CLK320 Cabriolet. 2005+ Interior swap. For the sunny Florida days & beach days

Cadillac had to throw a bone to those New Jerseyites who still graft those awful fake convertible tops onto their new Caddys...