The CTS coupe is angular and distinctive, a look that hardly changed after it was introduced at the North American International Auto Show in 2008. You won't mistake this for any other car on the road. A lot of current Cadillac owners probably won't like it.
"GM has been trying for more than 10 years to reinvent Cadillac and make it into a younger person's performance-type line of vehicles. And they succeeded," said Nigel Fox from Sovereign Auto Sales in Flushing.
If you suffer from stiff knees or a bad back, you won't like getting into the back seat, and once you're there, there's little leg room and no head room. Up front, it's very comfortable if you're not too tall.
The CTS is assembled in Lansing. However, the engine comes from Mexico and the transmission is from France.
Cadillac sales rose 21 percent in November, the tenth-straight month of year-over-year increases. Cadillac officials say the CTS coupe is one reason for the growth. This car is equipped with all-wheel-drive and on a slushy day like today, it comes in handy.
"Without all-wheel-drive, this would not be a viable line of cars," Fox exclaimed.
Acceleration is more than adequate, steering is tight and the suspension is stiffer than other Cadillacs.
"This is a very smooth, very compliant car, not very noisy," Fox said.
The CTS doesn't have any interior door handles. Just push the button and the door pops open. The sticker price may surprise you, but it is a Cadillac after all.
"This car, at $50,000, has nearly everything you can get in a car: navigation, cooled seats, heated steering wheel," Fox noted.
The EPA says the CTS coupe will get 18 miles per gallon in city driving and 27 on the highway.
