The smaller details
Numerous features beyond the AWD and Stabilitrak add to the CTS4s winter-readiness. Tall, vertically-oriented LED taillamps aren’t easily blocked out by snow, and a rear windshield-wiper defroster aids visibility, too.
The CTS’s adaptive xenon headlights became a personal favorite feature. They point into corners in sync with the steering and flood the road ahead with bright, clean and saturating light. After 600 kilometres worth of nighttime highway driving, few more impressive lighting systems in recent memory came to mind. If you frequently travel long hours in the dark, you'll want these lights on board.
The American Wagon is back… sort of
In more ways than one, offering the CTS in wagon form is a bold move on Cadillac's part. Wagons are a dying breed, and Cadillac’s is currently the only one in the American wagon scene.
It’s not a model that’ll likely fly in high quantities from dealer lots, though the CTS4 Sport Wagon is undoubtedly important as a competitive statement. It may also serve as a transitional vehicle for those on their way up to an SUV, or on their way down to a coupe or convertible. That said, a CTS coupe is planned for launch this spring, and a convertible can’t be too far behind it.
End of the day, the CTS is more than worthy of the premium wagon shopper’s attention. It’s got machines like the A4 Avant and its European buddies right in its xenon-illuminated sights.
photo:Justin Pritchard
Numerous features beyond the AWD and Stabilitrak add to the CTS4s winter-readiness. Tall, vertically-oriented LED taillamps aren’t easily blocked out by snow, and a rear windshield-wiper defroster aids visibility, too.
The CTS’s adaptive xenon headlights became a personal favorite feature. They point into corners in sync with the steering and flood the road ahead with bright, clean and saturating light. After 600 kilometres worth of nighttime highway driving, few more impressive lighting systems in recent memory came to mind. If you frequently travel long hours in the dark, you'll want these lights on board.
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| The CTS is more than worthy of the premium wagon shopper’s attention. |
The American Wagon is back… sort of
In more ways than one, offering the CTS in wagon form is a bold move on Cadillac's part. Wagons are a dying breed, and Cadillac’s is currently the only one in the American wagon scene.
It’s not a model that’ll likely fly in high quantities from dealer lots, though the CTS4 Sport Wagon is undoubtedly important as a competitive statement. It may also serve as a transitional vehicle for those on their way up to an SUV, or on their way down to a coupe or convertible. That said, a CTS coupe is planned for launch this spring, and a convertible can’t be too far behind it.
End of the day, the CTS is more than worthy of the premium wagon shopper’s attention. It’s got machines like the A4 Avant and its European buddies right in its xenon-illuminated sights.
photo:Justin Pritchard
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