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Cadillac CTS/CTS-V: Tell Cadillac What You Want!
What suggestions do you have for Cadillac about the CTS and CTS-V?
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1) Automatic transmission option (or at least a DSG type option). Yeah, I know, performance machine needs a manual, but not all of us like manual even if we appreciate performance.
2) An interior that looks, feels and sounds top of the line. High quality leather, dash that is sqeak-proof, etc.
3) State of the art, touch screen Nav/Radio/etc. unit.
4) Heated and cooled seats (and I mean really cool, not playing at cool with minor fan action)
5) Slightly larger trunk space
6) Slightly stiffer feel for steering, and more rigid/extreme feel for braking
7) Comfort seats, with lots of variable adjustments (articulating backs, side bolsters, etc.)
8) Memory seat for passenger as well as driver
9) Bose super surround sound system
10) Voice command system that works well, including bluetooth phone ability
11) HUD (modern looking, multi-color readout)
12) Paddle shift for automatic or DSG-type transmission
13) More color choices for interior and exterior
My biggest request is for Caddy to follow through with their hints and rumors of a CTS coupe. This would put them in direct competition with BMW and MB. I think the CTS is a magnificent piece of automotive design and could go head to head with the German and Japanese with some of the upgrades we've mentioned. Go Caddy !!
For 2008, sell a limited number of stripper 2.8 Sport Light sedans with possitive displacement supercharging. I already own a 2007 stripper with automatic and sports suspension.
It is a sweet little humingbird of a car. However, the very same car with 6-8 psi positive displacement blower would be my dream sedan. Your 3.6, please forgive the explitive, sucks. I have driven smoother tractors built in the 1940's.
Some of us don't need CTS-Vs. For instance, I have a Kenne Bell supercharged 1991, Lincoln Mark VII to use if I really want a smoky burn out. Instead, give me a refined, blown 2.8 and THIS household will boast His and Hers CTS Caddis!
David Jakab!
I suggest Rice purchase a Buick of some sort, or maybe a Malibu. My good buddy has both a Lexus LSC 430 and a Malibu, and when it comes to transcontinental trips, he uses the Malibu.
CTS? I want BMW's & Mercs to chase ME! Forget about all the BLING. Bling means weight, and that means slow.
As I've stated in other posts my special request is that Caddy follows through with the coupe concept. I'd like it to remain the same basic size as the new CTS and have all the options that the sedan will have. One thing from a styling point that I'd like to see. A more rounded roof line similar to the Honda Civic coupe with the side rear window ending in a curve rather than a sharp point the way the sedan does. I think these two modifications would give the coupe a more graceful appearance.
That's a very strange suggestion, being that I'm an avid BMW owner/fan (5 of last 6 vehicles) and my wife a Mercedes fan (3 of last 6 cars). You must not have checked out the latest BMW and Merc offerings - they have all of the goodies I listed. Perhaps it's you who are out of touch with these "Luxury" sports cars, and should instead check out "non-Luxury" offerings like Camaros and Mustangs, that don't have the so-called bling? If the CTS-V want to compete with the M and AMG cars, it needs what you call bling and what most of the rest of the world calls common luxury features.
Evok, what's up.
jpenn
Rocky
Locking Gas cap.
Automatic park brake release.
Magnetic Ride - At least on the sport suspension.
Sport FE2 18" wheel option needs tires with more performance.
18" Summer Tire option also needs the option of All-Season Perf tires.
Wider trunk for golf bags.
Better rear visability.
Sportier driver seat option, like in the V.
I want to be able to purchase a CTS directly online (no dealership visit required)- so that I can get the options that I want. I can't stand going to a dealership lot and seeing cars with a bunch of options that I do not want. Online price should be competitive (not MSRP!).
These 2 things would help GM in 2 ways:
- increased reliability causes increase demand and decreased warranty costs
- direct online purchasing ability causes GM to only have to build cars as they are purchased, therefore they don't have to overbuild/overstock. In this economy, that would solve alot of their problems. Dealers can still get a cut of the profit upon delivery of the car so everyone should be happy.
Anyone (GM) listening?