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With Cadillac releasing coupe and wagon variants of its popular CTS luxury sport sedan, I’ve started to wonder which of BMW’s cars is a better comparison: the 3-Series, which is a bit smaller, but priced similarly, or the 5-Series, which is a bit bigger, but priced about $10,000 higher? Click past the jump for the tale of the tape and the Reader Poll.
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The 2010 Cadillac SRX has already had one safety recall, and now it has another. A total of 3,996 SRX crossovers, built in December of 2009, are being recalled because of a possibility of fire. An unattended SRX caught fire when its power steering lines were damaged, which leaked fluid onto “hot engine parts,” according to the press release. This caused a fire in the engine compartment. No accidents or injuries have been reported, and General Motors believes that this issue is limited to only 2 or 3 vehicles, but is recalling almost 4,000 of them just to be safe. Click past the jump for the press release.
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If you’re Cadillac, and you’ve got the CTS-V sedan, a 556-horsepower sports sedan (and now coupe!) that truly competes with rivals from Audi, BMW and Mercedes, what’s your next move? Commission a commercial showing off some of your car’s best moves, and do it in your rivals’ own backyard! Click past the jump to see the “Competition” commercial from Cadillac.
Continue reading ‘Cadillac to its competitors: Game On! (w/video)’
Ok, so I know they’re not even in the same league; the Ford Shelby GT500 is a raw, muscular pony car with pretty good handling and a nameplate that goes back to 1964, while the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe is a luxury-oriented coupe that hangs with BMWs, and whose name has only been used for the last several years. But, both being American cars, someone was going to pit them against each other, and it turns out Road & Track got it done, and posted it to YouTube. Click past the jump to see the video.
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2011 Lincoln MKX
If you’re going to play in the luxury car arena, you might want to look at how things are done by BMW. The German luxury car manufacturer gives new-car buyers free maintenance for 4 years/50,000 miles. Now, two domestic luxury brands are joining in, albeit in slightly different ways. Cadillac will give you free maintenance for 4 yrs/50,000 miles on any 2011 model, whereas Lincoln gives you the same length of time and mileage, but only on 2010 and 2011 models sold during this summer.
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If you’ve been reading Road Reality for any length of time, or delved into past articles, you’ll notice that a month or two ago, I stopped posting every little recall. If a recall involves a danger to the driver or passengers, I certainly will mention it, but otherwise I’ll leave it to the manufacturer to notify you. While this recall doesn’t necessarily pose a danger to drivers, it shows that the new GM is quicker to react to problems than it used to be, and at least in this case, has their consumers’ best interests in mind. Read on for why engines could be failing on 2010 Cadillac SRX crossovers.
Continue reading ‘GM Recalls 2010 SRX over Engine Failure concerns’
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