Cadillac CTS 2008 Overview

Izwi rekuti "Yank tank" rinogona kunge rakagadzirirwa Cadillac, rudzi rwekuAmerica rwemhando yepamusoro rine nhoroondo izere nemizinda mikuru yemotokari yakanakira kutyaira mumigwagwa yeUS asi yakanyura kumwewo.

Kwete Cadillac CTS.

Iyo mota ichaunza brand yeAmerica kuAustralia ndeye taut, idiki uye zvinoshamisa zvakanaka kutyaira.

Kune chimwe chinhu chakagadzirwa muAmerica, mhando yacho yakanaka zvinoshamisa.

Uye sezvakangoita gangster Chrysler 300C, iyo CTS ichamira pachena mune chero chaunga. Best case scenario.

Iyo CTS ichaenderera mberi kutengeswa pano muchikamu chekupedzisira chegore nemutengo wekutanga mu $75,000 renji, ichiisa mumakwikwi neakasiyana evakwikwidzi anosanganisira BMW 5 Series uye Lexus GS.

Kusvika kwayo chikamu cheGM Premium Brands zano rakatanga neSaab, rakakura neHummer uye rakasvika pakugona kwaro neCadillac.

Urongwa uhwu hwunozopedzisira hwave nekugoverwa kwakakura kwemota dzemhando yepamusoro uye XNUMXxXNUMXs kubva kutenderera pasirese neGeneral Motors yakabatana kuburikidza netiweki yevatengesi vepamusoro muAustralia.

Chirongwa cheCadillac chakaburitswa makore maviri apfuura uye airatidzika kunge aneshungu panguva iyoyo. Pakanga pasina chinhu chepasirese nezvemhuri yeCadillac, kunyangwe zvipikirwa zvechizvarwa chitsva chemotokari dzepasi rose dzaizoshanda muAustralia.

Yekutanga yeCadillacs yepasirese ndeyechipiri-chizvarwa CTS - yekompakiti yekushanyira sedan - uye yakaziviswa kumapepanhau eAustralia svondo rapfuura tichityaira kubva kuSan Diego kuenda kuPalm Springs, California.

Yakaita fungidziro yakasimba, kubva kune yakashinga styling kusvika kune yakakura mukati uye inonakidza ruzivo rwekutyaira, uye yakaratidza nzira yeCadillac yepasi rose yebudiriro.

Sekuzivikanwa, mota dzeCadillac hadzina kutengeswa muAustralia nemunhu anotora kunze kwenyika kweanopfuura makore makumi manomwe. Mumigwagwa maive nemaCaddies, ainyanya kutyisa '70s limousines, asi dzaive mota dzasekuru, dzakashata munzira dzese.

CTS mukuru weinjiniya Liz Pilibosian anoziva zvese nezve kuoma kwekuvaka chimwe chinhu chakakosha uye anoti Cadillac yakaita shanduko yakakosha.

“Isu tiri mumutambo izvozvi. Yakanga iri mota yepasi rose kubva pakutanga,” anodaro.

“Zviri nyore kutanga kubva pakutanga. Zvishoma zvinoda kuitazve chimwe chinhu.

"Iwe unofanirwa kuve nechokwadi kuti uri kugutsa vatengi vako vepasirese. Uye unofanira kuvanzwisisa. "

Saka, ndiani achatenga iyo CTS sedan kana iyo CTS ngoro uye coupe inozopedzisira yatevera?

“Mutengi akapfuma munyika yakaita seJapan kana China, asi muAmerica munhu ari pakati nepakati, uye zvimwe zvimwe chete kuAustralia,” anodaro Pilibosyan. “Izvi ndezvemuzvinabhizimusi, zvemunhu anovimbisa. Vanoda zvinopfuura zvekufambisa chete."

Anoti CTS yagara ichitorwa semotokari yerudzi rwekuEurope, zvisinei nekugadzirwa kwayo kwehasha dzekuAmerica. Izvi zvaireva kuzvipira kuzere kwevanhu vanopfuura mazana mashanu vari kushanda pachirongwa ichi.

“Dambudziko guru rakanga riri rekugadzira motokari uku uchichengeta chimiro,” anodaro. “Taifanira kuona kuti tatevedzera madhizaini atakapihwa, uye hazviitike nguva dzose.

"Tainyanya kushanda pamotokari mbiri, chizvarwa chakapfuura BMW 5 Series, maererano nekufambisa, kubata uye kukwira. Uye isu takatendeukira kuAudi kuti ikwane uye kupera. "

Saka chimiro chakafanana neiyo CTS pfungwa mota yakavhurwa gore rapfuura Detroit auto show, nepo michina yakavakirwa kutenderedza 3.6-litre V6 injini, matanhatu-kumhanya otomatiki transmission, kumashure-mavhiri uye yakakura-zvigaro zvina mukati. .

Injini yacho yakangofanana neiyo inoshandiswa muVE Commodore, asi inoratidzira jekiseni repamusoro-soro uye mamwe ma tweaks ekusundira simba kusvika ku227kW uye 370Nm.

Iyo chassis inoratidzira yakafara-gauge dhizaini ine yakazvimirira inotungamira mumakona ese - ine maviri ekumisikidzwa marongero - uye inoratidzira switchable yemagetsi kugadzikana kudzora uye anti-skid mabhureki.

Pasuru yekuchengetedza ine maairbag matanhatu, kunyangwe boneti inodhura yevanofamba netsoka isingasvike kuAustralia. Iyo mota inowanikwawo ine keyless yekupinda, Bose audio system ine 40GB hard drive, LED mukati memwenje nezvimwe.

Satnav inoshamwaridzana neUS asi haizove pano nekuda kwekunetsana kwemepu. 2009 modhi yegore mota dzichamhara pano nemashift paddles uye mamwe ma tweaks.

Parveen Batish, mukuru weGM Premium Brands Australia, anoti: “Hatisati tapedza kutsanangura kana mutengo. Izvi zvichaitika pedyo nemusi wekutengesa. "

Basa paCTS rinoenderera mberi, riine zvinhu zvitsva uye kutarisisa kwakasimba pakuchengetedza.

Pilibosyan anoti anotarisira kuita kuti modhi ye '09 ive nani.

Asi ari kufara nezvauya nechikwata cheCadillac uye arikutarisira kune inotevera yakazara makeover yeCTS.

“Pane mukana wekuvandudza nguva dzose. Mota yemazuva ano iri pedyo chaizvo ne10, ndizvo zvataida. Asi ndinoziva zvandichaita muchirongwa chinotevera,” anodaro.

MUMIGWAGWA

Iyo CTS imota, yakanaka kwazvo. Takazvitaura ipapo. Takasvika muUS tiine tarisiro yakaderera uye mimwe mikwende kubva kuCadillacs yapfuura, asi CTS yakatishandura. Fast.

Zvakangotora 5km uye akati wandei majana akasimba kuti aone kuti chassis ine taut uye inodaira, chidhiraivho hachina zvachose chekuAmerica, uye kupedzisa kwakaoma. Inotaridzika zvakanaka, hapana chinoputika kana kurira.

Iyo yakakwidziridzwa V6 inotinhira sedhiziri isina kuita, zvinoreva kuti inonakidza kanzura pasuru, asi inonyatso kuwirirana. Inonzwa zvakanyanya kunge V8 kubva payakamira, uye matanhatu-kumhanya otomatiki yakatsetseka uye ine yakanyatso kupatsanurwa giya reshiyo.

Kungofunga nezve mutengo ungangoita, kabhini kakapamhama ine nzvimbo yakanaka kune vanhu varefu kumashure, uye kune yakawanda yemidziyo inosanganisira ine simba rekurira system uye kunyange yakavakirwa-mukati garaji gonhi rekuvhura.

Kufamba kwacho kwakapfava uye kwakatsetseka, asi kuchiri nekutonga kwakanaka, kunyangwe sarudzo dzekumiswa kweFE2 neFE3 dzakakamurwa.

Iyo CTS inobata yakatsetseka uye yakakwenenzverwa mumigwagwa yemahara kana uchishandisa iyo FE2 yakapfava zvishoma kumiswa marongero, asi FE3's sporty package yaireva kurova makomba uye nzvimbo dzakaputsika. Ose ari maviri akanaka mumigwagwa yakamonyoroka, ine zvishoma zvishoma kubata uye mhinduro kubva kune iyo FE3 kuseta.

CTS haina kukwana. Iko kukwana uye kupera hakusi kusvika padanho reLexus kana Audi, asi Pilibosyan anokurumidza kuwana zvikanganiso uye anovimbisa kuongorora nekuvandudza. Iyo haigone kuita chero chinhu pamusoro peiyo shoma yekumashure maonero, asi mota ine yekupaka rubatsiro.

Saka pane zvakawanda zvekuda uye zvishoma zvekushoropodza, zvirinani kusvika taziva mitengo yekupedzisira uye zvirevo zveAustralia.

Uye chinhu chimwe ndechechokwadi, haisi Caddy yasekuru vako.

MUKATI ONA

Cadillac CTS

PAKUTENGESWA: zvinofungidzirwa October

PRICE: inenge $75,000

ENJINI: 3.6-lita yakananga-jekiseni V6

KUDYA: 227kW pa6300 rpm

NGUVA: 370 Nm pa5200 rpm.

KUTAURA: nhanhatu-nokukurumidza otomatiki, kumashure-vhiri dhiraivha

UFUMI: Not available

KUCHENGETEKA: pamberi, parutivi uye curtain airbags, electronic stability control, anti-skid brakes

CTS-V HAIKOdzere AUSTRALIA

Mambo wegomo reCadillac - iro rinopisa zvikuru CTS-V (kurudyi), iro rinozviti ndiro rinomhanya zvikuru pasi rose rine magonhi mana - haasi kuzouya kuAustralia.

Sezvinoita mota zhinji dzeAmerica, vhiri rekutyaira riri kudivi risiri iro uye harigone kuchinjwa.

Asi kusiyana nemaheavyweight seFord F150 neDodge Ram, dambudziko reCTS rinouya kuuinjiniya, kwete kungoregeredza pakuronga.

"Patakangoisa 6.2-litre V8 tikaisa supercharger pairi, takapera real estate," anodaro General Motors product manager Bob Lutz.

Mechanical package yayo inosanganisira magnetic suspension control system, Brembo six-piston disc mabhureki uye Michelin Pilot Sport 2 matai.

Zvisinei, kiyi ndiyo injini: V8 ine supercharged ine 410-speed manual kana matanhatu-speed otomatiki kutumira simba kumavhiri ekumashure. Iyo inosvika 745kW neXNUMXNm.

Asi Lutz, anogara aine tariro, anofunga Holden Special Vehicles ine mukana wekumisikidza inokurumidza CTS yeAustralia.

“Taura neHSV. Ndine chokwadi chekuti vachabuda nechimwe chinhu,” anodaro.

MAFUNGIRO ANONAKA

Motokari mbiri dzakashinga dzepfungwa nyowani dzinonongedza nzira yekumberi kweCadillac. Ivo havagone kusiyana zvakanyanya - ngoro-yemavhiri yemhuri chiteshi ngoro uye maviri-masuo coupe - asi ivo vanogovana yakafanana dhizaini dhizaini uye yehudiki nzira kune yemotokari nyika.

Uye vese varikurova mugwagwa uye vanogona kujoinha zviri nyore Cadillac chigadzirwa chinogumbura muAustralia.

Iyo CTS Coupe pfungwa ndeyechipiri kune imwe chete muDetroit 08 uye inonongedza kune nyowani dhizaini yemagonhi maviri-masuo emusoro, ane akawanda makona uye mipendero semacurves pamacoupe mazhinji.

Yakaziviswa neinjini yeturbodiesel asi ichawana V6 peturu inoshandiswa muCTS sedan nemamwe magiya ayo ekumhanya.

Iyo Provoq yakavhurwa sefuel cell yemagetsi mota pashow, asi chinangwa chayo chaicho ndechekukwezva mhuri dzechidiki kuCadillac mhuri station wagon.

Iyo inoratidzira GM's E-Flex drive system, iyo inoshandisa simba remagetsi pamwe neiyo peturu injini se "range extender".

Asi muviri nekabhini zvine basa rakawanda rekuita.

Uye zvirokwazvo ichauya kuAustralia semapatya akavanzika eiyo ine mukurumbira Saab 9-4X chiteshi ngoro.