2013 Cadillac XTS Road Test Review
2013 Cadillac
XTS Road Test Review -
Cadillac XTS touring sedan brings high-tech
electronic gear
By Bob Plunkett
Running up a serpentine Soledad Canyon Road, two lanes of blacktop at the base of California's San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles, a front-wheel-drive version of the new 2013 XTS, Cadillac's mid-size luxury touring sedan drawn with taut lines and keen edgework, cuts crisply through the apex of every turn at a quick clip yet without protest from the massive 20-inch tires.
In these benders, our Cadillac test car maintains a stable position with minimal lateral roll, the result of a stiffly braced unibody design with sophisticated independent suspension elements at all corners plus standard Magnetic Ride Control variable shock damping to control wheel and body motion via magnetized fluid in shocks.
Tap flanking finger paddles posted behind the wood-trimmed steering wheel allow a driver to play the upshift/downshift game when slicing apexes in the curvy stuff at a swift clip.
Or on the rare straightaway our foot prods the go-pedal and this XTS surges ahead.
The XTS carries an aluminum 3.6-liter V6 engine rigged with dual overhead cams, direct injection technology and VVT (variable valve timing). With direct injection, the fuel goes directly into the engine's combustion chamber and fosters a thorough burn of the mix of air and fuel. Full Review
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