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Cadillac Reviews2003 Cadillac CTS Review
Cadillac takes on the best of the European sports sedans. 2003 Cadillac CTS Base Price (MSRP) $29,350 As Tested (MSRP) $39,690 Cadillac has broken a lot of new ground with its all new CTS. It drives like a European luxury sports sedan and, like Mercedes-Benz and BMW, this new Cadillac uses rear-wheel drive instead of front-wheel drive. It is designed to appeal to younger buyers who want European performance in an American luxury product. The smallest of Cadillac's sedans, the CTS replaces the European-built Cadillac Catera, two generations of which failed to capture the imagination of the American buying public. The CTS is built in America, but its power, handling, luxury, and electronics put it in direct competition with sedans from around the world: the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, the BMW 3 Series, the Audi A4, the Lexus ES 300, and the Lincoln LS. Cadillac engineers used a BMW 5 Series (the previous 528i) as a performance benchmark. This is the first car to be built on GM's all new Sigma rear-wheel-drive platform. The CTS will be built in GM's first brand-new factory in years, in Lansing, Michigan. 2002 Cadillac DeVille Review
The DeVille is in the details. 2002 Cadillac DeVille Base Price (MSRP) $42,590 As Tested (MSRP) $53,495 Cadillac DeVille turns heads, a handsome combination of European and American, of contemporary and traditional. This duality reaches clear to the core of the DeVille concept. At a normal driving pace, this is a big, comfortable, luxurious sedan. Push it hard and the DeVille feels like a big sports sedan, particularly the DTS model. Slam the throttle down and this car takes off like a rocket. Cadillac has achieved this duality by engineering a solid platform that can be extensively tailored to the individual buyer's tastes. Simply choose the model and options that suit your lifestyle and driving requirements. The result is like no Cadillac you've seen, or driven, before. 2002 Cadillac Escalade Review
Big luxury, big size, big style. 2002 Cadillac Escalade Base Price (MSRP) $47,290 As Tested (MSRP) $52,535 Cadillac Escalade is all new for 2002. This full-size luxury SUV makes a strong statement with sharp, chiseled styling. Built on GM's newest truck platform, the Escalade is available with a high-performance 6.0-liter V8, all-wheel drive, and GM's latest technology. While the 1999-2000 Escalade was essentially a warmed-over Denali, this new one offers unique engineering and features to go with its unique styling. 2002 Cadillac Escalade EXT Review
Black tie pickup. 2002 Cadillac Escalade EXT Base Price (MSRP) $49,990 As Tested (MSRP) $51,540 The 2002 Cadillac Escalade EXT is a new model in a new market: the luxury SUV truck (SUT) segment. It combines the stowage and hauling capabilities of a full-sized pick-up truck with the people-carrying capacity of an SUV, packaged with the creature comforts of a luxury car. Cadillac Escalade EXT is designed to give drivers an alternative to owning an SUV and a truck. It comes with full-time four-wheel drive, five-passenger seating, a spacious interior and the unmatched cargo space of a full pick-up bed. Thanks to GM's Midgate it can be quickly converted from a people hauler to a hay hauler. This new luxury SUT, as it is called, follows on the heels of Lincoln's Blackwood, which arrived in dealerships in June 2001. The Cadillac Escalade EXT is based on the Chevy Avalanche, which also features the Midgate. Cadillac's luxury sport-utility truck is, of course, designed for an upscale audience. Trucks are popular with this crowd, and Cadillac says nearly a fourth of all of its customers own a pickups. At the same time, an increasing number of SUV buyers are women - and that's particularly true of the Escalade SUV. Surely, some of these people would like Cadillac levels of luxury and technology combined with a pickup bed, so, voila! Escalade EXT. With aggressive styling and a powerful 345-horsepower V8 the new Escalade EXT is no pussycat. Park it next to your average SUV and it looks like it would eat it for lunch. All of this comes at a price. Cadillac Reviews
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