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Originally Posted by goblue
...I am a little disappointed Cadillac felt the need to soften the AWD version. One possibility is they are comparing an FE3 RWD to a FE1 AWD - or something along those lines.
Regardless, a car I would seriously buy is an AWD FE2/3 CTS with about 75 more hp and torque. May settle for the 3.6L DI - but I'd like an AWD CTS thats tuned for performance.
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Yes to paragraph 1, yes to paragraph 2, though I'd like my CTS to come 2-doors shy of the sedan.
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Originally Posted by Hoosier Red
I think those buying the AWD would understand and appreciate the compromises. If I find myself back in the midwest, I need something that will get me to work even on those 2-3 days that most can afford to stay home. The Corvette in my garage isn't going to do it. Most of the time FWD will be fine, but if I want the CTS, it's probably going to have to be the 4 in the midwest. I think the gearing must allow them to maintain the mileage because both the CTS and CTS4 are rated for the same mileage on the website......a little surprising. What I'm really waiting for is the CTS4 wagon!!
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I share the same sentiment of your post, too, Hoosier Red, though again you may prefer 5-doors, I prefer the 2-door variant. Maybe Cadillac will seek to please all of us (you, goblue, and me)?
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Originally Posted by jbernie
It will be interesting to see if sales of the 4 will lead to a V variant. I have seen a few CTS4's here in Denver. AWD or RWD that car is very very nice to look at.
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I was also wondering about this, too, jbernie. Yet again, I was hoping for a two-door version.
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Within the notch Chicago has punched in the nation's snow belt, two key factors lead to a luxury sedan's success: a prestige badge on the hood and all-wheel drive behind the wheels. A day of commuting along any of its salt-clogged arteries will show that, in the Windy City, quattro Audis and anything with an "X" in the name are as popular as Daleys and deep dish. German marques have twigged to the necessity of all-wheel drive for two decades...
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Funny, I cannot help but remember the first snowstorm of the season, in which State government and local municipalities did a less than stellar job of addressing road maintenance. It was interesting-comical?- to see a certain type of vehicle absolutely struggling to make any forward motion: cars carrying Teuton badges. I was absolutely amazed to see the relatively large numbers of new 3-series, 5-series, C- and E-classes littering the highway. I guess they didn't get the message that Chicago drivers got about 4matic and X versions? Hmmm, interesting to note from my diminutive, unfashionable FWD GM car that rather easily got me home.