[Tim_M]

"Almost every aspect of the FlexRide system is customizable by the driver. There is a Driving Mode Control menu that you can customize what each “mode” of FlexRide does and how much it affects every aspect of the car. How the car reacts to emergency situations is even customizable. It is unclear which aspects of the FlexRide technology the SRX will get, but we have to assume it will get a similar version to the Opels."



I know that feature tallies equate to bragging rights in the luxury sector, but stuff like this seems a bit superflous. People who buy these cars rarely read owners manuals, set their memory seat position once, and tend to ignore attention-intensive programmable features.

If buyers of luxury crossover SUVs actually gravitate to the SRX because of this feature, more power to Cadillac. Still, this seems like the wrong kind of vehicle in which to debut a performance technology. It will add cost and complexity in exchange for debatable competitive advantage. Given the marketplace struggles of the first SRX- a standout product by most accounts - it seems unwise to swell the launch MSRP with features like this.

Cadillac has been lauded for the intuitive design of their electronic interfaces, so maybe I'm jumping the gun. Fingers crossed.