2017 Cadillac CTS spy photos Automotive News
May 17, 2016 @ 11:45 am
By: John Irwin
Finally, some photos of the radically redesigned CTS! Count 'em, yep that's 4 bars on the grille! That's at least 33% better than last year's grille.
The Cadillac CTS nameplate will soldier on for another year but feature a new grille for 2017 and other styling cues borrowed from Cadillac’s new flagship, spy photos of the midsize luxury sedan reveal.
Some industry analysts have speculated the CTS nameplate would be changed to CT5 for 2017 as part of Cadillac’s new nomenclature. But the change to the CT5 name likely will come when the sedan is redesigned for 2019 as part of long-term brand plans to introduce new names when models are redesigned or all new.
Old news and a minor detail, but I do think the bars look better texturally vs just the smooth bars we have now. I would rather see grille inserts like on the non-Platinum XT5.
I still think the entire front end treatment including the lighting just does not work on the Sedan, but looks good on the XT5, and you are definitely correct that the grill treatment on the XT5 looks much better than on the CTS.
I am sure that all of those folks who have leases coming up on their current CTS's will just be chomping at the bit to get those upgrades !!!
Wow, think of the sales explosion this will cause.
I've got about 6 months to go on my lease. I was very interested to see what the changes would be - and end up disappointed. I think my next car will be a 2017 Lincoln MKZ with the 400-hp engine..
Most luxury buyers (including me most of the time) want that midcycle refresh to look like a significant improvement over the original re-design. Most luxury buyers don't hold onto their cars for very long. But the last two LS's I bought looked exactly the same. My wife and I didn't want her parents to know we bought a new car. They never did notice...
It's amazing to me, that back in 2008, Tesla introduced the Roadster, a $110k reconfigured Lotus Elise. GM also introduced the first-generation Volt at the same time.
Yet, here in 2016, Tesla is the leader in American luxury car brands, while Cadillac has barely crept forward. Anyone care to guess who has spent more in R&D?
It really doesn't matter what Cadillac does, whether they decrease weight, change styling, better handling, nicer interiors, etc., etc...the perception of the luxury buyer is that German cars are better. They hear it and read it every day and it effects sales, plain and simple. When was the last time you read an article about a newer Cadillac that didn't bring up a Cimarron, or some old model dinosaur of a Cadillac? Mercedes built some turds in their time as well, but does the media ever bring that up? Nope....and they won't do it, because they most likely drive or aspire to drive a Mercedes or BMW. Like it or not, there is a very Anti-American bias in the world as a whole, and American cars are at the top of that Anti-American bias.
The ATS does have a crunchy ride, but CT6 doesn't, nor does Camaro.
Not all Alphas are the same.
I'm okay with a small sporty car like ATS being on the harsh side, however. The audience for that kind of car is younger, less affluent, and more about excitement than comfort. The typical ATS buyer can still pop wood without a pill.
The "isolated tank" format is best for when back and neck problems become a part of daily life. Or fat people.
CT6 only rides stiff when placed in Sport mode. In tour, it's softer and more comfortable than either Alpha car. Speaking of the Alpha cars, CTS is the "softer" riding Alpha car in my experiences. Still, it does ride stiffer than the competition, for better or for worse.
If you guys want to feel harshness, take an E46 330i ZHP coupe for a spin. Even on smooth Florida roads it's brittle.
But at the time, it was everyone's favorite entry-luxury car.
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