So, I have seen a couple of reviews of the CT6 3.0TT that criticizes the ride for being too firm. So, the solutions can be, as Car and Driver suggests, and go back to old fashioned air springs and tradional dampers. But, is it possible for Cadillac to re-program MRC to give a fourth setting of "Plush"? Or you could go to Cadillac's heritage and call the setting "Fleetwood." So, instead of Tour, Sport, and Winter, you could have Fleetwood, Tour, Sport, and Winter. Touring cars traditionally have firmer dampers. Remember the original STS and the ETC back in the 80s? The T stood for Touring. These were meant to be sportier variants of the Eldorado and Seville. So, why on earth, in a large luxury car like the CT6 would the softest setting be Tour?
The only way Cadillac will convince traditional customers to accept the new Cadillac and move them from the XTS into the CT6 is to give them, at least, the option for a more traditional ride quality. It seems MRC should be capable of this. In fact, had the rear seat dimensions of the CTS had been appropriate for a 196" long car (37 inches of rear legroom), and a Fleetwood setting available on MRC, Cadillac may have convinced more XTS shoppers to become CTS buyers. If such packaging were available in the CTS, they would not have needed to cheapen the CT6 with such a low starting price. Then they could have given it better interior materials, eliminated the cheap sounding 2.0T from the line-up, and given it a more flagship starting price in the $63-65,000 range, and had a more appropriate range-topper.
So, what do you think? Should Cadillac create a Fleetwood setting for MRC?
The only way Cadillac will convince traditional customers to accept the new Cadillac and move them from the XTS into the CT6 is to give them, at least, the option for a more traditional ride quality. It seems MRC should be capable of this. In fact, had the rear seat dimensions of the CTS had been appropriate for a 196" long car (37 inches of rear legroom), and a Fleetwood setting available on MRC, Cadillac may have convinced more XTS shoppers to become CTS buyers. If such packaging were available in the CTS, they would not have needed to cheapen the CT6 with such a low starting price. Then they could have given it better interior materials, eliminated the cheap sounding 2.0T from the line-up, and given it a more flagship starting price in the $63-65,000 range, and had a more appropriate range-topper.
So, what do you think? Should Cadillac create a Fleetwood setting for MRC?