Spied Again: 2010 Cadillac BRX interior and exterior

[hidden_bull]

A new set of spy photos shows the interior of Cadillac's forthcoming 2010 BRX crossover. The images follow a single interior shot from last week — confirmation that the BRX's interior will look as similar as its exterior to the Provoq concept car.

http://www.leftlanenews.com/cadillac-brx.html

*BIG* kudos to GM for sticking to the concept this closely.

[mgescuro]

Power tilt/telescope anyone??

[Kennyboy]

The interior is shaping up to be the identical to the concept two months back. Hopefully, push button start and bluetooth will be standard.

[VCDJ]

we need more suv's cuv's truck's please give us more gm. THen blame american consumers for not wanting to buy your vehicle. HOw about if you give us new cobalt aveo. how about if you give us prius? no but all we get is more suvs

[emh]

Originally Posted by mgescuro

Power tilt/telescope anyone??

Power tilt would be nice. I'm fine without telescoping as long as power-adjustable pedals are there as in most (all?) current Cadillacs -- I actually prefer the pedals.

[megeebee]

Originally Posted by mgescuro

Power tilt/telescope anyone??

UGH! I saw that miserable lever at the base of the steering column, too. I hate those things.

[megeebee]

Does anyone out there know if a 2 mode system is planned for this?

[t-rex]

Originally Posted by VCDJ

we need more suv's cuv's truck's please give us more gm. THen blame american consumers for not wanting to buy your vehicle. HOw about if you give us new cobalt aveo. how about if you give us prius? no but all we get is more suvs

Smaller crossovers ARE a step in the right direction. Believe me, I'm probably GM's prime target customer with the BRX, and if it's as close to the Provoq as we're led to believe, this thing will SLAUGHTER the Lexus RX. Well hopefully. A lot of midsize and large SUV drivers are more likely to step down into a compact crossover than into a subcompact sedan, especially those whose incomes aren't quite as sensitive to high fuel prices.

New Cobalt's a little over a year away, and the Aveo's under development. It's better for GM to spend a little more time getting the product right than rushing some half-baked tin can to market, only to be laughed at by the competition.

But GM need to seriously trim some pork of its Thetas. A 4000-pound Saturn Vue is absolutely insane. No wonder its little more economical than a Tahoe. If the BRX returns the same pathetic MPG figures as the Vue, it'll be doomed to failure. Not every customer wants hybrids, alt-fuels and such. Most just want an ordinary gas-fed engine that doesn't drink like a Russian sailor.

[megeebee]

The STS's grille is "tamer" than the CTS?

with a grille treatment that has more in common with Cadillac's tamer STS than it does with the more adventurous CTS.

[genjy]

Wait... the BRX is based on the Theta? That thing is FWD?

Caddy needs a shorter/smaller RWD platform.

Even Infiniti has a 100% RWD lineup.

[K-1]

Originally Posted by VCDJ

we need more suv's cuv's truck's please give us more gm. THen blame american consumers for not wanting to buy your vehicle. HOw about if you give us new cobalt aveo. how about if you give us prius? no but all we get is more suvs

This is a true CUV. They're satifying a booming market. Lexus has an RX, Acura has an RDX, Infinity has an EX, why can't Caddy have a BRX? The new Cobalt/Aveo/Equinox/Volt/etc. are all coming around the same time frame. So, seriously, STFU.

[K-1]

Originally Posted by genjy

Wait... the BRX is based on the Theta? That thing is FWD?

Caddy needs a shorter/smaller RWD platform.

Even Infiniti has a 100% RWD lineup.

A Theta-Epsilon combo, actually. Maybe the Alpha platform can spawn a RWD crossover.

[tgagneguam]

I do like the larger sun-/moon-roof units on certain GM vehicles. A minor point, I know.

Originally Posted by VCDJ

we need more suv's cuv's truck's please give us more gm. THen blame american consumers for not wanting to buy your vehicle. HOw about if you give us new cobalt aveo. how about if you give us prius? no but all we get is more suvs

Caddy thankfully is building this vehicle because there's a market for these types of vehicles. Just about everyone knows it, too.

[Chaz_23]

Yeah, how many decades will it take?

Originally Posted by mgescuro

Power tilt/telescope anyone??

[I-Love-Pontiac]

Originally Posted by megeebee

UGH! I saw that miserable lever at the base of the steering column, too. I hate those things.

That was the first thing I noticed. Seriously GM. How expensive can it be?

Moving parts really impress people. One of the things I really like about Lexus is how they all have that steering wheel that automatically adjusts when you turn it off / on. It's fun. Plus it's useful.