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The entire vehicle looks too tall to me. Especially the front and rear in the pictures. The side view is just awkward with the DLO ending abruptly, leaving a big gap of sheet metal until you hit the trunk.

In the end, I think I like the outgoing SRX's design better.

There's something "wrong" with the car itself. IT looks like they took an ELR and extruded it up and added a set of doors.
As with all Cadillacs seemingly, the front is fine, the sides and rear look like ****. The shield theme in the rear is a bit on the nose, I think.

I certainly hope the interior doesn't have that "Sponsored by Chevron" look the Escalade has. I expect a derivative of the CT6. Which means I'll think it's OK, and you'll hate it. lol

This is "better" than the outgoing SRX simply because the SRX looks cheap and never looked upscale in any way, shape or form. At least XT5 looks upscale. Whether or not it pulls off this look is to the eye of the beholder.

 

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A studio teaser shot showed the chevron design on the seats. Guess Cadillac went all in on that as a signature look everywhere they could find a way to implement it.

UGH. I don't mind an occasional V accent. I get the design theme.
But the "Sponsored by Chevron" look is a bit much. It's just as bad as Lexus' "Sponsored by Nike" look.

 

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Night and day improvement versus the current SRX. I highly approve.

Now, the real question is... how will it be priced, comparatively?

XT5 should priced around $39,995. That's my guess.

 

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All This talk of the XT5 being a Acura and Lexus fighter......Isn't that what Buick is supposed to be doing while Cadillac takes on the big boys?.

Well... You're not wrong.
Ultimately, the problem is Cadillac doesn't have a platform that a "proper" and "competitive" CUV can rid on. And if it does, they're not using it effectively.

So, Cadillac has to create a positive spin on it. So, they do the only thing they can do -- fly one in by helicopter into Manhattan.

 

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Cadillac is targeting the hipster market? How will hipster millennials be able to afford a Cadillac after buying so many lattes and craft beers?

Umm...

I know you're being sarcastic and all, but a lot of the so-called "hipsters" in San Francisco are techies. And guaranteed, they make at minimum $120-150,000 with stock options upwards of $300-500K.

They can afford it.

 

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Obviously they have disposable incomes if they waste money on gourmet coffee and such.

No sure what you mean by "gourmet" coffee either.

$18-22 for a 12 oz bag of Blue Bottle Coffee beans isn't what i'd consider "gourmet." Kona Coffee is $18-25 for 6-8 oz, depending on brand. That's far higher priced.

Do you consider "gourmet" as part of price or the style/type of brew and/or bean? Or just simply paying more than $1.50 for a cup?

 

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I had coffee made from beans crapped out by a Civit cat in Indonesia this summer. I think they call it Lowak coffee. Apparently people pay a fortune for it. It tasted like coffee.

It's about $20-40/cup in SF.