[Envoy4Life]

The XTS WISHES it could be the DTS. The DTS was just a cool, badass car. It was outdated, outclassed, whatever, but it was just awesome. Something about it was just awesome.

Something about it...

Glad you like the XTS though. I wouldn't buy one personally. The CTS is just so much better for basically the same coin.

 

[Envoy4Life]

I don't know. I do like the DTS but on the other hand, the DTS wishes it had AWD and 420 or whatever horsepower...

410 HP is nice, but I'd rather have a car with road presence. The DTS had that in spades.

 

[Envoy4Life]

Yeah, I think the DTS had more road presence than the XTS has. And power with the Northstar was adequate. Once rolling it felt pretty good, actually.

I don't know if I've only seen the expensive XTS, but it has a lot of road prescence. I stayed in a very expensive Hotel this weekend and in the Valet there were 7 series, 5 series, S class, A6 and A8, and a XTS V Sport. And let me tell you, the XTS didn't look out of place at all. It looked very distinctive with the vertical taillights, it was getting a few looks too.

XTS looks expensive, but it can't hold a candle to how powerful a DTS looks going down the road, or hell, even stopped:

 

[Envoy4Life]

I really like the Seville too:

 

[Envoy4Life]

XTS looks like a shiny ovular potato going down the road.

DTS looks like something a villain in a movie would drive.

It's imposing. It just has a certain presence that the XTS lacks.

 

[Envoy4Life]

Even Cadillac wasn't happy with the way the XTS exterior turned out. In response to complaints from journalists and the public they promised that that final version would have a longer wheelbase to offer a more proportional, less awkward look.

The budget wasn't there and this is what we got. It's very nice but it's weird looking.

Yup. The XTS, as a vehicle, is much better than the DTS. No contest.

Exterior design? The DTS is hands down better than the XTS IMHO. No contest.