Marty Asks About Pictures, Price, Availability Of Upcoming Cadillac XT5: Mailbag
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This article is part of the GM Authority Mailbag series, where the GM Authority Crew features and replies to your questions, comments, and observations.
The following comes to us from Marty:
Are there any pictures of the inside of the Cadillac XT5 SUV as well as prices and when it will be available.
Marty,
Thank you for writing in. Like you, we are eagerly anticipating the upcoming Cadillac XT5 crossover. Unfortunately, pictures of its interior, along with its price and availability, aren’t available right now. That said, we love to speculate, so here are some educated guesses:
From an overall design and materials standpoint, we expect the Cadillac XT5 to have a cabin similar to that of the current-generation Cadillac SRX that it replaces. In other words, expect two rows of seating, an assortment of high-quality, soft-touch materials, the button-less CUE system (though we would love some buttons and knobs), as well as a long dash, a disadvantage of the FWD C1XX platform on which it will be based. The only question we have is whether Cadillac will have made any improvements on the vehicle’s gauges, which have been the subject of much criticism in the ATS, CTS, and current SRX. In addition, the vehicle is supposed to feature all kinds of high technology.
A photo of the Cadillac XT5 during a commercial/photo shoot in New York City
As far as price and availability are concerned, we expect the Cadillac XT5 to have a starting price in the high $30,000s, be unveiled at the end of this year (probably at the Los Angeles Auto Show), and become available in the first half of the 2016 calendar year. The XT5 is the first part of Cadillac’s upcoming crossover onslaught, which is set to include two smaller models (than the XT5) and one larger.
Stay tuned to our coverage of Cadillac XT5 news here.
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It looks LESS attractive than Nox! The XT-5 build looks so thick/bulky in a market where the premium crossover is usually diminutive as is the case with platform mate Envision. This looks like SRX mated with a 2008 Malibu and designed by Chrysler to sit beside the 300. (I know everyone else like this vehicle besides me.)
I’m growing more and more worried about Cadillac’s long term success. GM is lucky to have Buick and GMC as semi premium, high margin brands.
Personally I love the looks of the Cadillac XT5. It looks like it will fit in very nice in 2020 lineup. But I have to wonder how long the GM V8 engines will survive. Every year the EPA is back for ever deeper cuts in emissions output. A friend say we, the motoring public are “Low hanging fruit” Even with active fuel management they ‘ll be back for greater cuts. I live just a few miles from Philadelphia International airport and I can tell you one Boeing 737, or a DC-10 leaves a trail of black soot that washes down over everything. And the lawnmowers, they run like rockets down my street with no emissions deterrent at all.
It makes me wonder how long the V8 has to live. I have a 2014 GMC Terrain and I own a restored 1990 Chevrolet black/gold pickup. The Terrain is AWD and I get better gas mileage in the Pickup and it’s got a 305 V8 and a 700R/4? Now I go out of my way to keep the pickup running top as a pin, rebuilt engine, 5W/30 Synthetic oil and I keep the tire a pound extra, so I try to get the best mileage, which is 21 on the highway, 16 around town. Not bad for a 5600 class 2 rated truck.
Now I see Volvo is going to run non gas engines in 2020 fleet. Is the American love affair with our automobiles about to be cut loose.