Why The Chinese-Market Cadillac CT4 Has An Additional USB Port
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The Cadillac CT4 for the Chinese market is essentially identical to the version sold in the United States and Canada. While it has less to offer in the way of engine and transmission options, it has the same exterior and interior styling and the same available trim levels.
There’s one subtle difference between the Chinese market Cadillac CT4 and the one we have here in North America, though. Our sister site, Cadillac Society, obtained a product presentation slide for the Chinese-spec CT4 (above) that indicates the vehicle has an additional USB slot, with two up front and two in the rear. A North America-spec model, by comparison, only has three ports in total, with two up front and one in the rear.
So why did Cadillac decide to give Chinese CT4 buyers an additional USB slot? In China, luxury car buyers are much more likely to sit in the back seat of their own vehicle and hire a chauffeur to drive them around. That means the CT4’s back seat is much more likely to be in frequent use in China than it is in the United States, hence the additional USB slot.
Somewhat strangely, the presentation slide indicates the additional USB port in the Chinese-spec Cadillac CT4 is located in the headliner, rather than on the rear of the center console or another more customary position. It’s not clear where in the headliner it is positioned, though we imagine it’s located somewhere in the center of the roof so it can be accessed by passengers sitting on either side of the vehicle.
The rest of the Chinese-spec Cadillac CT4 should be familiar to North American Cadillac fans. The sedan is offered in base-level Luxury trim, along with the better-equipped Premium Luxury and Sport trims, as per Cadillac’s Y trim level strategy. The only available engine is GM’s turbocharged 2.0L LSY four-cylinder, which is good for 237 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque. The automaker’s eight-speed automatic is also the only transmission option, though AWD is available. GM does not offer the optional 2.7L L3B four-cylinder and 10-speed automatic transmission in the CT4 in China.
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This report was written in collaboration with our sister publication, Cadillac Society.
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So, they killed the long wheelbase L variant?
The USA CT4 is longer like the China L had been.
Are you sure? Because from what we’ve seen dimensionally this is just a rehashed ATS. Its literally smaller interior wise than the ATS.
The CT5 is the intended replacement for the ATS-L in China, I believe.
So they decided to spend an extra 50 cents on the Chinese version… Big deal!
i just noticed that the ct4 doesn’t have the ct5’s kink at the c-pillar. i don’t mind the kink but i can see why it might bug some people.
i haven’t read a ct4 review but the ct5’s has been generally positive.
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a31087951/2020-cadillac-ct5-v-by-the-numbers/
Really? You just NOW noticed ?
instead of having the kink, what do you think the designers should’ve done with the space behind the door opening? i think they made the best of a tricky situation.
If that’s the best they could do, I’d hate to see the worst. They could’ve done many things including an actual glass window. Instead they put a cheap, awkwardly shaped piece of plastic that ruins the entire design and has been universally panned.
Do you know what you’d see if the panel was glass? The side of the rear seat back and head rest. From the outside, it would apprear as a small block of color pressed up against the inside of the glass NOT matching the exterior paint color. I think that would have been ruinous.
It would be impossible to clean the inside of that window, and no one could see through it from inside.
You’ll have to ask Johan de Nysschen about what else could have been done. The CT5 was designed to look as close to the Escala show car as possible. You can google a picture of it. You’ll see that the upper rear quarter area is a very conventional design similar to many other cars already running on the road. I think the designers wanted to avoid that for the CT5. Like it or not, I think they succeeded.
Obviously I disagree. The CT6 has an actual glass window and it’s a far more cohesive and attractive design. I’ve never been distracted by seeing a headrest or a different color leather through the glass. Ditto for most Audis and as far as the Escala concept is concerned, it too used a glass window. CT5’s C-pillar looks to me to have been inspired more by a 2010 Chrysler 200 than the liftback Cadillac concept from 2016’s Pebble Beach Concours.
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Shouldn’t the question be why The GM Beancounters chose to take away one USB Slot in the rear of the New Cadillac CT4 in its own Home Market>?
One USB in the rear huh GM. Hope people with little kids can talk them into sharing one USB in the back Lol
Beancounters are ruining this Brand one decision at a time.
And you would cheer if the US CT4 had a cieling mounted USB port?
People with small children are expected to buy the CT4?
Do people not buy sedans that have Children?