2013 Cadillac XTS FWD Premium - Car and Driver
Actually, in the case of the 2013 Cadillac XTS sedan, it’s more like dead car, er, rolling. A proper Cadillac flagship riding on a new, premium rear-wheel-drive platform should eventually replace it. Why go through the effort of developing a car with a near-term death sentence. The XTS positively drips with the geriatric-express stigma inherent in a V-6–powered, front-drive-based luxobarge, and that’s no bad thing for Cadillac’s bottom line. This car is intended to hold over DTS owners to finance Caddy’s eventual move to a BMW-like rear-drive-based car lineup. We’ve already tested the all-wheel-drive XTS and pitted one against a Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed (in a bang-for-buck-focused comparison test ), but this is our first chance to strap our test gear to the front-wheel-drive model. As a bonus, ditching the rear-end driveline gear saves some pounds—182, to be exact—plus some parts that take energy to move, improving fuel economy and saving buyers $2225 relative to AWD XTS Luxury, Premium, and Platinum models. The front-drive XTS’s driving experience is largely the same as the all-wheel-drive car’s, although the front-driver is noticeably quicker, taking just 6. 6 seconds to reach 60 mph versus 7. 2. As we’ve noted in other XTSs, the structure doesn’t... Source: www.caranddriver.com
