The obsession of rear drive Cadillac CT series car test drive

[car home? Original test drive] "No rear drive? Not luxurious ",Cadillac's slogan, spread like a virus in many people's circle of friends last year. Although not everyone likes this way, it is not difficult to feel Cadillac's obsession with rear drive. Previous SLS, CTS and ATS-L (ignoring XTS for the time being) are all front-rear drive layouts. When the time came to 2020, the opening was not very beautiful. With the listing of CT4, Cadillac can be regarded as a "new American luxury rear-drive car family" named after CT.

I believe I don't need to introduce these three cars too much. "Big Brother" CT6 is the first three cars to be listed. Recently, it has quietly ushered in a small change, but the overall design of the new car remains unchanged. CT5 was officially launched on 20 19 1 1. The brand-new design language comes from Escala concept car, which weakens the "diamond cutting" style to some extent, but the overall design is still full of carving. The most compact CT4 of the three cars went on the market in April this year, insisting on the layout of front and rear drive, and the design can be described as "smaller CT5".

These three cars accounted for 34% of the total sales of SAIC-GM Cadillac from June to August this year, among which CT5 was the best, exceeding 265,438+million, followed by CT6, and nearly 8,000 CT4 were listed in April this year.

In terms of power, all three cars with the tail mark of 28T are equipped with the same 2.0T engine, and the maximum power is 174 kw(237 PS)/5000 rpm and 350n m/1500-4000rpm respectively. The transmission system is slightly different. CT6 and CT5 use 10 speed automatic manual transmission, and CT4 matches the engine with an 8-speed automatic manual transmission.

Today, I won't expand other static contents of the three cars. First of all, the activity schedule is quite tight. Second, I accidentally sprained my ankle before attending the event, which greatly reduced the shooting efficiency. Thirdly, because we already have quite rich test drive and test contents about these three cars, you can get what you need according to the hyperlinks in the pictures below.

In the test drive, we take CT4, which has the youngest positioning and listing time, as an example. The power of 2.0T engine can be fully exerted on CT4. When you start to accelerate, as long as the throttle is willing to give it a little deeper, the rear wheel will be restless. At this time, it is best to ignore the stroboscopic ESP light on the dashboard and continue to increase the throttle. The simulated engine sound will also stimulate your auditory nerve.

This does not mean that the other two cars are not as good as CT4 in driving performance, after all, their adjustment orientation is not the same. Judging from the pricing of the three cars, I believe everyone can feel that the CT4 is just an entry-level vehicle with the same engine, but the CT5 with a larger body size will have a higher level of driving quality. The first thing to say is its "unique cheats"-LSD limited slip differential of rear axle. Although there is still a slot with LSD, that is, only the top models have this "artifact". ? Next are four Michelin pilots who are in contact with the ground. Exercise? 4S tire company

Therefore, in our previous test articles on two cars, the 0- 100km/h acceleration performance of CT4 is also slightly faster than that of CT5(7.09s? VS？ 7.80 seconds. But just looking at the acceleration results, we can't deny the advantages of 10AT gearbox in shifting smoothness and its positive influence on high-speed fuel consumption. Only this test drive activity, we avoided its advantages relatively perfectly. ?

In this test drive meeting, CT6, with the largest body size, played the role of a car ferryman, helping us to go back and forth between the hotel and the test site, during which the expressway was used for Super? Cruise experience However, in the limited test drive time in the venue, the MRC electromagnetic suspension of CT6 also showed us its different settings from CT5. I'm sure you already know what the next two words I'm going to say are, um, comfort. ?

Compared with CT5, the suspension of CT5 is much softer when dealing with bumps. If CT5' s suspension yanks the car backwards when the suspension is about to reach the limit of travel, then CT6' s suspension is like pulling the car back to its normal posture with anticipation. ?

At SUPER? Thanks to CRUISE's super intelligent driving system, CT6 can free the driver's hands, just like the advertising slogan "Let's do it", but China's traffic laws do not allow the driver to leave the steering wheel with both hands, so the experience of holding the steering wheel and turning it by itself is quite interesting. On the way to and from the test center, I occasionally exceed? When cruising, due to the lack of road information, the lane keeping function will temporarily fail, and the full-speed domain adaptive cruise function will not quit.

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Have to sigh BOSE? Niu X of ANC, looking through the previous test articles, the measured indoor noise of CT6 at three speeds of 60km/h, 80km/h and 120km/h is about 5 decibels lower than that of CT5 and CT4. However, considering the positioning of the latter two cars, "mania" in the car is appropriate, but it is not normal to be too quiet.

Editor's comment:

Finally, I have to say those six words that echoed in my mind one day yesterday: no rear drive? Not luxurious. In fact, you and I both know that luxury is not only determined by rear drive. The word "luxury" contains too many dimensions, such as design, material, configuration, technology, power, control and so on. In these general aspects, Cadillac CT series cars have a good performance, and they also have different personalities. CT4 is dynamic, CT5 is balanced and stable, CT6 is comfortable, and the guide price is 230,000-460,000. I believe there will be one that suits you. (Figure/text/figure? Car home? Zhou You, some test drive pictures are from SAIC-GM Cadillac)