Cadillac XT4 [Official] Cadillac Introduces First-Ever XT4

[sako97]

Not so fast, the color on that vehicle is horrible. I bet it will look better from the side with different paint.

Nope. Same Chevy Equinox look on the gray car also.

 

[sako97]

Not that I find the XT4 "ugly"...

I simply perceive it to be a product that could have come from KIA, Hyundai or (pre-PSA) Opel. Certainly manufacturers of (in some cases) exceptionally competent vehicles (most certainly regarding KIA and Hyundai especially). Not necessarily extraordinary though.

But unlike KIA and Hyundai, the XT4 will be a non-event in the EU as well as the non-EU sectors of Europe. And I imagine that a recent slew of new VW-Group (China) SAVs'/SUVs' as well as looming trade hassles between the U.S. and China will make the going tough for the XT4 as well as any other GM product in China. That leaves the North American market. What is Cadillacs' "cred" in that particular market as of relatively late (outside of the diehard, "Buy American" GM fan base) ?

Cadillac sales have been dead for many years. Everything non-Escalade since the mid-2000’s has been a flop; always below sales expectations. If people want luxury here they almost never buy American.

They glory days of Italian mobsters and Cuban bigshots rolling around in big Cadillacs is long over. In the 20th century, owning a Cadillac was a manifestation of the “American Dream”. For a long time if you were to ask an American immigrant to choose between a Jaguar/BMW/Mercedes or Cadillac, they would’ve selected the Cadillac with no hesitation.

 

[Merc1]

Standing here looking at it, it’s a Chevy. Interior is nice though, but the exterior is a cardboard box.

M

 

[sako97]

Standing here looking at it, it’s a Chevy. Interior is nice though, but the exterior is a cardboard box.

M

If you sit in the Equinox - you'll find that the armrests, rear interior, and many touch points are the same.

 

[Deleted member 1071]

Cadillac sales have been dead for many years. Everything non-Escalade since the mid-2000’s has been a flop; always below sales expectations. If people want luxury here they almost never buy American.

They glory days of Italian mobsters and Cuban bigshots rolling around in big Cadillacs is long over. In the 20th century, owning a Cadillac was a manifestation of the “American Dream”. For a long time if you were to ask an American immigrant to choose between a Jaguar/BMW/Mercedes or Cadillac, they would’ve selected the Cadillac with no hesitation.

Having lived in the U.S. for several years as an elementary school child in the early 1960s', I recall that Cadillac was also the luxury car of choice for Jewish-Americans. For obvious reasons, German products were not at all popular in that particular community. Nor were products from FoMoCo due to Henry Fords' acerbic anti-semitic spoutings of the 1920s'/30s'.

 

[sako97]

Having lived in the U.S. for several years as an elementary school child in the early 1960s', I recall that Cadillac was also the luxury car of choice for Jewish-Americans. For obvious reasons, German products were not at all popular in that particular community. Nor were products from FoMoCo due to Henry Fords' acerbic anti-semitic spoutings of the 1920s'/30s'.

Yes indeed. It's quite weird when I drive through wealthy orthodox Jewish neighborhoods today (like southern Brooklyn & parts of the Jersey shore) - they all drive S-classes, big BMWs, A8's, Range Rovers, or Teslas.

Big contrast, and I've been curious to find out what made them stop the boycott and embrace these brands.

 

[Rolf]

As is usual with most Cadillac models this looks quite sharp on the exterior but the interior is its big weak point with a bland dash and boring colours and a total lack of trim panel strips (NO wood or metal). The switches and controls look so cheap and especially how the info screen is positioned with no trim surround.