The 2015 SRX trim levels include a base ($41,330) and Luxury model ($48,505) in front-wheel-drive. My real world results after about 500 km of mixed driving worked out to 14.6L/100km (comb) on regular octane gas. The powertrain seems capable enough but a somewhat heavy steering feel and substantial 2015 kg curb weight combine to make the SRX feel more ponderous than it should for a mid-size entry.įuel economy for our AWD version is rated at 14.8/10.4L/100km (city/hwy).
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It is mated to a six-speed 6T70 HydraMatic automatic transmission with Driver Shift Control.
Under the hood, the one-choice 3.6-litre V6 engine makes 308 hp and 265 lb/ft of torque. The cabin is comfortable for four, do-able for five, and allows 844 litres of luggage room, expanding to 1730 litres behind the front row with the 60/40 second row folded flat. The screen, used for rear view camera and optional navigation as well, also allows you to “swipe”, “pinch” or “spread” your inputs, much like on a cellphone.
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The “Cadillac User Experience” or CUE infotainment systems enables USBs, MP3s, SD cards and Bluetooth devices, monitored through the central instrument panel’s eight-inch LCD touch-sensitive screen with proximity sensing (you almost don’t have to actually touch the screen) and haptic feedback (and it sort of touches you back). The SRX is also ironically Cadillac inside, with all piano black shining surfaces, wood and metallic highlights and with a “technology-drenched dashboard” as the brand bumpf puts it. The disco-style LED light pipes that have become “de rigeur” for all vehicles these days accent the front and rear lighting assemblies, even illuminating the trademark front fender gill slits. In back, tall tail lamps culminate in protruding points aimed squarely at the past, a nice tie in to the tail fins of another era. RELATED: Cadillac Extends the Top of its Range with CT6 Somehow that look always brings to mind the sunken cheeks of a supermodel. That concave body indent, a design element similar to the trick work of the BMW X5 and Dodge Charger, gives the SRX a leaner, athletic style.
The side profile’s most striking feature is the indented body shape, courtesy of two strong character lines that sweep from the gill slit along the door handles up top and along door bottoms below. The SRX “face” starts with the signature Cadillac shield grille, bracketed on either side by tall, vertical headlamp assemblies. But it is remains the bread and butter mainstay of the lineup.Ĭadillac customers looking for anything but a car have only two choices - the full-size Escalade SUV (starting at $84,095) or the SRX (starting at $41,330), offering a compromise size at about half the price. It is, by far, the best-selling Cadillac in the lineup, outselling every other model in Canada and the U.S.įirst introduced in a more wagon-like form in 2004, tweaked for a 2010 second generation with stronger styling lines, shorter overhangs and a more aggressive SUV-like road presence, relieved of problematic powertrains with a new direct injection 3.6-litre V6 in 2012, and still holding on today, the SRX is now one of the oldest vehicles in the Cadillac stable. But it has a quality that makes it no less important to the brand. The Cadillac SRX five-door, five-passenger midsize luxury crossover tested here may not seem representative of that kind of iconic imagery, even with a few classic cues throw in. It wasn’t hard to do because there’s no shortage of those songs out there, with lyrics voicing Cadillac dreams to the backbeat of country, rock or even rap music.įor all the success of Lexus and other modern import luxury brands, Cadillac has always somehow captured the imagination of popular culture, whether we’re talking about the iconic tail fin traditions of Eldorados and Coupe de Villes or the more recent hip hop history of overtly massive, pimped-out Escalades. These Cadillac dreams are waitin’ on me” – Cadillac Dreams by KissĪ few years ago, I downloaded an extensive playlist of Cadillac tunes to take to a Cadillac driving event.
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