Category: Cadillac

Receiving top marks in the Large Light-Duty Pickup Segment, the Cadillac Escalade EXT brings home a 2008 Vehicle Satisfaction Award. While owners would like better Fuel Economy, EXT scored very well in Power & Acceleration, Ride, Reputation and Exterior Styling.

Mark LT owners are happy with Lincoln’s luxury interpretation of the Ford F-150. Mark LT owners appreciate the vehicle’s blend of utility and style. Top ranking was secured with a Comfortable Ride, great Driver Visibility and a Feeling of Safety When Driving.

Cadillac DTS owners have rated the ’08 DTS at the top of the Large Luxury Car Segment for the second year in a row. Cadillac knows its Large Sedan customers very well — many are second-, third- and fourth-time buyers. The Reputation of the Cadillac brand and of the DTS attracted customers to the car. Ride and Braking in particular are strong points among owners. The DTS is on-target for Cadillac’s most mature buyers.

Not only did Cadillac as a brand rank No. 1 over all, the new and much-talked-about 2008 Cadillac CTS won the ’08 Vehicle Satisfaction Award in the Aspirational Luxury Car Segment. Owners bought the CTS because it is new, bold and from a espected brand. They praised its aggressive Styling and Fun to Drive dynamics. Owners would like better Cup Holders in the CTS, but there was no denying it has proved itself the segment winner.

AutoPacific's annual Vehicle Satisfaction Awards have been announced. These awards are chosen directly by vehicle owners, with no input from the researchers.

New lighting technology winding its way through the luxury segment; expensive, but long-lasting and really cool for design.

New lighting technology winding its way through the luxury segment; expensive, but long-lasting and really cool for design.

We often get asked, “So why don’t the domestic brands build better vehicles?” and the answer usually comes down to simple economics. It’s not that the domestics don’t know how to engineer and produce amazing, well-built vehicles. It is a matter of fixed costs, variable expenditures, unions, dealers and what we like to call ‘bean counters’. Bean counters are those guy’s who help cost reduce a vehicle within an inch of its life in an effort to compete in the automotive marketplace. The imports typically have a leg up on the domestics due to their younger work force (read: health care costs and retirement costs), their efficiency and the American publics perceptions about their quality.

Cadillac Provoq is a fuel-cell powered concept Crossover SUV that telegraphs cues for Cadillac's future Crossovers like the next SRX.

Cadillac's second-generation CTS may well be the most improved new car of the 2008 model year. To be sure, it's the most impressive vehicle to carry the Cadillac badge since the stunning 1967 front-wheel-drive Eldorado.

Using data from AutoPacific's national Vehicle Satisfaction research and the IntelliChoice Best Overall Value information, AutoPacific and IntelliChoice have developed the Motorist Choice Award - a unique tool that can be used by consumers to help them sort through the myriad of choices in today's automotive marketplace.