Cadillac CTS 2008 mwachidule

Mawu akuti "Yank tank" akadapangidwa kuti atchule Cadillac, mtundu wapamwamba waku America womwe mbiri yake ili ndi nyumba zachifumu zazikuluzikulu zamagalimoto, zoyenera kuyendetsa misewu yaufulu yaku US koma yomira kwina.

Osati Cadillac CTS.

Galimoto yomwe idzabweretse mtundu waku America ku Australia ndiyoyenera, yachichepere komanso yodabwitsa kuyendetsa.

Kwa china chopangidwa ku America, mtundu wake ndi wabwino modabwitsa.

Ndipo monga chigawenga Chrysler 300C, CTS idzaonekera pagulu lililonse. Nkhani yabwino kwambiri.

CTS idzagulitsidwa kuno kumapeto kwa chaka ndi mtengo woyambira pamtengo wa $ 75,000, ndikuyiyika pa mpikisano ndi mpikisano wambiri kuphatikizapo BMW 5 Series ndi Lexus GS.

Kufika kwake ndi gawo la njira ya GM Premium Brands yomwe idayamba ndi Saab, idakula ndi Hummer ndikufikira kuthekera kwake ndi Cadillac.

Dongosololi ndikuti pomaliza pakhale magalimoto apamwamba kwambiri ndi ma XNUMXxXNUMX kuchokera padziko lonse lapansi ndi General Motors olumikizidwa ndi netiweki yamalonda apamwamba kwambiri ku Australia.

Dongosolo la Cadillac lidawululidwa zaka ziwiri zapitazo ndipo adawoneka wofunitsitsa kwambiri panthawiyo. Panalibe chilichonse chapadziko lonse chokhudza banja la Cadillac, ngakhale malonjezano a mbadwo watsopano wa magalimoto apadziko lonse omwe angagwire ntchito ku Australia.

Yoyamba ya Cadillacs yapadziko lonse lapansi ndi CTS ya m'badwo wachiwiri - ya sedan yoyendera - ndipo idalengezedwa kwa atolankhani aku Australia sabata yatha ndikuyendetsa kuchokera ku San Diego kupita ku Palm Springs, California.

Zinapangitsa chidwi kwambiri, kuyambira pamakongoletsedwe olimba mtima mpaka mkati motalikirapo komanso luso loyendetsa bwino, ndikutsimikizira njira yapadziko lonse ya Cadillac pachitukuko.

Momwe timadziwira, magalimoto a Cadillac sanagulitsidwe ku Australia ndi wogulitsa kunja kwazaka zopitilira 70. Panali ma Caddies m'misewu, makamaka ma limousine owopsa a '70s, koma anali magalimoto a agogo, oyipa mwanjira iliyonse.

Katswiri wamkulu wa pulogalamu ya CTS Liz Pilibosian amadziwa zonse za zovuta zomanga china chake chapadera ndipo akuti Cadillac yasintha kwambiri.

“Tili mumasewera tsopano. Inali galimoto yapadziko lonse kuyambira pachiyambi,” akutero.

"N'zosavuta kuyamba kuyambira pachiyambi. Sipakufunikanso kuchita zinazake.

"Muyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti mukukwaniritsa makasitomala anu apadziko lonse lapansi. Ndipo muyenera kuwamvetsa. "

Ndiye, ndani angagule CTS sedan kapena CTS wagon ndi coupe zomwe zidzatsata pambuyo pake?

"Iye ndi wogula wolemera m'dziko ngati Japan kapena China, koma ku America ndi munthu wapakati, ndipo mwinanso ku Australia," akutero Pilibosyan. "Izi ndi za wochita bizinesi, kwa munthu wodalirika. Amafunikira zambiri osati zoyendera basi.

Akuti CTS nthawi zonse imapangidwa ngati galimoto ya ku Europe, ngakhale idapangidwa mwaukali ku America. Izi zikutanthauza kudzipereka kwathunthu kwa anthu opitilira 500 omwe akugwira ntchitoyi.

Iye anati: “Vuto lalikulu linali kupanga galimoto n’kumaisamalira bwino. "Tinayenera kuwonetsetsa kuti tikutengera zomwe tapatsidwa, ndipo sizichitika nthawi zonse.

"Tidagwira ntchito kwambiri pamagalimoto awiri, m'badwo wam'mbuyomu wa BMW 5 Series, pankhani yowongolera, kuyendetsa ndi kukwera. Ndipo tidatembenukira ku Audi kuti tikwaniritse bwino. ”

Kotero mawonekedwe ake ndi ofanana ndi galimoto ya CTS yomwe inavumbulutsidwa pachiwonetsero cha galimoto cha Detroit chaka chatha, pamene makinawo amamangidwa mozungulira injini ya 3.6-lita V6, maulendo asanu ndi limodzi othamanga, magudumu akumbuyo ndi malo akuluakulu okhala ndi mipando inayi mkati. .

Injiniyi ndi yofanana ndi yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito mu VE Commodore, koma imakhala ndi jekeseni wothamanga kwambiri komanso ma tweaks ena kukankhira mphamvu mpaka 227kW ndi 370Nm.

Chassis imakhala ndi mawonekedwe owoneka bwino omwe amawongolera pawokha pamakona onse - okhala ndi zoikamo ziwiri zoyimitsidwa - ndipo ali ndi mphamvu zosinthira zamagetsi ndi ma anti-skid brakes.

Phukusi lachitetezo lili ndi ma airbags asanu ndi limodzi, ngakhale bonati yokwera mtengo yofikira oyenda pansi sifika ku Australia. Galimotoyo imapezekanso ndi kulowa kosafunikira, makina omvera a Bose okhala ndi 40GB hard drive, kuyatsa kwamkati kwa LED ndi zina zambiri.

Satnav ndi wochezeka ku US koma sakhala pano chifukwa cha mikangano yamapu. Magalimoto achaka cha 2009 afika pano ali ndi ma paddles ndi zosintha zina.

Parveen Batish, wamkulu wa GM Premium Brands ku Australia, akuti: "Sitinatsirize kutsimikiza kapena mtengo. Izi zichitika pafupi ndi tsiku logulitsa. ”

Ntchito pa CTS ikupitilira, yokhala ndi zatsopano komanso kuyang'ana kwambiri chitetezo.

Pilibosyan akuti akufuna kupanga mtundu wa '09 kukhala wabwinoko.

Koma ali wokondwa ndi zomwe gulu la Cadillac labwera nazo ndipo akuyembekezera kukonzanso kwathunthu kwa CTS.

“Nthaŵi zonse pali mpata woti uwongolere. Galimoto yamakono ili pafupi kwambiri ndi 10, zomwe tinkafuna. Koma ndikudziwa zomwe ndichite mu pulogalamu yotsatira,” akutero.

M'MISewu

CTS ndi galimoto yabwino kwambiri. Tinanena pamenepo. Tinafika ku US ndi ziyembekezo zochepa komanso katundu wina wochokera ku Cadillac wakale, koma CTS inatisintha. Mofulumira.

Zinangotenga 5km ndikutembenukira pang'onopang'ono kuti azindikire kuti chassisyo ndi yolimba komanso yomvera, chiwongolerocho sichina America, ndipo mapeto ake ndi ovuta. Amawoneka bwino, palibe chowotcha kapena chopondera.

V6 yokwezedwa imamveka ngati dizilo yopanda ntchito, zomwe zikutanthauza phukusi lochepetsera phokoso, koma limagwirizana. Imamveka ngati V8 yoyimitsidwa, ndipo zodzitchinjiriza zisanu ndi chimodzi ndizosalala komanso zokhala ndi mipata yokwanira ya zida.

Poganizira mtengo womwe ungakhalepo, kanyumbako ndi kotakasuka kokhala ndi malo abwino kwa anthu aatali kumbuyo, ndipo pali zida zambiri kuphatikiza zokuzira mawu zamphamvu komanso chotsegulira chitseko cha garage.

Ulendowu ndi wodekha komanso wosalala, komabe ndikuwongolera bwino, ngakhale zosankha za kuyimitsidwa kwa FE2 ndi FE3 zagawidwa.

CTS imagwira ntchito mosalala komanso yoyengedwa m'misewu yaulere mukamagwiritsa ntchito kuyimitsidwa kofewa pang'ono kwa FE2, koma phukusi lamasewera la FE3 limatanthawuza kugunda maenje ndi malo osweka. Zonsezi ndi zabwino m'misewu yokhotakhota, yogwira pang'ono komanso kuyankha kuchokera ku FE3.

CTS si yangwiro. Kukwanira ndi kutsiriza sikufika pa mlingo wa Lexus kapena Audi, koma Pilibosyan amapeza mwamsanga zolakwika ndikulonjeza kufufuza ndi kukonza. Sichingachite kalikonse poyang'ana kumbuyo kochepa, koma galimotoyo ili ndi chithandizo choyimitsa magalimoto.

Chifukwa chake pali zambiri zokonda ndi zochepa zodzudzula, mpaka titadziwa mitengo yomaliza ndi zomwe Australia akufuna.

Ndipo chinthu chimodzi ndi chotsimikizika, si Caddy wa agogo anu.

ZOONA MKATI

Cadillac CTS

AKUGULITSA: pafupifupi October

Mtengo: pafupifupi $75,000

ENGINE: 3.6-lita jekeseni mwachindunji V6

CHAKUDYA: 227kW pa 6300 rpm

Mphindi: 370 Nm pa 5200 rpm.

KUGWIRITSA NTCHITO: XNUMX-liwiro automatic, kumbuyo-gudumu galimoto

CHUMA: Sakupezeka

CHITENDERO: kutsogolo, mbali ndi nsalu zotchinga airbags, pakompyuta bata kulamulira, anti-skid mabuleki

CTS-V SIYOYENERA KU AUSTRALIA

Mfumu ya phiri la Cadillac - yotentha kwambiri CTS-V (kumanja), yomwe imati ndi sedan yothamanga kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi - sibwera ku Australia.

Mofanana ndi magalimoto ambiri aku America, chiwongolero chili kumbali yolakwika ndipo sichingasinthidwe.

Koma mosiyana ndi zolemera monga Ford F150 ndi Dodge Ram, vuto la CTS limabwera ku uinjiniya, osati kungonyalanyaza kukonzekera.

"Titangoyika 6.2-lita V8 ndikuyika chowonjezerapo, tidasowa malo," akutero woyang'anira malonda a General Motors a Bob Lutz.

Phukusi lake lamakina limaphatikizapo maginito owongolera kuyimitsidwa, mabuleki a Brembo-piston disc ndi matayala a Michelin Pilot Sport 2.

Komabe, fungulo ndi injini: ndi V8 supercharged ndi mwina sikisi-liwiro Buku kapena asanu-liwiro basi kutumiza mphamvu kwa mawilo kumbuyo. Mphamvu yake ndi 410kW ndi 745Nm.

Koma Lutz, yemwe nthawi zonse amakhala ndi chiyembekezo, amaganiza kuti Holden Special Vehicles ali ndi mwayi wokhazikitsa CTS yachangu yaku Australia.

"Lankhulani ndi HSV. Ndikukhulupirira kuti abwera ndi zina, "akutero.

LINGALIRO LOKOPA

Magalimoto awiri olimba mtima atsopano amaloza njira yopita ku tsogolo la Cadillac. Sizingakhale zosiyana kwambiri - ngolo yoyendetsa mawilo amtundu uliwonse ndi coupe yazitseko ziwiri - koma amagawana njira yofananira komanso njira yachinyamata kudziko lamagalimoto.

Ndipo onse akuyamba kuyenda ndipo atha kulowa nawo mosavuta ku Cadillac ku Australia.

Lingaliro la CTS Coupe ndilachiwiri ku Detroit 08 ndipo likuloza ku masitayelo atsopano a mitu yazitseko ziwiri, yokhala ndi ngodya zambiri ndi m'mphepete monga mipiringidzo pamakopu ambiri.

Idalengezedwa ndi injini ya turbodiesel koma ipeza injini yamafuta ya V6 yogwiritsidwa ntchito mu CTS sedan ndi zida zake zonse zoyendetsera.

Provoq inavumbulutsidwa ngati galimoto yamagetsi yamagetsi yamagetsi pawonetsero, koma cholinga chake chenicheni ndikukopa mabanja achichepere ku galimoto ya Cadillac family station.

Imakhala ndi GM's E-Flex drive system, yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu yamagetsi pamodzi ndi injini yamafuta ngati "range extender".

Koma thupi ndi kanyumba kamakhala ndi ntchito yambiri yoti achite.

Ndipo ibweradi ku Australia ngati mapasa obisika a Saab 9-4X station wagon.