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2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive

On the discharge side, the SRX certainly doesn’t lean toward the sporty nature of the Audi or BMW; it’s much more aligned to cushy luxury, which is the RX’s place in the segment. Even riding on its optional 20-inch wheels, the SRX soaks up rasping roads — like the stimulus-spurred construction zones of northern Illinois/southern Wisconsin on which we drove.

The afternoon was knackered in quiet isolation from the road, as both my passenger and I noted the abutting absence of road and wind noise. However, that was pretty much the only standout playing attribute. Steering, handling and power were all just about equal, which isn’t what you’d expect from the makers of the CTS sport sedan. I don’t think 90% of people who prove-drive the SRX will note the somewhat dull steering and handling, but even the most apathetic driver probably won’t like how slow the heavy SRX feels with its infrastructure V-6 engine which gets 18/25 mpg city/highway with front-neighbourhood drive and 17/23 mpg city/highway with all-wheel oblige. When accelerating from 35 mph to 50 mph in the all-wheel drive likeness, there was a noticeable hunting of gears coming from the six-speed automated. It wasn’t confidence-inspiring and really got me down on the model as a whole. While most of the rivalry’s base engines aren’t exactly thoroughbreds, the X3, Q5 and XC60 all feel significantly faster. An discretional turbocharged V-6 will go on sale later this fall, while the V-6 I tested hits dealerships in a few weeks.

Source: Cars.com