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    2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    04/06/09

    In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
    My only gripe in the design is the use of the black trim along the bottom to give the actual sheet metal shape of the truck a leaner look. To make it less chunky. I wish they would have just cut that 4 inches off and lowered the truck the same height and it would all be fine. But, oh well.
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    Image of SoK SoK
    04/06/09

    In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
    I see football dash..


    FAIL!


    And Why GM, why is it Subaru can make AWD and put them in their BASE model cars, and make them affordable, you buy a controlling stake in FHI stock, pirate their AWD tech and the only way you can 'make money' on that venture is to stuff it in your up-priced up-scale Crossovers?


    FAIL


    Go away already GM.

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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    04/06/09

    @SoK: "Football dash"?
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    Image of RagtagOperation RagtagOperation
    04/06/09

    In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
    The worst thing about this vehicle is that it's saddled with the GM badge. People never forget (and thus, never forgive) the one time the General screwed them over. Consumers aren't scientists; they're not curious to see if anything's changed over time.


    I however, would love to wager that things have improved in either that or the new CTS.

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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    04/06/09

    @RagtagOperation: I hate to say it, but the rightness of your comment speaks heavily to GM's current predicament.


    They've got lots of great cars...if only they could get people to drive and/or buy them.

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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    04/06/09

    In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
    I saw the title and for some reason read "SEX drive"
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/07/09

    @Half Man, Half Tempo Fanatic: Dr. Freud to the white courtesy phone, Dr. Freud to the white courtesy phone...
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/06/09

    In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
    It's very X5 GT, but with less kidney and more Cadillac angularity.


    I can't wait for the V version.


    Oh, wait...there won't be a V version because GM doesn't believe in performance anymore.

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    Image of RLJ676-LS3 Commuter Car - for the environment RLJ676-LS3 Commuter Car - for the environment
    04/06/09

    @engineerd:


    Performance is over-rated?


    I want a V everything.

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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/07/09

    @rlj676-Carbon Footprint Size - Clownshoe: I don't think there's a word in the English language to accurately convey how enraged Greenpeace et al would be at the mere thought of an Escalade-V.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    04/06/09

    In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
    It's good news. Good car drives good.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    04/06/09

    In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
    You could do a lot worse on the looks, and I'm prepared to believe the ride/handling is as good as you say it is.


    You keep harping on the RX350, which we know to be an isolation chamber on wheels.


    What about Ze Germans, who tend to take driving more seriosuly?

    Q7 (or would it be 5?)

    X3/5 (/6?)

    ML-class?

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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    04/06/09

    @Mad_Science: I think it's larger than a Q5 and smaller than a Q7. There's the Benz GLK too.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    04/06/09

    @Syrax: Arg...so many options for vehicles in which I have no interest whatsoever.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/06/09

    @Mad_Science: How about the Acura SUX or whatever lame-ass name they have for it?
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    04/06/09

    @F*ckingPlushroom: The Acura MDX is excellent to drive, for its size. For what it's worth.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/06/09

    @A strolling player is: Gold Member!: I meant the little one. The RDX, I think.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/06/09

    In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
    I love it.


    It definitely looks better than both the Lexus and the Audi.


    Now I just hope GM can stick around long enough to sell them.


    Cadillac is on its way back to being the standard of the world.

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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    04/06/09

    In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
    I thought it looked good until this photos. That front angle is really weird. Euro-pedestrian-loving-regulations weird. And the back is too long, like a character from Jim Davis
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    04/06/09

    @Syrax: Get used to that look from all cars that hope to see in Europe. And everyone thought the US made up crappy regulations!
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    04/06/09

    @UDMan: I see this as an opportunity to post this again:



    We won't forget this!
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    04/06/09

    @Syrax: Fine, then I'll repeat myself and say I hate that piece of Sebring-esque black plastic that completes the front portion of the side glass. It looks even worse on the A-pillar than on the C-pillar, where most designers use it.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/06/09

    @GreenN_Gold: While we're at it, let's attack the OMG TINT IZ EVUL outlook that the US seems to have, too. Check out the giant black lines around the actual "window" portion of that Fit... hell, if they're not gonna give us something we can actually see out of, at least make it look okay.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/07/09

    @Syrax: Best argument for a single, global set of safety standards on the market today.
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    Image of .357 .357
    04/06/09

    In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
    The proportions are a bit off. Other than that, this seems a lot better than what came before it.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    04/06/09

    In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
    Meh.
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    Image of Danimal Danimal
    04/06/09

    In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
    Any remarks on the interior finish/quality?
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    04/06/09

    @Fourstring85: Very good. These were about 95% production intent, so we'll wait for the final product to pass judgment on the interior.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    04/06/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: That means it wasn't great. Come on, "pre-production" is just GM's excuse to try and make you be nice in your reviews.
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    Image of RLJ676-LS3 Commuter Car - for the environment RLJ676-LS3 Commuter Car - for the environment
    04/06/09

    @FromaBuick6:


    BS.


    Go sit in a CTS.

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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    04/06/09

    @rlj676-Carbon Footprint Size - Clownshoe: I have, and it's really good. And if this even comes close, then why doesn't Ben say so? It just sounds fishy.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    04/06/09

    @FromaBuick6: No, it was actually really great, superb even, which is why I'm waiting for the production version to see if it goes down in fit and finish.
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    04/06/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: I stand corrected.
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    Image of alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons alowishus wants to run a Saab Sonett III at LeMons
    04/06/09

    In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
    It looks really good, too.
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    Image of Ray Wert Ray Wert
    04/06/09

    @alowishus: Yes, yes it does. I don't know why, but I like the shape of the new SRX a lot more than I thought I would.
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    Image of KVHnik KVHnik
    04/06/09

    In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
    Like soooo many (all) of these "crossover" things, I think I might be more interested in them if they were 7/8th scale. For instance, why oh why does everything have to have 20" wheels for cryin' out loud? Sort of like that kid in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that eats something and blows up like a balloon. Fatter and fatter and fatter....
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/06/09

    @KVHnik: Because the tires cost more.


    Just be glad they aren't spinners.

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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/07/09

    @F*ckingPlushroom: Shhh! You'll give them ideas!
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    04/06/09

    In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive
    So, there might be some hope for SAAB?
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