2004 Cadillac CTS from North America - Comments

There have not been any mechanical failures with the car.

The car is incredibly fast from a dead stop and often you leave everyone in your rear view mirror even though you had not intended to race anyone.

The base radio could be improved and I think it would be wise to upgrade to the Bose sound system. The radio controls for "Radio Data system" and the graphic equalizer are a little difficult to learn and would be very confusing for a guest driver in the vehicle.

I hardly believe it's that fast!

Believe it. Caddies can move faster than some think. I have a 90 DeVille that can squeal the tires even if you don't intend to. It took some getting used to, to take off without doing that at green lights.

ALL GM cars are, as a general rule, very peppy off the line. Our "third car" is a modest little 4-cylinder Grand Am. In a rather amusing incident recently I was stuck in traffic 4 cars behind a motorcycle policeman. Seeing a gap in traffic in the next lane I hit the gas and the tires let out such a horrendous scream that the policeman looked back to see what it was. By the time he looked, I was in the other lane and he had no idea who it was. I'm sure he gave no thought to it being the rather sedate 4-door Grand Am. I get a kick out of beating much more performance-oriented cars out at stoplights. We've owned a number of GM vehicles in my family (including 2 Cadillacs) and YES, I CAN believe your CTS is that fast.

I'm Not sure I agree about all GM cars being quick off the line. A buddy of mine had an 02 Grand Am before they traded it in for a Durango, and the performance was, well, underwhelming. When taking off from a stoplight, he had to rev it to about 5k RPM before it shifted from 1, just to barely get up enough speed to be ahead of traffic. If you're in the market for a used Grand Am, I would definitely recommend the 6 cylinder. Besides that, the car was great, but the Durango is even better.

Commenter 17:54's friend obviously had a Grand Am 4 with some pretty MAJOR problems if it was that slow.

I've test driven 2 new G-6 models with the V-6 and neither was as fast as my "quad 4" Grand Am. The reason I test drove 2 G-6's was to be sure there wasn't something wrong with the first one (if there was, it was also wrong with the second one). The older Quad 4's produced nearly as much power as the V-6, and were much more reliable.

If you look at the reviews, many more problems are reported for the V-6's than for the Quad 4's. The newer Eco Tech 4 is a very good engine, but nowhere near as powerful or fast as the twin-cam Quad 4. My 2001 4 is much faster than my V-6 Ranger or my 275 horsepower Envoy. It will smoke the front tires taking off even with the Electronic Traction System engaged. It may be an especially powerful one, and not a typical 4, but after driving the V-6 model G-6's I opted to hang onto it for another 100,000 miles.

What happened to the Cadillac reviews?