Although there’s a brand new flagship arriving in Cadillac showrooms this year, the XTS full-size luxury sedan continues to stick around. A traditional Cadillac, this near-17-foot-long sedan offers one of the most spacious interiors on the road with stretch-out rear legroom and a positively gargantuan 509-litre trunk. Despite this, it’s only fractionally more expensive than the smaller CTS sedan.
For 2016, changes to the XTS are minor. The range-topping Platinum trim gets a brand new grille design; all other trims get the XTS vSport’s formerly unique grille as standard. All trims get standard wireless device charging, plus an upgraded infotainment system boasting full connectivity for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. The Driver Awareness Package, standard on Premium and Platinum trims, optional on the Luxury trim, receives a new 360-degree parking camera.
The XTS utilizes the same platform as the Chevrolet Impala, but you’d never know due to unique interior and exterior styling. Nor would you be able to tell, by the way it drives. Standard magnetic damping offers a velvety but controlled ride, while available Brembo brakes and a torque-vectoring all-wheel drive system allow it to handle like a much smaller vehicle.
Standard on the XTS is a 3.6-litre V6 with 304 hp and 264 lb-ft of torque; it’s available with front- or all-wheel drive, and comes standard with a six-speed automatic. The XTS vSport features a doozy of a twin-turbocharged V6 engine which develops 410 horsepower and 369 lb-ft of torque that moves the XTS with the oomph of a V8-powered machine. The all-wheel drive system comes standard.
Pricing for the XTS starts at $50,715, with the vSport Platinum Twin Turbo topping out at $77,840.
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