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| Cadillac Riverside A Side Blind Zone Alert System scans for vehicles in the drivers blind spot and flashes an amber light in the rearview mirrors. Some drivers may find these nanny technologies irritating but with so many incar driver distractions nowadays its hard to deny their usefulness. |
| Cadillac Oakland Weve always liked the current STS and the revised 2008 edition makes it even more endearing. Cadillac Riverside. The powerful new V6 almost makes the V8 irrelevant and boasts more power than the engines in the BMW 528i and 535i as well as the Benz E350. |
| Cadillac San Diego Meanwhile the STS ride and handling continues to impress with moves that almost make you forget youre driving a sedan thats 6 inches longer and 200 pounds heavier than an E350. Having a price that undercuts the competition by thousands doesnt hurt either even if a side effect is a few lowgrade interior plastics. Cadillac Oakland. The 2008 Cadillac STS may never meet the DTS sales figures or the CTS attention but at least its got more going for it than Jan Brady. |
| Miami Cadillac The 2008 Cadillac STS is a large luxury sport sedan available in V6 and V8 models. Both versions feature 17inch wheels leather seating wood and alloylook interior trim eightway power front seats dualzone automatic climate control remote keyless entry and vehicle start satellite radio an eightspeaker Bose sound system and OnStar. Cadillac San Diego. The V8 version adds a CD changer memory seating presets heated seats (front and rear) a heated steering wheel and rainsensing wipers. |
| Cadillac San Antonio Many of the V8s features can be added to the V6 model via a series of packages. Cadillac Riverside. Other features available on both models (in packages or as a la carte items) include a sunroof xenon headlamps with washers adaptive cruise control a lane departure warning system a blind spot warning system a headup display and heated and ventilated front seats. |
| Cadillac Baltimore The navigation system is bundled with a Bose surroundsound audio system. There is also the Performance Handling Package which adds better wheels tires and brakes. Cadillac Riverside. An adaptive suspension system (Magnetic Ride Control) is also available as are larger 18inch wheels. |
| Cadillac Nassau The standard engine on the 2008 Cadillac STS is a 3.6liter V6 that produces 302 horsepower and 272 lbft of torque. Cadillac Riverside. Despite a significant increase in horsepower for 2008 fuel efficiency has improved and tailpipe emissions have been reduced. |
| Cadillac Minneapolis The optional engine choice is a 4.6liter V8 making 320 hp and 315 lbft of torque. Both engines come only with a sixspeed automatic transmission and both can be ordered in rearwheeldrive or allwheeldrive guise. Cadillac Riverside. In performance testing the STS V8 reached 60 mph in 6.3 seconds. |
| Cadillac Boston Considering that the new V6 accelerates with similar gusto and turns in better fuel mileage its hard to justify the V8s added price and weight. Antilock disc brakes stability control and a full complement of airbags are standard on every Cadillac STS. The airbags include frontseat side and fulllength side curtains. Cadillac Riverside. For 2008 there are a variety of advanced technologies designed to prevent accidents including lane departure warning a blind zone alert system and active steering. |
| Cadillac Fort Lauderdale, Cadillac Orlando The latter is available only on allwheeldrive V8 models and is notable for turning the front wheels into a skid when rear wheels lose traction. Cadillac Riverside. In Insurance Institute for Highway Safety frontaloffset crash testing the STS scored a rating of Good the highest possible. Cadillac San Diego. It scored a secondbest rating of Acceptable for sideimpact protection. Miami Cadillac. Cadillac snazzed up the STS interior significantly for 2008 with higherquality wood and the addition of tasteful alloy trim. Cadillac Riverside. A sporty new steering wheel looks and feels better while more wheelmounted controls have been added. |
