I need to replace my '04 TSX (totaled by a moronic teenage girl in a truck), I looked at the 2007 Cadillac CTS with 3.6 engine, 6sp manual with performance package, and it is pretty nice. The new 2008 CTS with 300 hp direct injection engine is even better (at least on paper), and it may be available with manual and all-wheel drive. What concerns me is quality/reliability of a Detroit made car. I drive 20,000+ miles a year, so I cannot afford to have car go in and out of shop.
Does anyone have opinions on the CTS?

 

Edit: That's my opinion.

 

The new CTS is gorgeous. I would wait for that!

 

2008 CTS should be out by the end of the summer, I am definitely will wait to test drive one. I just hope it will not break down during the test drive.

 

My mother has a 2004 (i think) CTS and it's been bullet-proof. Only thing that was bad were the Goodyear RS-As...loud and buzzy, but certainly not the car's fault. She's good for about 12k miles a year and it's been flawless.

One caveat, however - she doesn't push the car at all. Given how well it's held up, I would seriously consider it, but I've been looking at '07 Corvettes of late

 

My Father just got rid of his DTS, it was in the shop seven times and they couldn't fix it. Something wrong with the ride brain, it keep telling the car to do things when it shouldn't. If you do get one and plan to keep it, make sure your deal includes an extended warranty. But if they can't fix it, it doesn't matter.

 

Buying Detroit is pretty hit or miss. You could get lucky and score one of the rare examples that has exceptional build quality and excellent mechanicals or you could, and more likely will, end up with one that has mediocre quality and lots of small but annoying mechanical and electrical issues.

The question is, is it worth it to you?

 

If you did get one, I wouldn't plan on keeping it once the warranty is up.

 

Not a fan of Caddies, but the 2008 CTS does like a bit nicer

 

Didn't any of your father's ever teach you guys how to make a car last a long time? Get it serviced regularly, change the oil and fluids, brakes, etc. It's part of owning a car. I wouldn't say most foreign cars are built any better than domestics. It comes down to taking care of your automobile. The interiors are usually much nicer in foreign cars, but that's personal opinion.

The CL I own is a good example of my argument. It disproves the foreign > domestic theory because of the automatic transmission. It bothers me to no end that the transmission in my car is (as one poster up here called domestic cars) mediocre.

Bottom line - take care of any automobile and it will last a very long time.

 

2008 Cts Ftw!!!!!

 

 

I wouldn't keep any luxury car after the warranty was up.....maybe a Lexus that's about it.

The new CTS is hot, I would consider it.

 

don't buy GM

 

Get the V!!! Get the V!!! 400hp-LS2! Get the V!!!

 

wait for the 08. the 07 is lookin.

 

Don't do it, my grandmother and my uncle has STS and hers has had quite a few things go wrong and she maybe drive 9k a year, my uncle on the other hand has had tons of things go wrong and he drives more like 16k a year, your thinking about driving 20k a year? The answer is NO

 

I would say wait for the next generation CTS. I have an '05 CTS-V and it has been in the shop quite a few times for the rear differential. Otherwise, I've had decent luck with it for the past 26k miles. That actually says quite a lot since it is pretty heavily modified and I drag race, auto-x and road course it.

The next CTS is supposed to have the best interior to ever go into a GM car. The next V is rumored to have over 500hp and sit on a bullet-proof drivetrain. I'm saving my pennies as we speak. There isn't another car for ~$50k that I'd rather have. Actually, I've driven both the new M5 and M6 at the ///M school in South Carolina and I still prefer my V (as modified). Waaaaay more fun to drive around a track.