Nānā Cadillac CTS 2008
ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "Yank tank" hiki ke hana ʻia no Cadillac, kahi hōʻailona waiwai ʻAmelika nona ka mōʻaukala i piha i nā hale kaʻa nui, kūpono no ke kaʻa ʻana ma nā ala kaʻa US akā hāʻule i kahi ʻē.
ʻAʻole he Cadillac CTS.
ʻO ke kaʻa e lawe mai i ka hōʻailona ʻAmelika i Australia he kūpono, ʻōpio a maikaʻi hoʻi e hoʻokele.
No kekahi mea i hana ʻia ma ʻAmelika, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka maikaʻi.
A e like me ka gangster Chrysler 300C, e kū ka CTS i nā lehulehu. ʻO ke kūlana maikaʻi loa.
E kūʻai aku ana ka CTS ma ʻaneʻi i ka hapaha hope o ka makahiki me ke kumu kūʻai hoʻomaka ma ka laulā $75,000, e hoʻokau ana i ka hoʻokūkū me nā ʻano mea hoʻokūkū me ka BMW 5 Series a me Lexus GS.
ʻO kona hōʻea ʻana he ʻāpana o ka hoʻolālā GM Premium Brands i hoʻomaka me Saab, ulu pū me Hummer a hiki i kona hiki piha me Cadillac.
ʻO ka hoʻolālā e loaʻa i ka hoʻolaha ākea o nā kaʻa nani a me nā XNUMXxXNUMX mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua e General Motors i hoʻopili ʻia ma o kahi pūnaewele o nā mea kūʻai aku ma Australia.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka hoʻolālā ʻo Cadillac i ʻelua mau makahiki i hala aku nei a nānā nui ʻia i kēlā manawa. ʻAʻohe mea honua e pili ana i ka ʻohana Cadillac, ʻoiai nā ʻōlelo hoʻohiki o kahi hanauna hou o nā kaʻa honua e holo ana ma Australia.
ʻO ka mua o nā Cadillacs honua ʻo ia ka lua o ka hanauna CTS - no kahi sedan huakaʻi compact - a ua hoʻolaha ʻia i ka nūpepa Australian i ka pule i hala aku nei i ka wā e holo ana mai San Diego a hiki i Palm Springs, Kaleponi.
He manaʻo koʻikoʻi ia, mai ka ʻano wiwo ʻole a hiki i ka ʻike ākea ākea a me ka ʻike hoʻokele leʻaleʻa, a hōʻoia i ka hoʻokele honua a Cadillac i ka hoʻomohala ʻana.
E like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia, ʻaʻole i kūʻai ʻia nā kaʻa Cadillac ma Australia e kahi mea lawe mai ma mua o 70 mau makahiki. Aia nā Caddies ma nā alanui, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā limousine weliweli i ka '70s, akā he mau kaʻa kupuna kāne lākou, ʻino ma nā ʻano āpau.
Ua ʻike ʻo Liz Pilibosian poʻokela papahana CTS e pili ana i ka paʻakikī o ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi mea kūikawā a ʻōlelo ʻo Cadillac ua hoʻololi koʻikoʻi.
"Aia mākou i ka pāʻani i kēia manawa. He kaʻa honua ia mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana, "wahi āna.
“Maʻalahi loa ka hoʻomaka ʻana mai ka hoʻomaka. Pono e hana hou i kekahi mea.
"Pono ʻoe e hōʻoia e hōʻoluʻolu ʻoe i kāu mea kūʻai aku honua. A pono ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo iā lākou."
No laila, ʻo wai ka mea e kūʻai aku i ka CTS sedan a i ʻole ke kaʻa CTS a me ka coupe e hiki mai ana?
"He mea kūʻai waiwai ʻo ia ma kahi ʻāina e like me Iapana a i ʻole Kina, akā ma ʻAmelika he kanaka waena waena, a like paha ma Australia," wahi a Pilibosyan. "No ka mea ʻoihana kēia, no kahi kanaka hoʻohiki. Pono lākou ma mua o ka halihali wale ʻana. "
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua hāpai mau ʻia ka CTS ma ke ʻano he kaʻa ʻEulopa, ʻoiai ʻo kāna hoʻolālā ʻAmelika. ʻO kēia ka manaʻo nui o ka poʻe ma luna o 500 e hana ana ma ka papahana.
"ʻO ka paʻakikī nui loa ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ke kaʻa me ka mālama ʻana i ke ʻano," wahi āna. “Pono mākou e hoʻohālike i nā hoʻolālā i hāʻawi ʻia iā mākou, a ʻaʻole hiki i kēlā me kēia manawa.
"Ua hana nui mākou ma nā kaʻa ʻelua, ʻo ka hanauna ma mua o BMW 5 Series, e pili ana i ka hoʻokele, ka lawelawe ʻana a me ka holo. A huli mākou iā Audi no ke kūpono a me ka hoʻopau. "
No laila ua like ke ʻano me ka CTS manaʻo kaʻa i hōʻike ʻia ma ka hōʻike kaʻa Detroit o ka makahiki i hala, ʻoiai ua kūkulu ʻia nā mīkini a puni kahi ʻenekini 3.6-lita V6, ʻeono-wikiwiki ʻakomi, kaʻa huila hope a me kahi ākea ʻehā noho i loko. .
ʻO ka mīkini ka mea like me ka mea i hoʻohana ʻia i ka VE Commodore, akā e hōʻike ana i ke kiʻekiʻe-press direct injection a me nā tweaks ʻē aʻe e pana i ka mana a hiki i 227kW a me 370Nm.
Hōʻike ka chassis i kahi hoʻolālā ākea ākea me ka mana kūʻokoʻa ma nā kihi āpau - me ʻelua mau hoʻonohonoho hoʻomaha - a loaʻa iā ia ka mana hoʻololi uila uila a me nā brakes anti-skid.
He ʻeono mau ʻeke ea i loko o ka pūʻolo palekana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki i ka pāpale makamae hele wāwae ke hele i Australia. Loaʻa ke kaʻa me ke kī kī ʻole, ʻōnaehana leo Bose me 40GB paʻakikī, nā kukui kūloko LED a me nā mea hou aku.
He aloha ʻo Satnav iā US akā ʻaʻole e hele mai ma muli o nā paio palapala. E pae mai nā kaʻa kumu hoʻohālike o ka makahiki 2009 ma ʻaneʻi me nā hoe hoʻoneʻe a me kekahi mau tweak ʻē aʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Parveen Batish, ke poʻo o GM Premium Brands Australia: "ʻAʻole mākou i hoʻopau i ka kikoʻī a i ʻole ke kumukūʻai. E kokoke ana kēia i ka lā kūʻai.
Ke hoʻomau nei ka hana ma ka CTS, me nā hiʻohiʻona hou a me ka manaʻo nui i ka palekana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pilibosyan ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kumu hoʻohālike '09.
Akā hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka mea a ka hui Cadillac i hana ai a ke kakali nei i ka hana hou aʻe o ka CTS.
"He wahi mau no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana. ʻO ke kaʻa o kēia manawa kokoke loa i ka 10, ʻo ia kā mākou makemake. Akā ʻike wau i kaʻu e hana ai i ka papahana aʻe, "wahi āna.
MA KE ALANUI
He kaʻa maikaʻi loa ka CTS. Ua ʻōlelo mākou ma laila. Ua pae mākou i ka US me nā manaʻolana haʻahaʻa a me kekahi mau ukana mai nā Cadillacs mua, akā ua hoʻololi ka CTS iā mākou. wikiwiki.
He 5km wale nō ia a ʻelua mau huli paʻa e ʻike ai ua paʻa ka chassis a pane mai, ʻaʻole ʻAmelika ka hoʻokele, a ua paʻa ka hopena. Maikaʻi ka nānā ʻana, ʻaʻohe mea kani a kani.
ʻO ka V6 i hoʻonui ʻia e kani e like me ka diesel i ka wā ʻole, ʻo ia hoʻi kahi puʻupuʻu hoʻopau leo maikaʻi, akā hele maoli ia. ʻOi aku kona manaʻo e like me ka V8 mai kahi kūpaʻa, a ʻo ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa ʻeono maʻemaʻe a loaʻa i nā lākiō kaʻa.
E like me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ke kumu kūʻai, ākea ka hale me kahi kūpono no ka poʻe kiʻekiʻe ma hope, a he nui nā lako me kahi ʻōnaehana kani ikaika a me kahi wehe puka kaʻa i kūkulu ʻia.
Maikaʻi a maʻalahi ka holo, akā me ka mana maikaʻi, ʻoiai ua māhele ʻia nā koho hoʻokuʻu ʻana o FE2 a me FE3.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka CTS me ka maʻalahi a hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ma nā alaloa i ka wā e hoʻohana ai i nā hoʻonohonoho hoʻomaha haʻahaʻa iki o ka FE2, akā ʻo ka pūʻolo haʻuki o ka FE3 ʻo ia ka mea e paʻi ana i nā lua a me nā wahi haʻihaʻi. Maikaʻi nā mea ʻelua ma nā alanui wili, me ka ʻoi aʻe o ka paʻa a me ka pane ʻana mai ka hoʻonohonoho FE3.
ʻAʻole kūpono ʻo CTS. ʻAʻole hiki ke kūpono a hoʻopau i ke kiʻekiʻe o kahi Lexus a i ʻole Audi, akā ʻike koke ʻo Pilibosyan i nā hemahema a hoʻohiki e noiʻi a hoʻomaikaʻi. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke hana i kekahi mea e pili ana i ka nānā hope hope, akā he kōkua kaʻa kaʻa.
No laila he nui nā mea e aloha ai a liʻiliʻi hoʻi e hoʻohewa, ma ka liʻiliʻi a hiki i ko mākou ʻike ʻana i ke kumu kūʻai hope a me nā kikoʻī no Australia.
A hoʻokahi mea maopopo, ʻaʻole ia ʻo Caddy o kou kupuna kāne.
IKE ILOKO
ʻO Cadillac CTS
KUAI KUAI: manaʻo ʻia ʻo ʻOkakopa
PRICE: ma kahi o $75,000
ʻEnekini: 3.6-lita hoʻoheheʻe pololei V6
NUTRITION: 227kW ma 6300 rpm
MANAWA: 370 Nm ma 5200 rpm.
HOOLAHA: 'akomi holo 'eono, huila hope
EKONOMI: ʻAʻole loaʻa
PALAPALA: mua, ʻaoʻao a me ka pale airbags, uila hoʻomalu paʻa, anti-skid brakes
CTS-V AOLE KUPONO NO AUSTRALIA
ʻO ke aliʻi o ka puʻu ʻo Cadillac, ʻo CTS-V (ʻākau), ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻo ia ka sedan ʻehā puka wikiwiki loa o ka honua, ʻaʻole ia e hele mai i Australia.
E like me nā kaʻa ʻAmelika he nui, aia ka huila ma ka ʻaoʻao hewa a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia.
Akā ʻaʻole like me nā mea kaumaha e like me ka Ford F150 a me Dodge Ram, hiki mai ka pilikia o ka CTS i ka ʻenekinia, ʻaʻole mālama wale i ka hoʻolālā.
"I ka manawa a mākou i hoʻokomo ai i ka 6.2-lita V8 a hoʻopili i ka supercharger iā ia, ua pau mākou i ka waiwai," wahi a General Motors product manager Bob Lutz.
Loaʻa i kāna pūʻolo mechanical kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻopaʻa hoʻokuʻu magnetic, Brembo ʻeono-piston disc brakes a me nā huila Michelin Pilot Sport 2.
Eia naʻe, ʻo ke kī ʻo ka ʻenekini: he V8 supercharged me ka manual ʻeono-wikiwiki a i ʻole ka mana hoʻouna ʻeono-wikiwiki i nā huila hope. ʻO ka laina lalo he 410kW a me 745Nm.
Akā ʻo Lutz, he manaʻo mau, manaʻo ʻo Holden Special Vehicles i hiki ke hoʻonohonoho i kahi CTS wikiwiki no Australia.
“E kamaʻilio me ka HSV. Manaʻo wau e hele mai lākou me kekahi mea, "wahi āna.
KA MANAO HOI
ʻElua mau kaʻa manaʻo wiwo ʻole e kuhikuhi i ke ala i ka wā e hiki mai ana o Cadillac. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻokoʻa - he kaʻa kaʻa ʻohana holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa a me ka coupe ʻelua-puka - akā kaʻana like lākou i ka ʻaoʻao hoʻolālā like a me ke ala ʻōpio i ka honua kaʻa.
A ke kuʻi nei lāua ʻelua i ke ala a hiki ke hui maʻalahi i ka hana ʻino o ka huahana Cadillac ma Australia.
ʻO ka manaʻo CTS Coupe ka lua i ka Detroit 08 a kuhikuhi i kahi ʻano hou o ke poʻo poʻo ʻelua-puka, me ka nui o nā kihi a me nā kihi e like me nā pihi ma ka hapa nui o nā coupe.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻia me ka ʻenekini turbodiesel akā e loaʻa iā ia ka mīkini ʻaila V6 i hoʻohana ʻia i ka sedan CTS a me ke koena o kāna mau mea holo.
Ua wehe ʻia ʻo Provoq ma ke ʻano he kaʻa uila wahie ma ka hōʻike, akā ʻo kāna kumu maoli ʻo ia ka huki ʻana i nā ʻohana ʻōpio i ke kaʻa kaʻa ʻohana Cadillac.
Hōʻike ia i ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokele E-Flex o GM, e hoʻohana ana i ka mana uila me ka ʻenekini ʻaila ma ke ʻano he "range extender".
Akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hana o ke kino a me ka hale.
A e hele mai ana ia i Australia ma ke ʻano he māhoe huna o ke kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Saab 9-4X hanohano.
