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Sedans Cadillac STS/STS-V Cadillac STS/STS-V: What's New for 2007?
1325 messages, Last post on Apr 08, 2009 at 7:01 AM
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| I was just looking at leftover 2005's in my area. I found that there are some V6's leftover at some distance. Still, my 2002 SLS has lost too much trade-in value to really consider trading at this time. As far as 2006 model go, one dealer has a few V8's, no V6's; another dealer has no V8's, but a few V6's. The V8's were all 1SF's priced over $60,000. | |
I'm finalizing tomorrow purchase of a base six-cylinder STS. I was able to get it at a price I just couldn't pass up. I'm taking over my wife's Catera; I hope this new Caddy proves to be a little less problematic...
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Replying to: merckx (May 24, 2006 5:56 am) |
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An e-mail to the Cad Customer Relations people, got me a reply that the STS radios do not have the capability to connect an IPod (or any other Mp3 player), which didn't surprise me. The response went on to recommend that I upgrade to the best radio, and I'd be able to play any cd's, from which I'd burned Mp3 music. I Don't know what the upgrade price of the Bose radio would be, but I'm guessing that the addition of a "line-in" plug might add a buck or two to the manufacturing price. Actually, I'm more interested in having a lot more people remind Cad that we're now in the 21st century and that a few "upgrades" to the old stand-by radio, would be welcomed! A six-disc cd-player is about as up to date as an 8-track tape player. A hard-drive would be nice, with the ability of downloading a bunch of tunes. That might be too much to ask; but a "line-in"???? I haven't used my 6-disc in years. My Ipod holds 40 gig of memory, now has about 3000 songs, plus audio-books, and enough variety for a long drive. Anyway, if a lot of people "ask", maybe they'll listen. Thanks, and remember -- Life is Better at the Beach!
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Replying to: quemfala (May 24, 2006 1:45 pm) |
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Replying to: quemfala (May 24, 2006 1:45 pm) I hear you. For me, with a 6 CD and XM on my current sedan, and no iPod (or similar player) it is a non-issue for me. But I do know that many others would appreciate this “listening option” – and other manufacturers are offering it. And in the great scheme of things, it would seem relatively easy for Caddy to offer this added feature. I am afraid that this is indicative of GM’s larger problem \ issue of being able to bring improved Product to market, in a timely manner. For example, the Caddy STS for 2007 is offering a new version of the six speed automatic. Only on the V8s. And to replace a pretty darned good 5 speed. ( I have driven a couple & reviews have been almost universally positive. ) Not a 4 speed. One could certainly argue that the V6 versions of the STS would take better advantage of the additional ratio and the substantially wider spread ( between first and sixth gear ) in ratios, given the lower HP & TQ ratings of the V6 vs the V8. But Caddy (apparently) reasons that the V8 is more premium and deserved the most premium ( ? ) transmission - first. Or something like that. I will be very interested to see what GM \ Caddy says about this in their marketing of the 2007 STSs. I think it is likely that the issue here is available production capacity for the new six speed. I just don’t believe that GM right now has any more money to spend ( or that they could reasonably borrow more money, at their current debt ratings ) to throw at new product development or at increasing capacity for such component manufacturing enterprises as the transmission plants. They have clearly been badly burned by excess capacity issues. And continue to be burned. And even if they had more money to invest here, ramping up ANY production capacity any more quickly probably looks rather risky & fraught with potential peril. Even taking GM’s fiscal situation into consideration, I am surprised that it looks like the six speed is essentially the only significant change to the 2007 STS. No other additional features are mentioned in what I have read so far. After 2 model years, I expected more from the 2007 STS. The six speed ( if it provides enhancements where I expect, in the measure I expect ) is important to me. But I expect that many potential customers will not care. Where they might care about a feature like “line-in” for an iPod. Continuous refinement and advancement is required to compete in this segment, in my humble opinion. And I believe that potential customers expect it. This time, next year, we’ll see if Caddy has more or less STS inventory. Presuming roughly the same production rate, this will determine if GM is right – or I am right. We’ll see . . . - Ray Thinking a 2007, in 2007, might be available at what I’d consider to be “a good price” . . |
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