2016 CADILLAC CTS
New for 2016:
· CTS-V with supercharged 6.2L V-8 engine SAE-certified at 640 hp (see separate CTS-V release for complete details)
· All-new 3.6L direct injection V-6 engine with Active Fuel Management (cylinder deactivation) and fuel-saving Stop/Start technology
· Fuel-saving Stop/Start technology included on the 2.0L Turbo engine
· New eight-speed automatic transmission (8L45) matched with the 3.6L V-6 and 2.0L Turbo engine
· Surround Vision 360-degree camera system
· New 18-inch wheel design
· Cadillac CUE enhancements, including phone integration capability – with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility (Android Auto capability to be offered later in the 2016 model year)
· New premium exterior colors: Cocoa Bronze Metallic, Moonstone Metallic, Stellar Black Metallic
· Revised interior color and trim combinations
2016 CADILLAC CTS SEDAN OFFERS NEXT-GEN 3.6L V-6 ENGINE AND ALL-NEW EIGHT-SPEED PADDLE-SHIFT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
The centerpiece of Cadillac’s expanded and elevated portfolio, the midsize CTS is the fullest realization of the brand’s transformation and a compelling blend of performance and luxury. The 2016 edition of CTS features significant enhancements in performance, efficiency and connectivity.
The CTS is lighter than its primary competitors, enabling the most agile driving dynamics in the class, and its range of power-dense powertrains underpins its performance. A roomy, driver-centric cockpit interior with integrated technology through Cadillac CUE and hand-crafted appointments complements the exterior and supports the CTS sedan’s driving experience. Eight interior environments are offered, each trimmed with authentic wood or carbon fiber. Leather seating is available, including available full semi-aniline leather, with hand-crafted, cut-and-sewn executions.
An all-new 3.6L V-6 engine debuts in the 2016 CTS, ushering in new benchmarks for efficiency, refinement and durability. The second-generation, clean-sheet engine redesign incorporates new features, including Active Fuel Management (cylinder deactivation) and Stop/Start technology to enhance fuel economy. At an SAE-certified at 335 horsepower (250 kW), it’s also the most powerful naturally aspirated V-6 in the segment.
A new Hydra-Matic 8L45 paddle-shift eight-speed automatic transmission is matched with the 3.6L V-6, elevating the driving experience with one of the luxury market’s smoothest, quietest and most efficient powertrain combinations.
The Cadillac 2.0L Turbo returns in the CTS for 2016, adding the fuel-saving Stop/Start feature. It also is matched with the new 8L45 eight-speed automatic transmission.
Also new for 2016 is an 18-inch polished wheel design and three premium exterior colors: Cocoa Bronze Metallic, Moonstone Metallic and Stellar Black Metallic. Inside, a Surround Vision 360 degree camera provides a “bird’s eye” view of the entire vehicle, Cadillac CUE is enhanced and includes phone integration capability – including Apple CarPlay and Android Auto compatibility (Android Auto to be offered later in the 2016 model year) – and several interior color/trim options enhance the ambience of the design.
The 2016 CTS lineup is offered in well-equipped standard models, as well as Luxury, Performance and Premium Collections. The CTS and V-Sport models return unchanged for 2016. The V-Sport features the Cadillac Twin Turbo V-6 as its exclusive powertrain, helping the car achieve 60 mph in an estimated 4.4 seconds and an estimated top speed of 172 mph (277 kph).
Cadillac also introduces the third-generation CTS-V for 2016. It introduces a new supercharged 6.2L V-8 engine SAE-certified at 640 horsepower (477 kW) and 630 lb-ft of torque (855 Nm). It’s backed by the Hydra-Matic 8L90 paddle-shift eight-speed automatic transmission featuring launch control and Performance Algorithm Shifting. See the separate CTS-V release for complete details.
Cadillac CUE enhancements and phone integration technology
Cadillac CUE has been revised to function more intuitively while providing connectivity and information on a high-resolution eight-inch touch screen. A new higher-speed processor for 2016 will deliver quicker responsiveness to all aspects of the car’s connectivity, information and entertainment features. Cadillac CUE also offers phone integration capability for 2016.
Phone integration technology is designed to take phone features customers would want to access while driving and put them on the vehicle’s display in a smart, simple manner. The features allow customers to use select smartphone apps through the touchscreen interface. In fact, many features can be controlled via voice commands through a button on the steering wheel, helping drivers keep their eyes on the road and hands on the wheel. Apple CarPlay capability is offered at the beginning of the 2016 model year and Android Auto capability comes later in the model year.
Apple CarPlay-supported apps include Phone, Messages, Maps, Music and third-party audio apps. A full list of those apps can be found at Apple.com/ios/carplay. Apple CarPlay is compatible with iOS 7.1 or higher.
Android Auto is built around Google Maps, Google Now and the ability to talk to Google, as well as a growing audio and messaging app ecosystem that includes WhatsApp, Skype, Google Play Music, Spotify and podcast players. A full list of supported apps is available atg.co/androidauto. Android Auto requires a phone running an Android Lollipop 5.0 operating system or above.
Using either application is simple. A “Projection” icon on the Cadillac CUE screen is visible when a phone is not connected, then changes to indicate CarPlay or Android Auto when a compatible phone is connected via USB.
Compatible apps need to be downloaded to a phone before using. Apple and Google’s privacy statements and terms of use apply. Data plan rates may also apply.
The heart of Cadillac CUE in the CTS is the eight-inch-diameter LCD multi-touch sensitive screen, integrated into the top of the central instrument panel and featuring a motorized, fully capacitive faceplate at the bottom concealing a 1.8L storage area. CUE’s vibrant LCD screen resembles a smartphone’s screen, with large, easy-to-target icons to execute commands. A navigation system is also available with the standard model and is standard with the Performance and Premium Collections and V-Sport models.
CTS also includes Wireless Charging and OnStar 4G LTE connectivity with a Wi-Fi hotspot. It provides a mobile hub for drivers and passengers to stay connected. The hotspot comes with a three-month/three-gigabyte data trial. 4G LTE is the most current and fastest mobile data network – 10 times faster than 3G and 100 times faster than the previous generation of OnStar hardware. And with OnStar, it also offers stronger, broader coverage than smartphones on the same network and it’s easy to use: If the vehicle is on, the connection is on.
The Cadillac Wireless Charging magnetic inductive charging system is a wireless phone charger that allows users to simply place their phone – if equipped with wireless charging technology or a capable back cover – on a small mat in the CTS, where it charges without the need to plug it in.
Exterior features
Linear elements, including an uninterrupted feature line that runs from the headlamps to the taillamps, emphasize the CTS’s long, lean proportion and contribute three-dimensional qualities to its surface. The sense of flow over the CTS sedan is furthered, too, with a “trapped” hood design – surrounded completely by sheet metal – that eliminates the forward cut lines between the grille and headlamps.
Cadillac’s signature bold vertical lighting elements – including LED front signature lighting details – evolve with headlamps that flow up and with the hood line. The headlamp housings incorporate crystalline LED light guides in the upper and lower forward corners, bringing uniform white illumination without hot spots and serving as the daytime running lamps.
Projector-beam halogen headlamps are standard and high-intensity discharge headlamps with Adaptive Forward Lighting are available.
At the rear, first-, second- and third-order bezel elements within the taillamp housings offer a distinctive rear signature for the CTS when illuminated. LED lights within crystalline blade structures ensure a crisp, uniform appearance and the Cadillac script is etched in the upper illumination blade.
Additional exterior features include:
· New 18-inch polished wheel design is standard on Premium Collection
· Cadillac’s upscale grille design and crest; Galvano chrome finish on base model grille and black chrome finish on V-Sport grille
· Active aero grille shutters standard on base, Luxury and Performance Collections (not included with Driver Assist package or V-Sport)
· Available illuminating door handles with Galvano polished aluminum finish
· Rainsense automatic windshield wipers included with Driver Awareness package
· Seamless Galvano aluminum trim around the side windows that reinforces CTS’s craftsmanship with the “line weighting” of an artist’s pencil – it’s thicker in some areas and thinner in others to emphasize different proportions
· Chevron-shaped center high-mounted stop lamp is inset in the leading edge of the trunk lid for a more elegant, integrated appearance
· Through-fascia trapezoidal exhaust ports are accented with chrome trim,
In addition to the three new exterior colors offered for 2016 – Cocoa Bronze Metallic, Moonstone Metallic and Stellar Black Metallic – other choices are Phantom Grey Metallic, Red Obsession Tintcoat, Crystal White Tintcoat, Radiant Silver Metallic, Black Raven, Dark Adriatic Blue Metallic and Silver Coast Metallic.
Interior highlights
The spacious, driver-centric cockpit interior in the CTS Sedan combines technology and hand-crafted appointments to support the driving experience. It’s an intuitive and connected cabin, with asymmetrical features that focus the controls and displays on the driver – reinforced with authentic materials and refined amenities to give it character that is distinctive in the segment.
An industry-exclusive, one-piece wrapped upper instrument panel flows from the base of the windshield down to the base of the center stack, while the “brow” over the instrument cluster reaches across the center stack, exemplifying the asymmetrical cues.
Several distinctive interior environments – including five two-tone combinations – are offered, each trimmed with authentic wood or carbon fiber. Leather seating is available, including available full semi-aniline, with hand-crafted, cut-and-sewn executions. The range of interior environments reflects the ambience of customers’ driving experiences, from relaxed touring to serious performance.
Interior color and trim choices include:
· Light Platinum with Jet Black accents and high-gloss Sapele wood trim or Natural Sapele wood trim
· Jet Black with Jet Black accents and Natural Sapele wood trim or carbon fiber trim
· Light Cashmere with Medium Cashmere accents and Black Olive Ash wood trim
· Jet Black with Morello Red accents and carbon fiber trim
· Kona Brown with Jet Black accents and Natural Elm wood trim.
CTS sedan also offers full-leather, 20-way adjustable front seats, which includes 14 power-assisted adjustments, a manual cushion length extension and four-way manual headrests. The 20-way full-leather seats are available, with 16-way adjustable seats standard with leather seats. The CTS’s standard seats feature 14-way adjustment and all seats were designed to deliver segment-leading comfort and craftsmanship. Heated and ventilated front seats are standard with leather seating and rear heated seats are available.
Additional interior features include:
· Standard Rear Vision Camera
· Heated and ventilated front seats with leather seating surfaces and heated steering wheel
· Hand-wrapped and motorized cup holder lid in the center console that operates with a light touch, much like inserting a disc into a DVD player
· Adaptive remote start feature that also activates the climate control system
· Electrically actuated and locking glove box – with LED lighting and two tiers of storage – leads a list of multiple storage compartments that also includes a compartmentalized storage area in the center console, lit map pockets in all doors and a hidden storage area behind an articulating climate control/radio control panel
· Storage under the center armrest includes auxiliary power points, including auxiliary jack and USB ports
· Available indirect LED ambient lighting in the instrument panel, door panels, foot wells, door map pockets, various storage locations and the front door sills – where the Cadillac script is illuminated
· Available tri-zone climate system includes vents in the rear of the center console for greater rear-seat comfort
· Available manual rear door shades and power-operated rear window shade
· Electronic park brake
· Standard Bose eleven-speaker sound system and available Bose Centerpoint Surround Sound system with 13 speakers.
The CTS Sedan offers Automatic Parking Assist, which enables the car to park itself in parallel and perpendicular spaces. It uses ultrasonic sensors to locate a suitable space and maneuver the car into the space, with the driver only required to select the gear and apply the accelerator and brake pedals. Ultrasonic rear park assist is standard.
All-new 3.6L V-6
The all-new 3.6L V-6 engine with direct injection and dual overhead cams headlines the new model year for the 2016 CTS. It represents the second generation of GM’s acclaimed DOHC V-6 engine family and incorporates new features such as Active Fuel Management (cylinder deactivation) and Stop/Start technology.
Noise-reducing features including an all-new cam drive system contribute to the new 3.6L being 3 dB quieter than the Infiniti 3.7L V-6.
The new V-6 also advances performance- and fuel economy-optimizing technologies introduced on previous generations, including direct injection and continuously variable valve timing. Output is SAE-certified at 335 horsepower (250 kW) and 285 lb-ft of torque (386 Nm).
GM’s Active Fuel Management system temporarily deactivates two the 3.6L’s cylinders in light-load driving conditions to enhance fuel efficiency and seamlessly reactivates them when the driver demands full power.
With the efficiency-enhancing Stop/Start system, the engine is shut down in certain driving conditions such as stop-and-go city driving to reduce fuel consumption, automatically restarting when the driver takes his or her foot off the brake pedal.
Additional engine highlights include:
· Stronger, stiffer aluminum block with increased structure in the bulkheads for superior rigidity
· Tough, refined rotating assembly with a stiff forged-steel crankshaft, friction-reducing polymer-coated pistons and strong high-copper-content, sinter-forged connecting rods
· New four-cam phasing system with intermediate park technology that enhances efficiency by enabling late inlet valve closing in certain conditions
· All-new, patented “targeted” cooling system that provides strategic cooling of the engine’s hottest areas while simultaneously fostering faster warm-up to enhance efficiency
· New, higher-flow cylinder heads that enhance direct injection performance and feature integrated exhaust manifolds