By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
The 2016 Cadillac CT6 is a flagship sedan with a lot going for it. Despite its larger size, it supposedly drives like a hot hatch, it's nimble on the turns and manages to offer exhilarating performance with little effort. The new CT6 is all-in with GM's focus on having 4G-LTE technology as well as OnStar functionality but ups the luxury ante in a number of areas.
I had the chance to check out and sit in two demo Cadillac CT6 models, one featured the usual lavish interior of rich leather and wood accents but also had a back massager. Relaxing in the back seat of this stately sedan was very much a temporary thing. The new flagship CT6 models come tuned with the Bose Paneray 34-speaker surround sound system. This was developed from the ground up in tandem with Bose and ensures only the highest fidelity soundstage ever in the interior of the car.
The speakers are tucked into the pillars, nehind the headrests, in the front and rear carpet and designed to dissapear but the sound speaks for itself. More than loudness, there's tremendous depth and clarity with impressive theatre quality sound. Too bad that we had to listen to a demo track, I would have loved to bust out some Vivaldi or Beethoven in the CT6 to really bite into the complex and complete sound feature.
Other impressive features include HDMI-in connectors for adding streaming sticks and Chromecasts, Apple CarPlay or Android Auto functionality, dual moon roof, reclining rear seats and leg room to satisfy an NBA centre. Another unique feature is a rear camera mirror that works independently of the back up camera. This means you can opt to get a clear panoramic rear view video feed that comes from a high-resolution camera.
We didn't really have time to cover the rest of the features such as performance, ride and driving impressions but we did get a good foundation of what the CT6 has to offer in terms of entertainment and connectivity and more than luxury and refinement, this Cadillac is one of the most passenger-focused luxury sedans in the market right now.