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TheCarConnection.com's editors have driven the Cadillac DTS to report on its styling, performance, comfort, quality, safety, and features. Editors have compared it with other full-size sedans to give you choices while you shop for your next car. The companion full review condenses opinions from other respected auto web sites, to give you a comprehensive look at the 2010 edition of the DTS and to help you decide which reviews to trust.
Likes:
- big, smooth cruise machine
- Six real seating positions
- If it's good enough for Obama...
Dislikes:
- Dated styling
- Middling fuel economy
- Wallowing handling, loose steering
- Drives big, feels big, looks big
The 2010 Cadillac DTS is Cadillac's largest vehicle, one that's traditionally been the basis for Presidential limousines and all sorts of "black cars"-from airport transportation to, er, hearses. Nonetheless, it has some retail fans that appreciate its immense room, luxurious interior, and formal styling. With a base price of around $47,000, it's not a competitor for similar sedans from Germany or Japan at all. Instead, the few cross-shoppers who look elsewhere probably will study the Lincoln Town Car and the Chrysler 300.
In keeping with its conservative shape and its old-school seating, the 2010 DTS appeals to buyers who want a large, cushy sedan. The look is formal, but it does wear some of the cues of more recent Cadillacs-like the enormous grille and wreath-and-crest badge. It's angular and not aero-looking in the least, and though it's still reasonably handsome, the DTS is beginning to appear dated. TheCarConnection.com expects the replacement for the DTS-the 2013 XTS-to look significantly more rounded, like Cadillac's Sixteen concept car. Inside the 2010 DTS, the cabin seems fairly modern to the eyes and to the touch. Big gauges are framed by a wood-trimmed steering wheel in some editions, and there's wood trim across the dash and door panels. The tall center stack of controls sports a big touch-screen LCD for navigation and audio functions. Touches of metallic trim glint around the cabin, and in all, the DTS' cabin is distinctly more tasteful than you might expect in the class.
