Car and Driver: 2017 Cadillac XT5 Driven: All-New and Much Improved

-That chestnut about effort equals reward doesn’t always play in the car biz. Case in point: Cadillac. Customer reaction to billions invested in two excellent new sports sedans (CTS and ATS) and one coupe (ATS) has been an unwavering taste for the old-guard Escalade, SRX, and XTS. This hasn’t hindered Cadillac’s determination to wage a frontal assault on luxury imports with the full-size CT6 sedan and the XT5, the two-row, mid-size crossover reviewed here. Proving that this brand really has joined the 21st century, the new XT5 maintains SRX exterior dimensions while shedding nearly 300 pounds, according to Cadillac, and enlarging the space inside the new, hipper exterior. More remarkably, the XT5 is dexterous enough to convince import defectors they made a wise move. READ MORE ››

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