——->Go head and make it a “V”……and it still won’t run with the Cayenne….

I wish they would have made a v-series for this when it finally was totally redesigned. this comes to late for an older model. And does alittle facelift really make the much of a difference to the people buying these?

I was wondering how long it woulg take caddy to join the sport wagen craze, should be pretty nice if they do, the srx keeps getting the luxury suv/crossover of the year award so they are doing something rite.

No one cares if it runs the cayenne SRT-4Ken.

Still looks like a fancy Aztec.

That’s a Buick…look at the ventiports on the side.

I don’t know about everyone else here, but I think it’s about time to end this model line in favor of a CTS wagon…

yeah exactly anyclearer… itll be $20k less than a cayenne turbo and itll probably go nearly as fast, if not faster than the Cayenne Turbo.. ala Jeep SRT-8. You know a bit about that SRT-4.

Whoopee…another quick-depreciating, low resale value GM vehicle.

I never did like the SRX.

It looks too long and narrow. Maybe if it were made specifically from a crossover SUV platform it would work better. My first choice would be the Lambda, but that is not going to satisfy performance fans of Cadillac. Could re-work the AWD system and suspension I guess.

Hopefully the CTS Sport Wage will happen… and GM will call it a Sport Wagon. “Wagon” is not a dirty word… unless you stick “Station” in front of it.

if they do make it a V series it would probably destory a cayenne. remake the whole car, shorten the track by a few inches, give it 440 hp, awd, and you would get SRT-8 figures.. which last time i checked does beat the cayenne for only 41 grand.

I’d still rather have the Audi Allroad or Subaru instead of this.

That’s a Buick…look at the ventiports on the side.
Comment by Madcapp

You didn’t actually read the article, did you?

Oh wow! A suped-up station wagon! YEAH! WOohoo! …………………………….

i understand the audi,or m5 or even the mercedes amg, but a subaru? is that a joke? seriously a subaru? the forester? wow, to each his own i guess, and dont give me the reliability b.s. at least say this is ugly and you like the subaru better, that i can at least understand.

Just what we need…

Souped up station wagons I’d buy, Audi RS2,RS4 B5, Audi RS6

Now thats a nice ass list of wagons there, audi is on a monumental roll nobody can stop the momentum, they just keep upping the bar, you know….the way bmw used too. the magnum is 50/50 in my book, i like it but dont at the same time.
there is really not much i can say for the srx because i havnt driven one yet, i just happen to like the art and science designs.

This and the Pacifica are the ugliest crossovers on the market.

I’ve always liked the SRX and think this will make an excellent addition to the V-lineup. I was wondering how long it was going to take them, but am glad they waited till after the improved interior.

Good for Caddy. I like how GM is trying to establish itself as the performance leader. They’ve been attacking each of the performance leaders out there. This SRX-V obviously aimed at Cayenne. If they upgrade the XLR, they might have something to topple the SL500.

XLR is rather bulky and would need some work to out-do the SL500. But I can see it happening.

would anybody like to hear an explanation of the problem with audi wagons?

lay it on us asiminator, im sure all us enthusiasts would love to hear it, i sure would.

basically its about handling… if you consider that an rs6 is based an a6. Audi sells far more standard a6s than they do of their performance cars so the design is based around a basic 2.4L engine with fwd. In order to keep handling acceptable on a fwd car they need put the engine as far forward as possible. this keeps the front wheels down during acceleration. The down side is that the weight distribution gets screwed with a high percentage of the cars weight sitting on the front axle. Now take this very same car stick a 4.2L twin turbo engine in it… you obviously have to make it 4wd.. (you have no other option) and you are left with what would otherwise be a great wagon except for the fact that the engine is still in the wrong place due to the base model! Mercedes and BMW both make RWD base models….

audi is entirely capable of making a good-handling car with a big, fat 4.2L engine shoved in the front with AWD. just look at the RS4. many people find it comparable to the M3 even.

im not big on the idea of “performance” SUV’s

Maybe this is an engineering mule, for the next gen SRX. Didn’t the SRX follow the CTS, in the first wave of new style Caddies? It would make sense that this would be the next SRX, following that pattern. Or maybe this SRX body is hiding the mechanicals of the upcoming CTS coupe or sportwagon?

let’s start diluting the -V brand… just like SS… brilliant!

why just the B5? the B7 RS4 avants are even better

I don’t like this at all. The V-series should be about performance CARS.

Ditto that.

What’s with the Buick fender vents? I own an ‘04 SRX and I was wishing for a V, but I’m not sure it’s needed… The tail lights look hot though.

Couple of you said this is a great competitor to Porchse Cayenne……. nooooo!! SRX is a crossover based on a car and Cayenne is a pure SUV. Apples to oranges!!

actually ive already seen these prototypes and it was anounced that they were the prototypes of the srx to be released in europe not an srx here

well now that i think about it this thing would be fast as hell cause i bet Caddy would want to keep their “Under 5″ 0-60 claim for their V-series.

what do you think cts driver…. i was waiting for an intelligent response from an auto enthusiast.

V series caddys suck. they have nothing on AMG, M-sport or Audi RS. this looks good but probably has rubbish performance anyway since its a caddy

there is so much bias here, you can almost guess the username without having seen it before by just reading the text.

some of you people, i truly believe, are 15 year old pimple faced kids itching to get their learners permint

huh?

sorry asiminator just woke up and got moving man those 4 cups of coffee are kicking in, makes perfect sense to me, the weight has to be transfered somewhere, but wouldnt the rear end of the awd system add some weight to compensate, and do they use a different engine block from the 2.4l or is it poked and stroked to the 4.2 with a tt system?
A4 you should know the answer to this question.
mr.55amg not to start a flame war here but have you driven a new caddy lately? i havnt driven a v series, but they stick to the curves as good as any competitor, but as always the caddies will be slightly underpowered compared to the eurocars.
zheyna_no friggin kiddin, i get one sentence into theese statements and stop reading because i already know the next sentence is nothing other than the same old barf from the last 50 posts.

asimanitor, i just answered one of my questions regarding the 4.2 from audi, its the v8.

55amg id take a CTS-V over a hunk of **** automatic C55 any day of the week, i was actually shopping for a nice used one the other day. Not a mercedes.

what 2.4 are you talking about? Audi doesnt have any…

i was going off of asiminators comment, i probably should have looked that one up too.

The xlr weighs about 400lb. less than the SL500. The xlr-v weighs about 500lb. less than the SL55 AMG. If anything, the Mercedes roadsters are the ones that need to lose weight.

it looks like a car that some kid got hold of and took it to some shop that did this to it. I looks OK but those port holes have GOT TO GO. I looked at some peoples vehicles on cardomain.com and so many cars have port holes on them. These idiots don’t know that port holes are for buicks only.