They are trying to take on Lexus RX, though…good luck.

This is not based on the same platform as either the Equinox or the Vue. Both of those are based on Theta; the SRX is based on Theta Epsilon.

The difference is that Theta Epsilon has rear suspension and platform components from Epsilon II, which we haven’t seen in the US yet. Because of that, Theta Epsilon uses a lot more aluminum, which makes it lighter. Theta Epsilon is also shorter (with a shorter wheelbase).

It looks, honestly, like Caddy is trying to follow Lexus’ formula with the RX. Who knows if it will work, however.

Not that I can afford either of those 2, but I will seriously look at the CTS wagon, I think the current CTS is a very sharp car.

As for this thing – most of you seem to forget that the average person doesn’t know much about cars. If it looks good, drives nice, and has the right options at the right price, they don’t care if it’s a RWD or FWD platform, or if the chassis underpins 7 other models. That being said, it better fit the image of the marque. The Cimmarron was a bust because it looked, and was equipped, like a POS. Nobody is going to pay Caddy prices for a Saturn. But if GM can make an upscale version of this platform that the interior quality is the same as the other Caddies, and it’s cheaper than using the previous chassis, it makes sense.

Personally, I’m still trying to figure out why they didn’t sell a Saab-badged SRX, that actually made sense.

GM has really lost the plot with this one. The SRX didn’t need a complete redo. It needed a moderate reskin and a transplant of the CTS interior.

This new one is like 15 or so competitive products from Subaru to Hyundai to every other GM division.

I’ll eat my words if this thing matches the chassis dynamics of the MDX, but it is doubtful that will come to pass…

The problem is twofold:
* GM already sells at least two pseudocompetitors to this vehicle: the Acadia and the Vue, and is about to add a third: the 9-4x. They have enough trouble supporting the marketing needs of existing models, why add more?
* Cadillac does not need a small crossover. GM’s accountants have this fanciful notion that they can better reduce the cost of a platform by whoring it out across every division, whether that division needs or justifies a car of that type or not. In reality, they’re increasing costs, reducing profits and diluting the individual brands.

If this car was going to sell in sufficient numbers to offset the cost, I’d buy your argument. But it wont, any more than the Pontiac Torrent, Buick Terrazza or Saab 9-7x did.

No, they wont. They’ll pay 25-40% off sticker for it. Or about the Vue’s MSRP.

Sure beats the snot out of the Lincoln Edge…

The MKX isn’t really a bad car and sells well enough. The stylings’ interesting, the ride and handling adequate and the price pretty good. It, and the Edge, sell well enough, or did prior to the collapse—unlike, I might add, the Lambdas, Thetas or GMT360s.

And at least the MKX isn’t even pretending to be distinct. Lincolns are upmarket Fords—everyone knows that; Cadillacs ought not to be upmarket Saturns.

TE has already give us the current Saturn Vue. It also will underpin the all-new Saab 9-4X due in the fall of 2009, giving the Swedish brand an entry in the mid-size crossover segment

This is the “WTF?!” statement. Why sell the same car as a Saab and a Cadillac. Saab needs a small, premium crossover; Cadillac, if it intends to chase Mercedes, needs a GLK competitor, not a dressed-up Vue.

Unless they’re trying for Lexus RX customers—which they’ll fail at, RX buyers are almost irrationally loyal to Toyota’s Humpback—all this does is fight for marketing support with the 9-4x, uplevel Vue and the Lambdas.

And yes Toyota does it too. That does not make it right. What is the difference between a Toyota Avalon and a Lexus? That is why IIRC Toyota is killing the Avalon in the US.

“The new SRX leaves Cadillac’s Sigma luxury rear-drive platform for an update of GM’s Global Compact Crossover Architecture known as TE as it combines elements of the Theta crossover platform with some Epsilon mid-size car elements. Yes, that means a front-wheel-drive Cadillac, presumably with all-wheel drive standard. TE has already give us the current Saturn Vue. It also will underpin the all-new Saab 9-4X due in the fall of 2009, giving the Swedish brand an entry in the mid-size crossover segment. The next-generation Chevrolet Equinox also shares these bones, but the Pontiac Torrent will go away and the final entry will wear GMC stripes and be sold as the Terrain.”

Oh, wait a minute…

Oh carguy, your name is a misnomer. The SRX is not built on Equinox chassis. And doesn’t Toyota/Lexus share platforms?

- Small

- Wagon

- FWD

- V6

- Turbo”

Perhaps they need a large sedan RWD V8 normillay aspirated? I’ve got it! They should build the 1996 Fleetwood.

How about we all look at this SRX as a well built, well styled, well designed vehicle from GM, and if you dont like it then fine, but atleast give credit where credit is due.