Voyeur Edition? The Cadillac CT6 is Ready to Record Your Private Moments

by Steph Willems

Published: June 14th, 2016

voyeur edition the cadillac ct6 is ready to record your private moments

You just know this feature is going to be used by a frisky couple or a penniless college film student with a traditional, “buy domestic!” uncle.

Cadillac made a big deal about the video rear-view mirror in its 2016 CT6, but now it says drivers can film — and store— video shot by four external cameras. With the range-topping sedan now rolling into dealers, the automaker really wants people to know just what the industry-first system can do.

Don’t lose that memory card if you’re an adventurous driver.

In total, seven cameras are available on the CT6, but only the external ones have recording capability. Those cameras — behind the grille, in each side-view mirror, and in the trunk lid — can film in two different modes, sending the video to a standard SD card located in the trunk.

Yes, if you wanted to, you could film a movie and edit it on your laptop.

A driver can set the cameras to record a 360-degree view when the security system is activated, which would be great for a clandestine stakeout, though Cadillac says it only turns on when the vehicle is tampered with. Privacy concerns strike again.

When the vehicle is underway, a driver can record footage from the front and rear cameras — a feature the automaker says is useful for recording a “memorable drive,” though anyone with blood pumping through their veins probably isn’t thinking about colorful foliage right now. Still, we’re talking about a full-size Cadillac here, albeit one far removed from the broughams of yesteryear.

There’s a security function to that mode as well, given that most collisions are front or rear impact. Dashcams aren’t as popular here as they are in Russia, so it would be nice to be able to hand a police officer (or insurance broker) video proof of your innocence.

[Image: General Motors]

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Maserchist on Jun 14, 2016

Driving was so much more fun in the later years of precomputer carbureators and early transistor ignitions; points & condensors always were PITA. Of course, there were 100 million less cars on the "open road" too...smh

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- Speedlaw on Jun 14, 2016
  
  Just before K band radar was put into use, but after the first Escorts were on the market...ideal. Even with the 55 Propaganda, the game was easier to play. Dashcam ? How do you allow for a move which gets you past a clump of minivans, Nissan Rogues, a Prius NOT passing the big truck at the front legitimately going ten under the limit...you get the opening, and go. Your next 5 miles are alone, not at the back of that Group Stupidity Exercise....but you did hit a peak of 85 and cross three lanes (admittedly with signal, and no one was even remotely inconvenienced, they all could still keep texting).... Your move left you safer overall, but the cam, in the wrong hands, will show the exact opposite. The downside still outweighs any upside, unless you are UPS or a major City Bus line.
  
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- Brandloyalty on Jun 15, 2016
  
  Just as getting around with horses was so much more fun before those dang cars came along.
  
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- Speedlaw on Jun 15, 2016
  
  @brandloyalty The cars haven't changed so much, but the enforcement has. The old X band radars lived in a world where there wasn't much, if any, other radar use-the occasional door opener in a commercial strip. Imagine no instant-on radar and a modern detector....for a brief period of time, that was the reality. The old x band guns would give two miles of warning....no laser over the ridge, or sudden burst of Ka on the rear antenna...
  
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- Cartunez on Jun 15, 2016
  
  @speedlaw Dude you are reading my mind. Nothing worse than the chump of idiots on the highways and the jackasses who refuse to clear the left most lane. HWP IMHO causes most of the accidents on the roads today. Recently traveling to Kansas City from Florida an idiot was so scared of the thought of being robbed by the police state that he dropped speed from around 70 to 55 in the 70 speed limit. The person behind him didn't have time to react and rear ended him. America needs major reforms in the mental health and common sense areas more than anything else.
  
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- Default on Jun 15, 2016
  
  @cartunez So... you were the "idiot"... or do you really intend to purport you possess the ability to read minds? You seem to imply your reported event was the fault of a motorist who reduced velocity, not the rear-ending motorist who failed to maintain an assured clear distance and/or adequate situational awareness. "The first thing we must recognize is that crashes are not accidents." -Ricardo Martinez, M.D., NHTSA Administrator, 1997
  
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Mcs on Jun 14, 2016

I have four external cams on my car, but they're prone to picking up all kinds of dirt and crap on the lenses. In the rain, forget about the front and rear cameras. I think the rear one has a layer of pollen over it right now. The advantage of a GoPro behind-the-glass is that the windshield can be cleaned with washer fluid and wipers.

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