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Keep the badge, change everything else. They mean it when they call this SRX all-new.
BY DAVID GLUCKMAN
We’ve been fans of Cadillac’s SRX crossover since it went on sale in 2004, naming it to our 5Best Trucks list for three years straight. A new SRX is being unveiled at the 2009 Detroit auto show, though only the badge will continue on with most everything else changing around it.
For starters, things have been turned around with standard drive wheels in front instead of the rear—all-wheel drive continues as an option, gaining the ability to apportion torque side-to-side in the rear via an electronic limited-slip differential. The SRX has also been downsized (or is that rightsized?) for these changing times and the available engines have likewise shrunk. Compared to the current model, the SRX is smaller in length and wheelbase, but wider by about two and a half inches. Underpinnings are now shared with GM’s other mid-size crossovers, including the Saturn Vue and recently redone Chevrolet Equinox.
No More V-8
Two engines will be offered in the 2010 SRX, both of which are smaller than the current base SRX engine, a 3.6-liter V-6. The standard motor will be GM’s new direct-injection 3.0-liter V-6, which puts out 260 hp and 221 lb-ft of torque and bests the output of the previous standard mill. Offered as an option will be a 2.8-liter turbocharged V-6 that produces 300 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque and nearly matches the 320 hp and 315 lb-ft afforded by the 4.6-liter Northstar V-8 in current SRXs. The turbo six, plucked from the Saab 9-3, is notable as the first turbocharged engine offered in any North American Cadillac. Six-speed automatic transmissions with manual shift control are paired to both engines, regardless of front- or all-wheel-drive layout.
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