{"id":16889,"date":"2013-11-15T14:33:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T20:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=16889"},"modified":"2013-11-16T17:58:42","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T23:58:42","slug":"test-drive-review-2014-cadillac-xts-4-vsport-platinum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/test-drive-review-2014-cadillac-xts-4-vsport-platinum\/","title":{"rendered":"Test Drive Review: 2014 Cadillac XTS-4 VSport Platinum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I picked up a new 2014 Cadillac XTS Vsport from one of our Sponsors, <a title=\"Crest Cadillac\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crestcars.com\" target=\"_blank\">Crest Cadillac<\/a> of Plano, for the weekend to test.\u00a0 This model has the new twin-turbo 3.6L V6 with 410 hp, and all wheel drive, so it delivers on the Sport promise.<\/p>\n<p>Click on any of the Gallery Images to zoom in:<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 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the XTS literally surged forward to merge smoothly into traffic and away.<\/p>\n<p>The test XTS is a great selection &#8212; XTS Vsport Platinum, Crystal Red Tintcoat, and a compact spare with trunk mat are the only options needed or included.\u00a0 It rings the till at $71K, but is the real deal &#8212; full luxury, all wheel drive, full power, fully customizable Cadillac. Those looking for a bit of economy with their XTS VSport could select the non-Platinum variant, which loses the ultraview sunroof, rear shades, chrome wheels, and driver assist package, but comes in $10K less.<\/p>\n<p>I am looking forward to getting to know this model further this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I picked up a new 2014 Cadillac XTS Vsport from one of our Sponsors, Crest Cadillac of Plano, for the weekend to test.\u00a0 This model has the new twin-turbo 3.6L V6 with 410 hp, and all wheel drive, so &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/test-drive-review-2014-cadillac-xts-4-vsport-platinum\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310,264,6,564,197],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cadillac-engines","category-meet-the-current-cadillacs","category-site-info-news","category-test-drive","category-xts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16889"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16906,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16889\/revisions\/16906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}