{"id":9209,"date":"2011-04-06T14:43:28","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T19:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=9209"},"modified":"2011-04-06T14:43:28","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T19:43:28","slug":"living-with-the-cadillac-cts-coupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/living-with-the-cadillac-cts-coupe\/","title":{"rendered":"Living with the Cadillac CTS Coupe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I ran by <a title=\"Crest Auto Group\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crestcars.com\" target=\"_blank\">Crest Cadillac<\/a> in Plano this morning and picked up a 2011 Cadillac CTS Performance Coupe in Crystal Red Tintcoat for a test drive.\u00a0 I have been focused on the Sedan for my next Cadillac, but I am interested to test my thinking about how well a Coupe might fit instead.<\/p>\n<p>Crest Auto Group is one of our &#8216;Friends of CaddyInfo&#8217; <a title=\"CaddyInfo Site Sponsorship\" href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=5044\" target=\"_blank\">Sponsors<\/a>, and I appreciate their support for test drives.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9210\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ctscoupe.pg_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9210\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9210\" title=\"ctscoupe.pg\" src=\"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ctscoupe.pg_-1024x548.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ctscoupe.pg_-1024x548.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ctscoupe.pg_-500x267.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ctscoupe.pg_.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This one is the CTS Coupe Performance Model, with the Performance Luxury and Navigation option (PCK).\u00a0 This configuration apparently gives you everything that the top of the line Premium Model would have except the Sunroof.\u00a0 Since due to the outline on the Coupe the sunroof is limited on this model anyway,\u00a0 this certainly seems an inviting option set.<\/p>\n<p>The CTS Coupe is very artistic in its design language and consistency.\u00a0 Many touches from the recessed, handle-less doors to the sculpture-like pass-through exhaust are\u00a0 remarkable.\u00a0 Cadillac is using chrome cues for highlights, and a color like the Crystal Red Tintcoat contrasts nicely with these.<\/p>\n<p>Could I trade off some rear head room for more art in my life and a better final drive ratio?\u00a0 Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ran by Crest Cadillac in Plano this morning and picked up a 2011 Cadillac CTS Performance Coupe in Crystal Red Tintcoat for a test drive.\u00a0 I have been focused on the Sedan for my next Cadillac, but I am &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/living-with-the-cadillac-cts-coupe\/\">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":[149,6,189],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cts-coupe-cadillac-models","category-site-info-news","category-test-info"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9209","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=9209"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9224,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9209\/revisions\/9224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}