Is it okay to blow "dimensionality reduction"? Real shot Cadillac CT4 28T

According to the different engine layout direction, the models launched by Cadillac in recent years have two different characteristics. Those Cadillac cars with horizontal layout are more in line with our long-term imagination of "American luxury cars": spacious space, soft seats and comfortable suspension, like yachts; Vertical engines are moving closer to European cars (except Escalade, of course), with more agile power and more efficient powertrain.

Today's hero? CT4？ Obviously belonging to the latter camp, it is Cadillac's cutting-edge medium-sized car. Although it is an introduction, it does not hinder and? CT5？ * * * Enjoy the same paragraph? Alpha? Platform. Just like before? ATS、CTS？ The same combination, CT4? Still with? CT5？ Support Cadillac's mid-size together? /? Medium and large automobile product lines.

But? CT4？ The style of play seems a little different. Is it not as good as in China? ATS？ This lengthens the wheelbase-the Cadillac currently sold in China is a global model and does not offer a long wheelbase version. Based on this strategy and Cadillac's long-standing dislocation competition tactics, some people may say "CT4? To' reduce the dimension' of those compact luxury cars! " But is this really the case? CT4？ Will answer them. ?

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Escala? Should be gratified. 20 17? After its release in 2008, the design language initiated by it has been widely used in a new generation of Cadillac vehicles, including? CT4. Of course, because it has nothing to do with. CT5？ The difference in design is mainly in the details, so it is not difficult to imagine that it is difficult to distinguish its model when we see a new Cadillac on the road in the future. Let's just say, CT4? Will appear narrower, the strips of daytime running lights are continuous, and? CT5？ The disconnection design of.

The first domestic listing? CT4？ Only the version of fashion sports kit can be identified by the shield-shaped air intake grille painted with high-gloss black paint and the larger "air intake" under the headlights. Designers usually use diamond-shaped details to highlight the sense of movement of cars. All of them? CT4 is fully equipped? LED？ Headlights, although fixed headlights, also have the function of curve auxiliary lighting.

CT4？ The lines are as sharp as ever, but not the first generation? CTS？ There are no curves in the world In fact, many of its corners and ornaments are more rounded than before, but through the treatment of designers, in? CT4？ Hood, body side, roof, can you still vaguely find some points? ATS？ The shadow.

Will this feeling come in? CT4？ It gets stronger when it's sideways. Is it? c？ What are the lines of columns and doorframes? ATS？ Consistent (or how to say it? ATS？ What about the successor? )。 Because there is no extended wheelbase, CT4? Maintain the dimensions of length, width and height? 4760mm？ /? 18 15mm？ /? 1428mm, wheelbase? 2775mm, the back door looks shorter than the front door, which is the consistent feature of the standard wheelbase car of this class. Compared with domestic long-wheelbase vehicles, the proportion of standard wheelbase vehicles is undoubtedly more symmetrical visually.

On display? 28T？ An elite with a spray gun and gray paint? 18? Inch rims (what about fashion models? 17? Inches), with? 235? /? 40? R 18？ Tires. The brake calipers at the rear of the rim are single-piston structure with ventilated brake discs at the front and rear.

CT4？ Perhaps the most energetic side is displayed in the rear of the car. Overall, its tail design is closer? XTS, with who? CT5？ There are some differences, including the position of the license plate frame and the outline of the taillights. On the top of the trunk lid, CT4? A "duck tail" was designed and a small spoiler was installed to make the whole vehicle more sporty.

Like headlights, taillights are full? LED？ Light source, and? CT5？ Compared with the line, the trend is mainly vertical, and the lateral extension is not much. The two exhaust pipes on both sides are decorated with chrome-plated rectangular decorative strips, and the tail lip is equipped with a small diffuser structure.

If I have to? CT4？ If I find something wrong with the shape design, I will say that its license plate frame should be the same as? CT5？ It is also located on the trunk lid rather than near the rear bumper. The current design makes the rear of the car a bit top-heavy. But to talk? CT5？ It is understandable to choose such a design to open up the degree of discrimination.

Compact? SUV？ XT4？ At first, Cadillac's interior design also changed its style. In the past, we knew that Cadillac's central control used a large number of bright black touch-like panels with some slender chrome-plated metal buttons in the middle. From where? XT4？ Start until? CT4, Cadillac arranges the physical buttons of air conditioners separately, and the main functions are also made into physical buttons. The functions of other electronic systems are integrated into? Hint? In the touch screen, this design is simple and easy to operate when driving.

Compared to? CT5？ CT4 Wide central control area and central passage? The central control panel and central channel are narrower and more compact. The "floor space" of the mechanical shift lever makes this car cancel the third generation? Hint? The physical control panel of the system, except? 8? The touch screen operation of inch central control can also use the knob at the bottom of the screen to control some functions of the on-board system. The mode switch and start-stop switch of the vehicle are also moved to the vicinity of the armrest box.

At this point, I have to mention it again? CT4？ With what? CT5？ Homologous, possessed? FOTA？ Capable cloud electronic architecture not only allows the conventional in-vehicle system to be upgraded, but also can connect multiple underlying modules of the vehicle. CT4？ Is it allowed? Ota? The procedures for upgrading the modules such as engine and gearbox in the original factory can even pass? Ota? Tap the performance potential of the engine. Of course, Cadillac has not pushed the update yet, so please wait for the owner's new car.

The fly in the ointment is that the high-definition streaming rearview mirror of Cadillac models in the past is there? CT4？ The website is not here, maybe the official can provide an upgrade of this configuration later. After all, this configuration of streaming media rearview mirror is still practical, and it can still ensure a clear view of the rear at night or in rainy and snowy weather.

In addition to intelligent electronic devices, CT4? Still the dynamic mid-size car. Its interior materials list has no place for wooden decorative panels, only silver mirror decorative panels or extremely black phantom panels with stripes, which are equipped by elites? Molly? Grain leather is also matched with orange stitching and decorative strips, which is not tacky, and the smell of sports cars is also well conveyed. 12? The front seat electric+manual leg rest is enough to ensure that the front passengers are fixed in place when playing. ?

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Full enjoyment of front passengers? CT4？ At the same time, passengers who need to sit in the back of it may have different feelings. Except? 12V？ Outside the power interface and air conditioning outlet, passengers in the second row have no other functions to play during the trip. CT4？ There is no three-zone air conditioner that has been popularized in medium-sized cars, and the skylight only arrives? b？ Column, the second row of windows is not even equipped with an up key (only a down key). More importantly, the standard wheelbase means that the legroom of the second row passengers cannot be as plentiful as that of the extended version.

Obviously, CT4? It is a typical use scenario of medium-sized cars based on European and American markets: there are usually only one or two people in the car, and only the front seats are most commonly used. The two rear doors and seats are only designed for emergency use, so it can be regarded as a four-door coupe, not an ordinary four-door car. Accordingly, its main consumer groups are not buyers who need to solve the problem of family travel.

According to past experience, the long wheelbase version of domestic medium-sized luxury cars can account for about the total car sales? 90%, the standard wheelbase is only about one tenth. CT4？ Give up this? 90%? This is indeed a risky move, but it has the capital to do so: a higher level? CT5？ Will the price range be the same as? CT4？ Close to or even partially overlapping, so that consumers who need space and consumers who don't need space can be there? CT4、CT5？ Take what you need from the combination. They no longer have the completely different feeling of high and low-grade cars, but a complementary relationship to better serve the same market segment.

CT4？ The rooted price range will also be wider-in the face of the standard wheelbase medium-sized luxury car at the same level, it will use the "dimension reduction strike" to drag the main price of confrontation to the entry range of friends or even lower, and then beat each other with rich equipment; What is the maximum power for medium-sized cars of ordinary brands and compact players of luxury brands (mostly horizontal predecessors)? 237PS？ what's up 2.0T？ LSY？ Engine, 8L45? 8? High-speed automatic transmission and rear-drive structure will "attack in high dimensions" at similar price points.

"The attacker is not dominant in some dimensions, but the attacker adapts to more dimensions than the victim. When faced with lower dimensions, the attacker can still survive, but the victim can't. " If we refer to the description that "singer civilization" can still survive in the two-dimensional universe in the third part of "The Past of the Earth", perhaps the above sentence is the real meaning of "dimensionality reduction". Is this Cadillac, too? CT4？ Competitive strategy formed when facing competitors in the traditional sense.

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