Cadillac XT4 review

The first word that springs to mind when driving the XT4 is pleasant. Nothing jars or seems out of place, nothing particularly stands out as exceptional. It’s just a calm, smooth place to go about your business. So calm that the steering is quite free of feel and there is very little feedback from the rest of the chassis.

The engine and gearbox back up this emotion-free experience by being almost wholly unobtrusive. There is no negative sign whatsoever of any turbo assistance from the twin-scroll system and NVH is on a par with a rowing boat. The nine-speed gearbox is rarely noticeable, which is fine.

Good news for the driver is the truly awful first-gen CUE entertainment system has been replaced by an all new version which includes a central console-mounted controller. This makes interacting with the XT4’s systems simple and easy, not the fight it always used to be.