2001 Cadillac Catera 3.0 Liter V6 from North America
Summary:
Underrated car - Great Buy!!
Faults:
Nothing.
General Comments:
So far I have been very pleased with car as a daily commuting car. The car was like new when I purchased for $5,000. Since purchase I have replaced the set of tires with larger 245's verses 225's, and enjoy a very smooth and quite ride. Great stereo especially with XM radio addition. The car averages 21 MPG to date without any oil usage or leaks, and air-conditioning blows very cold. I did read a number of horror stories and bought a 24 month/ 24,000 bumper to bumper warranty through Acura. Yes Acura!! I would not hesitate to recommend the car to someone else, and this is the first used car I've purchased in 20 years.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 21st June, 2007
21st Apr 2006, 11:40
The Catera, while built in Germany, was really built to American low quality standards unfortunately.
In my opinion, the Catera was a step in the right direction for Cadillac as far as developing a 3 series-sized competitor with European roots.
But the marketplace felt differently and anyone who swam against the tide was burned by the Catera's horrible reliability. Sad.
The new Cadillacs (STS, CTS, XLR, Escalade) are hideously ugly, overpriced and way too large. Plus, as usual, their resale value drops like a stone. And you would have to be mentally deficient to pay $100K for an XLR-V.
That said, they are selling reasonably well and Cadillac, a division GM was thinking of killing off like Oldsmobile, may be one of the few survivors when GM is broken up.