2012 Cadillac SRX 3.6 AWD - Car and Driver

Cadillac’s SRX is an avant-garde alternative in a segment founded by the more unadventurous Lexus RX350. Buyers can choose from front or all-wheel-drive as well as two different suspension options with varying levels of rigidity. Instrumented Test – 2012 Cadillac SRX 3. 6 AWD It took Goldilocks considerably less time than Cadillac to settle on option three. The base model had a 265-hp 3. 0-liter , the optional engine was a Saab-sourced turbocharged 2. 8-liter making 300 hp. Both of those are history for 2012, replaced by a single naturally aspirated 3. 6-liter V-6. We’ve now tested SRX take three,... To prove it can’t leave well enough alone when it comes to its hot-selling crossover, Cadillac announced changes for the 2013 SRX just after we tested this 2012. next year’s model will get the mildest of exterior aesthetic adjustments, a revised... Whereas the 3. 0-liter was too cold as far as output went and the 2. 8-liter was too hot in the way it delivered power, this new 3. 6 is just (about) right. Plenty of GM vehicles use this engine—it will be standard in the Cadillac XTS , for example—and here it makes a healthy 308 hp and 265 lb-ft of torque. Source: www.caranddriver.com