Hello everyone! I met with you again, I am Hu Xin, a car inspection technician who inspects the car, because of his rough appearance, so he is nicknamed Hu Orangutan. Although our appearance is a bit rough but delicate, the detection is more meticulous, so the detection is not wrong. Today's test case, the model brought to you can be said to be a rare model of the main sport of the current luxury B-class car - Cadillac CT5.
In the current luxury B-class car market, it is actually rare to see models that focus on sports. The previous luxury B-class car sports benchmark BMW 3 Series, has now compromised to comfort, and the market has also proved that the strategy of the 3 Series is successful, even if the new 3 Series is now burning oil, the 3 Series of the major BMW 4S stores is still the fastest selling, and now the most sporty B-class car in the BBA may be the Audi A4L, but the A4L is not the main sports model. At present, in the luxury B-segment car market, the main sports model orangutan I personally think there are three: cadillac CT5, Jaguar XEL and Alfa Romeo Juliet.
But all three of them were mixed up! For now, sales of the Cadillac CT5 are slightly higher. And for those who like sports models, the top platinum sport version of the CT5 can be said to be very cost-effective! The same price as the BMW 325, but the configuration and performance can be said to be completely crushed in all aspects. Suspension soft and hard adjustment, electromagnetic induction suspension, variable steering ratio, rear axle limited slip differential, front seat heating ventilation massage function, 15 speaker BOSE speakers, etc., if it is not the standard of the Figure 3 series, I think the CT5 top is indeed more numbered. So for now, the new benchmark for luxury car sports B-class cars, I personally think is the Cadillac CT5 Platinum Edition.
And not only the top with cadillac CT5's new car fragrance, the second-hand top with CT5 is even more fragrant! Today, our customer brother has a look at a 2021 top-of-the-top CT5, because it is a personal seller, and the price is also very top. So after the brother looked after the car, he paid a deposit for the first time to fix the car, and then in case, he entrusted us to go over to him on the day of the car. So, let's first look at the basic information of the car.
Vehicle Year: 2021 Cadillac CT5 Platinum Sport
Factory date: December 2020
Date of registration: March 2021
Meter mileage: 35,000 km
New car guide price: 341,700
Intended price: 260,000
At present, the top of the CT5 landing price is about 250,000, this used car that has been open for a year can save nearly 100,000 yuan for the customer's brother, which feels very cost-effective. The overall appearance still looks good, but there is a layer of dust on it, but this does not affect anything, well, gossip less, I can't wait to start testing.
The old rule, as always, is to test from the outside to the inside, first around the car to make a general understanding of the vehicle, to see which parts have flaws. The test found that there were many bumps in the whole car, the front bumper was disassembled and repaired, and the rear bumper fell off the paint, but it did not look serious and did not affect the appearance.
Below take out the professional equipment, look at the specific situation of the paint surface, a circle of paint test found that the paint surface of the appearance cover is only the right front fender there is sheet metal repair, other metal cover parts are the original car paint surface, this is still very good, let's continue to look down.
The production date of the whole car glass is the end of 2020, how to see the production date of the car's car glass does not need me to say more, right? 20 represents 2020, and the black dot is subtracted by 13 after the black dot to get the month. Moreover, there are no traces of disassembly or secondary sealing around the glass, which infers that the car glass is the original glass. The overall appearance of the situation is still very good, although a year to open 35,000 kilometers, is more, but after all, only open for one year. Let's take a look at the engine compartment.
Open the engine hatch to see this code name LSY 2.0T inline 4-cylinder engine, because it is longitudinal, so it looks so small, but 2.0T power is not said, the maximum horsepower 237, the maximum torque of 350 N · m, matching the 10AT gearbox, 100 km/h acceleration of 7.3 seconds. Although compared with its predecessor ATSL, the horsepower is much smaller, but this can increase the stability. However, at present, the cabin looks more seriously ashed, and it seems that the original owner's car environment is not very good.
The cabin section first checked that the fixing screws of the engine cover did not show signs of screwing and disassembly, and the fixing screws of the water tank frame were not removed.
In addition, there is no abnormality in the left front shock absorber seat and the right front shock absorber seat, which can rule out the suspicion of a major accident on the front of the car. It seems that the sheet metal repair of the right front leaf plate is only caused by a small bump. Let's take a look at how the engine is doing.
The engine's valve compartment cover shows no signs of disassembly and oil spillage.
There are no traces of disassembly of the engine intake and exhaust manifolds, which can basically rule out the possibility of lifting and decomposing the engine for maintenance.
However, the antifreeze is a bit missing, according to common sense, it has only been a year of driving, and the antifreeze should not be lacking. But at present, there are no traces of maintenance in the cabin, it is recommended to go to the 4S shop in time to check it in the later stage, if it is leaking antifreeze, the problem can be big or small.
As for the other oil and water of the whole car, the current life of the battery is 39%, but the car is still very sharp when it starts, so there is no need to pay attention for the time being; the freezing point detector shows that the freezing point of the current antifreeze is minus 48 degrees, no problem, but it is still necessary to check the missing problem; the brake oil pen detects that the water content of the brake oil is 0% high-quality and can continue to be used. Let's take a look at the interior.
Cadillac is a typical representative of American luxury, the interior design may not look so luxurious as the German luxury car, but the material is not comparable to the BBA at the same price, the top CT5 interior is soft materials everywhere, and all the functions of the current driving position on the market are basically readily available, full of technology. Let's take a look at the details now.
After inspection, it was found that there were no rust marks on the steering tube column; no disassembly and rust on the dashboard skeleton; no silt mold marks on the threshold harness; the bottom of the seat was also smooth as new, there was no rust marks, and combined with other details, the suspect of blisters in the car could be ruled out.
The airbag did not pop out, the seat belt production date was in line with the vehicle factory date, nor was it disassembled, it was the original seat belt. Here we should pay attention to the fact that after some cars have changed their seat belts, he put the card back on, so that it looks like the production date has not changed, but it has been replaced.
Then the iron parts at the back of the trunk were inspected without abnormalities, which basically ruled out the suspicion of a major rear-end accident at the tail. The overall situation of the interior is still very good, after all, it has only been open for one year.
Read the OBD data of the model below, you can see that there are a lot of fault codes, but only one fault code is related to the control module of the engine, the others are the electronic control system of the vehicle, in view of the fact that this is the top of the model, the electronic control system is more, it is also relatively normal, and the later attention is paid to the timely maintenance to clear the fault code. Next up is the inspection of the chassis.
Because before the test, we communicated with the seller about the problem of the car on the shelf, so the place where we looked at the car was directly on the side of the 4S store, and now it is more convenient to be on the shelves.
The chassis part first observed the four longitudinal beams from the lower part, and it can be seen that they are all very smooth and smooth, without any traces of repair and disassembly, which can further rule out the suspicion of major accidents in the vehicle.
Then go to the lower part to check the engine, you can see that the engine pawl screws are not disassembled, the engine oil pan fixing screws have no disassembly marks, but there are oil marks at the oil release screws, and you can clean and observe whether the oil is leaking later.
Then check that the gearbox pawls are not disassembled, and there is no disassembly mark on the engine gearbox connection screws, which can rule out that the gearbox has been repaired. And at present, the lack of antifreeze has nothing to do with the engine, otherwise there will be no trace.
Next, check the four suspensions of the whole car, and you can see that there are no disassembly and oil leakage marks.
Finally check the tires of the whole car, found that the production date of the tire is August 2020, in line with the date of the vehicle assembly factory, and the fixing screws do not have a trace of twisting and disassembling, so it is the original car tire; however, the tire hub has scratch marks in the local area, which does not affect the use at present, does not need maintenance, can continue to be used, and can be continued to be used in the later stage as long as it is refurbished.
The testing of more than two hours is almost over here. In general, the Cadillac CT5 car is still in quite good condition, the only small problem is that the antifreeze is missing, but at present it seems that there is no impact on the car, and it is OK to overhaul it later. When I told the customer about the car condition, the brother was still very satisfied, and he had to go straight to the house today.
Afterwards I checked the same Cadillac CT5 on the Internet quotation, you can see that most of them are concentrated in 280,000 looks, today's CT5 as long as 260,000 is indeed more cost-effective, and there is no problem with the car condition, but a sheet metal and the number of kilometers is slightly larger, it is a flaw. So do you think that spending 250,000 yuan to buy this top CT5 is not worth it?
Well, today's test case sharing ends here, thank you for reading!
Like friends to like it, orangutan I read less to repair the car more, code words are too difficult for me. If there are any badly written places, please bear with me. In addition, if you have questions about used cars, you can ask me, I will try my best to help you answer, we will see you next time.