The front seats are very comfortable and highly adjustable, and finding a seating position that worked for me was a piece of cake. I had this SRX for a week, and on one of those days I did a 6 hour road trip without any pain or discomfort to speak of. That says a lot considering how I can’t drive most cars for more than two hours without getting some sort of backache. The most important thing worth noting about the levels of comfort in the 2016 Cadillac SRX is that never once did my back get sore while driving it.
I should also mention that it was easy to drive through several Florida downpours I experienced along the way, never feeling loose or like it was about to hydroplane. But it was a very nice cruiser on the open highway, feeling tight, planted, and comfortable while cruising along at 80mph. Handling in the SRX is pretty much standard SUV quality, meaning that it’s not a corner carver and you won’t keep up with the sports cars in the canyons. The lackluster gauge cluster was one of my only disappointments with this thing – it wasn’t very interesting, and the information displayed at the bottom was difficult to see at times. The passenger cabin of the SRX is quite nice, with decently high-quality materials throughout. It even sounded good – the exhaust has a somewhat sporty snarl to it that was surprising and quite satisfying at the same time. This isn’t a fast SUV by any means, but the 308hp 3.6L V6 felt really strong and was able to move this little beast quickly from a dead stop better than I ever would have expected. Out on the open road, the thing that I noticed first was the power. It felt great even before I left the garage! Visibility was good in all directions (ok, the tinted windows in the back made it difficult to see behind me while still in the garage) and I didn’t feel like I had to wrestle this thing around corners while trying to maneuver around in a tight space. Sitting up high and not having to look over a long hood was nice as I was trying to find my way out of the mess that is the Orlando airport parking structure. Combined with the smell of leather on the interior, I felt right away this was an SUV I was going to like. Everything felt rock solid and had a nice “weight” to it which felt very high end. Opening and closing doors as I was getting situated with my luggage was also quite satisfying. Lot’s of shiny bits were stuck to the exterior here and there. This SRX wasn’t completely void of chrome though. Close up of the 20″ wheels – nothing special here, but at least they weren’t chrome. A straight on view of the rear end gives a pretty good perspective on how compact the SRX really is. The side profile is nice – with lines more like a car than an SUV. From the outside, the Cadillac SRX doesn’t appear to be all that large – which is a good thing! The front is low and sleek, and stuffed to the gills with the latest Cadillac design language. I also quite liked the stance of it, with a very high rear end and a much lower (and almost car-like) pointy front end. Regular readers of will know that I’m not a big fan of trucks and SUV’s (big cars aren’t my thing), so I found the overall size of this SRX to be much to my liking for what it is. Very similar to the initial feelings I had about the Ford Escape I rented in Minneapolis six months ago, I was immediately digging how small and compact this SUV was from the outside. I had a Ford Taurus reserved, but instead, they threw me the keys to what I immediately discovered to be a pretty sweet complimentary upgrade.īefore I get to the written portion of this quick review (with pics), here is a video I shot during my first two hours of driving it: Never in a million years would I voluntarily choose an SUV as a rental car if I know that I’m not going to be hauling anything or anyone during the duration of my rental, so I was a thrown a bit for a loop when I walked out to the Avis parking garage at Orlando International Airport (MCO) to find this 2016 Cadillac SRX sitting in the space they told me to go to.
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