Cadillac does not build many cars like the Cadillac XT5: a 5-door SUV with Petrol engine, built from 2016 as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. Its designer of record is Bob Boniface.
How it came about
The Cadillac XT5 (short for Crossover Touring 5) is a compact luxury crossover SUV manufactured by General Motors. It was introduced at both the Dubai Motor Show and LA Auto Show in November 2015. The XT5 replaced the Cadillac SRX crossover when it was launched in early 2016.
It is the second model to use Cadillac's new alphanumeric naming scheme (after the CT6) and the first in the Crossover Touring (XT) series. The XT5 is manufactured at GM's Spring Hill Manufacturing plant. The Chinese-market XT5 is manufactured in Shanghai by SAIC-GM.
The hardware
Under the skin sits Petrol engine; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. Kerb weight is 3985-4113 lb. The gearbox is a AF50-8 (8-speed) (2017–2019) / GM 9-speed Hydramatic 9T65 (2020–). The wheelbase is 2857 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Where it sits in Cadillac's history is not in doubt: the Cadillac SRX came before it; it was built at Spring Hill, Tennessee. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Chevrolet Bolt, the Ferrari 488, the Tesla Model 3. Its Cadillac stablemates include the Cadillac 353 and the Cadillac ATS.
The money
On the used market today a Cadillac XT5 typically changes hands for $22,300–$65,000, and running it — fuel and maintenance at its age — costs about $3,555–$5,387 a year. Insurance sits around $1,800–$3,420 a year. The figures are class-level estimates from the federal record, with the formula on the methodology page; the model-year pages carry complaints, recalls and repair costs year by year.