My gripes:
1. The interior...what the? How in the HELL could they NOT use the SLS interior (and I'm really just refering to the dash unit...not to full-length console and such) on this MCE??? The world of difference between that and what we're now slated for is just incredibly pathetic. Who still employs the people who make these decisions?
2. I would really have like to see it become the SLS wheelbase. I'd sacrifice the little bit of performance for a more accomodating back seat for this car. However, the performance loss coud have been offset a little if...
3. ...they also gave the Northstar one last power boost, as I suspect its end time draws near with the impending UV8/N* replacement. Maybe they've juiced it for all its worht by now, though?
4. The wheels in these photos do look unusually small. Are those 17's? For appearance's sake, they go up another inch in diameter. I don't think a modest increase will hurt the ride incredibly so.
Other than that, I like what the did with the V6. While the exterior has been maybe too plain-jane, I still personally liked it. These updates bring into the new CTS fold and blend with the former STS nicely. True, the fender vents could have been integrated better (maybe too much to re-style fender/doorpanels?), and the spoiler looks a little tacked on, but those are forgivable here.
I just wish they wouldn't screw over ths car, like they seem eager to do. I believe there is room for the CTS, STS and ULS when it arrives (no, I don't want the DTS around...it's time to say goodbye...)...
Johnk