Cadillac's SRX luxury SUV’s handling is fairly agile and its ride balances tautness with suppleness. The extremely well appointed cabin features very supportive front seats.
But significant problems cut into the appeal. Driver visibility is difficult, thanks to thick windshield pillars and a small rear window. Added for 2013, the CUE controls are complicated, confounding, and confusing, substituting a finicky touchscreen and flush touch surfaces for most normal knobs and buttons. The rear seat is also fairly snug.
Over the years since this generation's 2010 redesign, the SRX churned through a variety of powertrains. GM finally settled on a direct-injected 308-hp, 3.6-liter V6, which is probably the engine the SRX should have had in the first place. Acceleration is ample, but lackluster transmission response means the heavy SRX feels underpowered.
Best version/options to get: All SRXs are well equipped. If you want all-wheel-drive, then the SRX skips over its base model (available only with front-wheel-drive) and starts at the Luxury trim. Turns out that trim level is probably the best value, as it includes a panoramic sunroof, blind spot monitoring, and a power liftgate.
Notable changes
Updates for 2015 included a standard built-in WiFi hotspot. The 2016 models were offered with optional adaptive High-Intensity Discharge (HID) headlights.