The Cadillac STS is meant to serve as a replacement vehicle for the “import fighter” known as the Cadillac Seville. Since the year 1988, the Seville utilized the STS name on high performance versions. In the year 1992, Cadillac decided to split the Seville line in to SLS and STS, the latter being the higher performance version of the vehicle.
Throughout the course of its existence, the Cadillac STS was the highest price sedan model for the entire Cadillac Company. In the United States of America and Canada, the Cadillac STS is situated between the mid size CTS and the larger DTS. It competes with such automobiles as the Mercedes Benz E Class, Acura RL, Lexus GS, BMW 5 Series, and Infiniti M.
In the year 2005, the V Series STS V was introduced at the Detroit Auto Show. This vehicle featured a supercharged version of the Northstar V8 Configuration, as well as some handling upgrades. The Configuration produces 469 hp as well as 439 ft / lbf of torque.
The V Series automobile was first unveiled by Cadillac in the form of a Super Bowl commercial that aired in early February 2005. The STS V is capable of accelerating from zero to sixty miles per hour in less than five seconds.
