2010 Cadillac SRX Video

With nearly a dozen small luxury crossovers on the market, Cadillac has its work cut out for it with the 2010 Cadillac SRX. Cars.com reviewer Kelsey Mays took a hard look at the SRX and concludes that Cadillac’s small SUV may have a tough time breaking through the crowded segment. Check out his video review to find out why.

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Luxury Car Sales Rebound in September

Do you ever watch the business news and wonder who’s making money in the stock market when most people you know are cutting back? Inexplicably, luxury automakers saw sales bounce back in September.

While sales of Toyota were down 19% in September, Lexus saw sales go up 7%; that’s mostly because of the new RX crossover, which had an uptick of 70%.

Ford sales were down 6%, but sales at its Swedish Volvo brand were up 16%, thanks largely to the new XC60 crossover.

With relatively no new models in its lineup, BMW sales were up 3%.

Even at GM where sales were down 45%, Cadillac sales were down just 8% because of swift sales of the redesigned SRX crossover.

2010 Chevy Equinox, Cadillac SRX, GMC Terrain Named Top Safety Picks

The redesigned 2010 Chevy Equinox is off to a fast start, selling more than 13,000 units last month. Good news for those new owners, the crossover earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Top Safety Pick award. To receive the nod, a vehicle must earn a top score of Good in front, side and rear crash tests; it also must be equipped with stability control.

The 2010 Cadillac SRX and the new 2010 GMC Terrain crossovers also earned Top Safety Pick status.

In November, the IIHS will start including roof strength tests into their award program, which will make it much harder for vehicles to get a Top Safety Pick designation.

2010 Cadillac SRX: First Drive

As part of GM’s rebirth, a number of its brands have fresh new product hitting dealerships relatively soon. For Cadillac, the redesign of the SRX is vital to its future. While sales of its big sedans and Escalade SUV are flailing, the luxury crossover market is booming. Enter the new SRX, which is an SRX in name only. It’s smaller than the long, wagon-esque SRX of the past five years, and it’s ready to do battle with crossovers from Lexus, BMW, Volvo, Audi, Mercedes and Land Rover. But will it beat them? Any of them?

That’s what I wanted to find out.

2010 Cadillac SRX Priced at $34,155

Cadillac’s newest midsize luxury crossover, the 2010 SRX, will be priced at $34,155 when it goes on sale later this summer.That figure includes destination charges which Cadillac has not broken down for us. All other prices mentioned in this post do not include destination charges.

At that price, the SRX is a near price leader for the segment, besting the outgoing 2009 SRX by the princely sum of $6,305.

Compared to its German rivals — the Audi Q5 and BMW X3 — the 2010 SRX costs $3,000-$5,000 less, though its rivals come standard with all-wheel drive. The Cadillac does not.

The Lexus RX — the perennial frontrunner in this segment — comes in at nearly $2,645 more, even though its price was lowered when it was redesigned for the 2010 model year.

Though the new SRX is smaller than the outgoing model, it’s still larger than its competitors. Even so, its interior dimensions are just average for the midsize SUV class.