2012 Cadillac CTS with Touring Package. Image: © GM Corp.
Want to own a Cadillac CTS-V, but can’t afford its $70,000 starting price? Cadillac is adding a new Touring Package option to its CTS lineup, and it promises to deliver content usually reserved for the CTS-V at a much more affordable price. It’s available for both the 3.0-liter V-6 and 3.6-liter V-6 Cadillac CTS models, with a different price point and different levels of equipment.
2012 Cadillac CTS with Touring Package. Image: © GM Corp.
Opt for the 3.0-liter CTS sedan or wagon, and the Touring package will include 18-inch pearl nickel finish wheels, dual exhaust, HID headlamps and foglamps, a dark finish grille, a wing-shaped high center stop light from the CTS-V (sedan only), suede seat inserts, suede steering wheel and shifter, metal pedal covers and midnight Sapele wood trim, all for the reasonable price of $2,065.
2012 Cadillac CTS with Touring Package. Image: © GM Corp.
If you’re buying a CTS with the 3.6-liter V-6, the package price jumps to $2,810, but it’s really the bigger bargain. Included are the Recaro sport seats (which sell for $3,400 by themselves on the CTS-V), suede steering wheel and shifter, metal pedal covers, midnight Sapele wood trim, dark finish grille, wing-shaped stop light (except wagon models) and 19-inch polished wheels with either high performance summer or all season tires.
2012 Cadillac CTS with Touring Package. Image: © GM Corp.
While even the 3.6-liter CTS models won’t offer anywhere near the CTS-V’s level of performance, their pricing is far more attainable for us unwashed masses. Besides, even these Caddys will run from zero to sixty in around 6.3 seconds, which is quick enough to put a smile on our faces.
Kurt Ernst has been passionate about automobiles and driving nearly his entire life. His early years were shaped working in the family service station, though his real passion was auto racing. After graduating from the University of Colorado, Kurt spent a year club racing with the Sports Car Club of America, before focusing on a business career in marketing and project management. Later, his passion for writing and the automotive hobby found him freelancing for a variety of automotive news sites, including Automotive Addicts and Motor Authority, where his work was syndicated and appeared in several national publications. Recognized as an expert in the automotive field, Kurt joined Hemmings Motor News as an Associate Editor in 2013, and in the years since has progressed to Editor, Hemmings Daily; Managing Editor for Hemmings Motor News, Hemmings Classic Car, Hemmings Muscle Machines, and the Hemmings Daily; and now, Managing Editor, Hemmings Auctions. Kurt was instrumental in organizing the Hemmings Motor News Concours d’Elegance from 2013-2019, and has served as a judge at this event and The Vintage Racing Stable Concours d’Elegance. A Skip Barber Racing School graduate and prolific writer, Ernst is also skilled in copyediting, project management, brand development, and public relations.
