MotorWeek Review | 2000 Cadillac Catera Sport

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[@HenrySchecker]

Honestly this should have been an Oldsmobile or a Pontiac

[@motorwolfe]

I had a 2001 Catera and they are really solid, nice driving cars with good balance, taut ride, sharp steering, great brakes, excellent ergonomics - just a little short on power. if only they didn't stuff the Omega full of extra insulation, detune the cam profiles, and ditch the six-speed manual when they brought it over... talk about lost in translation! I might still have mine except no one wants to work on these things, the Caddy dealers always hated them and the indie shops won't touch them.

[@niklashansen2760]

In Germany the Opel Omega was a quite succesful car in it‘s class. Sure, it was a bit cheaper to buy and to run as it‘s competitors. But Opel or should I say GM didn‘t bring a real successor on it‘s way in time. So, the Omega run too long (94-03) and the only facelift was in 2000. My father owned one for ten years and loved it. It was a 2003 station wagon, called „Carvan“ in Opel languge. It had a 2,5-litre straight -6 Turbodiesel - made by BMW. The perfect cruiser for long distances through europe. Big, comfy, reliable and economic. I miss the Omega.

[@mach1mustangguy992]

I had one of these!!! I loved it!!! Got into a cts v next now I’ve got a sts v

[@dewarnreed7926]

Caddy has the right idea with their BLACKWING with a sharp body and I seen a orange CT4 BLACKWING took my breath away

[@gregwilliams5891]

This was also the base for the Holden commodore and that did come with a 400hp V8

[@harrycallahan9733]

4:31 Intend to have a long and popular life... and GM canceled this in 2001 :)

[@10RRASK]

The CTS was the successor. I don’t know what ‘CTS’ means, but I think of it as ‘Catera Touring Sedan’, since ‘STS’ is ‘Seville Touring Sedan’ and ‘DTS’ is ‘Deville Touring Sedan’

[@jonathanowens9898]

To be fair, he ends every review that way.

[@bamboosho0t]

Yet another rebadged German import that flopped because of poor marketing and advertising. The Opel Omega (Cadillac Catera) and Ford Sierra XR4i (Merkur XR4Ti) were both 2 such examples.

[@Marco213s.mexicanpower]

So that was the Original CTS

[@deanlong7995]

Ah yes, the infamous Cadillac POS.

[@frisco-2.0]

In 2024 i still do drive the german equivalent Opel Omega 2.2 manual. Excellent car still today.

[@fernandorocha901]

Cadillac Catera is beautiful car. Catera is Opel Omega from Europe

[@sonicaids]

they should have put a LS in there

[@harryfp1494]

I still want one of these the interior is amazing and yeah the engines are trash but with that being said the 3800v6 is a great engine and could be adapted to fit

[@tsnaha]

Sport....

[@edwardmccutchen8554]

bmw m-5 vs caddy catera's? is there a gm made counterpart? I like the body-style on-these🙂

[@TheMossemies]

opel omega. other brands are license cars.

[@ReodorF1]

First time i see this cadillac at first i thought it was a opel omega and after i watched this i found out they are almost the same car

[@kingofalldoughboys]

Yet as per usual Motorweek got their predictions wrong again.

[@2steaksandwiches665]

I still like this car. I know I’m a weirdo.

[@gsxellence]

Shoulda had a V8

[@4yules]

slapping a cadillac badge on an opel does not make it a caddy...this is why car companies have seperate nameplates w/in the same company....

[@aliwooz913]

Should have left them supercharged.

[@SP00TNIC]

Opel it's not a Cadillac this is why it never sold, for my American people so they understand and understand clearly OPEL German auto is equalant to 1984 Dodge Aries well few hairs worser. OPEL was always considered the bottom of the bottom and still is just awful quality everything. That's why you definitely know somebody in Cadillac smoked some really really good stuff and let this slide maybe the whole board smoke something something to let it slide and make it happen

[@mr.blablabla6839]

I'd say that's an exaggeration. Opel clearly doesn't aim to the market of BMW, Mercedes or Audi but it is still a brand with lots of recognition. The Astra and Corsa have been a huge success worldwide for decades, with reliability being one of their best selling features. The Calibra is now considered a classic and one of the best designs of its era. Same applies to the VX220, though Lotus was involved in that one. The Senator is still considered a fantastic car and one of the best budget conscious buys you could make in the luxury market on its time. And not to mention their racing pedigree with cars like the Ascona or the Manta The Omega certainly shouldn't have been a Cadillac because it is a totally different kind of car to what Cadillac sells, but not because it is a bad car. It wasn't a 5 series or an E class, but it never tried to be, hence its price. It was suppose to be a middle ground between luxury brands and cheaper ones. If anything, it is american cars that are known worldwide as a reliability disaster, including Cadillacs, not Opel

[@alejandrovelasco3777]

En Estados Unidos les gustan los carrotes los lanchones ,el Deville no salió muy bueno que digamos yo tengo mi cartera y es una chulada

[@ICantMove]

Fantastic nonsence.