2000 Caallize DeVille a BaSe DFICE.......cesceccsesses Freight........ Type.........four-door, five-passenger full-size luxury sedan Layout.............dongitudinal front engine/iront-wheel-drive ENGINE... cisessccossessssseesesreneee 4.6 litte V8, SOHC, 32 valves HOPSEPOWETF ........scsssssescoesecssecensseereseeeee G00 @ 6,000 1.9.m. TOPGUC....eesecsesecssssessrsesseesesessend od ft-lb, @4,400 rp.m. TrANSMISSION ..........s..cssseeeeeseeneseees. fOUPSpeed automatic Tires.....P235/55HR17 Goodyear All-Season Performance Curb WeiQht........ssosssescesssssssesssesseesesee | 839 KG (4,045 Ib.) WHEN ASE «0... ssssnsecsscorersasesseseeeeee2 G29 MM (115.3 in.) LOM Qt... ecscosssscssssesecnsessseeesevsneeeeens 208 MM (207.0 in.) ’ Width. wf 894 mm (74.4 in.) Height ... 1,489 mm (56.7 in.) Trunk space.. 541 litres (19.1 cu. ft.) Fue! consumption City: 13.9 7100 km (20 m.p.g.) Highway: 8.1 1/100 km (3 m.p.g.} cecemreneesenereeneeresie OUF YORFS80,000 KM ELIOT Foy CRA STITT SST RRO HORE bai WE and From previeus page Driving impressions The 2000 DeVille was a pleasant surprise in two respects: its soft suspension has been replaced by one that provides a comfortable ride and reasonably good han- dling; and secondly, problems of excessive torque steer have almost been completely climi- nated, The DeVille’s revised inde- pendent suspension retains its quict, comfortable ride on the highway, but is considerably more competent in dynamic driving sicuations. Handling is surprisingly stable and well- controlled, despite the DeVille’s considerable size. I also found it surprisingly casy to drive around town, “Don’t let a medical emergency ruin your summer holiday. Carry BCAA's Out-of-Province Medical Insurance. - “One p policy @ one tow price - about $36 for a * family®! roticy expires Sept. 4, 2000 . Protect the _whoie gang the whole summer, Come and “: go-as' much’as yau like now through .. Labour D2, This special offer is available: : foe BCMA members and non-members. __.For people who. travel often or spend long periods of time out of B.C., an annual policy is exceptional value and excellent coverage. Visibility i is good, although the rear deck isa bir high. The 300-horsepower 4.6- litre V8 engine in my DTS test car had excellent accelera- tion from a standing start, but the accelerator pedal was a bit sensitive, There was no invol- unary jerking of the steering wheel (zorque steer) under hard acceleration — a prob- lem with some front-wheel- drive Cadillacs equipped with the powerful Northstar V8 engine. ] found this engine to be very smooth and quiet, partic- ularly on the highway where it docs just 2,000 r.p.m. at a steady 100 km/h. The four- speed automatic transmission . in my test car performed per- fectly, changing seamlessly. The DeVille was great ona long drive, although it con- sumed a fair amount of premi- um fuel, averaging 11.0 litres per 100 kilometres (25 m.p.g.). Night Vision The Cadillac DeVille is the first passenger car to usc the new Night Vision thermal imaging technology. This sys- tem uses an infra red sensor to pick up heat signals from objects in front of the vchicle — it allows the driver to sre objects twice as far as the range of the high beam head- - lamps. At 100 kilometres per hour, low-beam headlights provide a driver about 3% sec- onds to react to an object ahead. With Night Vision, the _ driver will have up to 15 sec- onds to react. . Asmalf rectangular “win- dow” in front of the driver at the base of the windshicld shows the road ahead at night time. The system is most use- ful on dark roads where there are no street lights. It will show pedestrians, animals, cars, houses, and other objects with heat emissions in a white or grey colour, while items with no heat signatures, such as rocks, will rernain dark. In my test of the Night Vision system, I found it use- ful for picking out moving © ‘pedestrians and animals that . were beyond the range of the headlamps, while stationery objects were harder to pick out immediately. The Night Vision window is rather small, NEWS photo Mike Wakefiotd THE DeVille’s leather-covered floor shifter with a gated shift pattern is positioned in an attractive wood-trimmed console. so distant objects Jook tiny on the screen. Its best use would - be on long drives at night “where deer, moose, or other potential hazards might leap into the road ahead. Night Vision allows the driver more reaction time to brake. . Drivers can turn the system on or off using 2 switch in the instrument panel, and they also can adjust the image intensity and its vertical posi- tion, For the 2000 model year, the availability of Night Vision is limited — many dealers are already sold out of this option. Interior roomy, comfortable The DeVille’s interior is attractively finished in leather upholstery with perforated - inserts in the seats, while the dash and doors offer a mixture of lighter and darker shades of feather-fike plastic and wood"; - trim. The front seats are big and - comfortable with power." adjustments, and cach seat has seat heaters with separate = cushion and backrest heaters. : DeVille seats have two memo- ry selections which include the’ . Seat position, steering wheel and radio selection. 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