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2025 Cadillac XT5 Premium Luxury
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The latest 2025 Cadillac XT5 midsize SUV offers shoppers style, luxury, comfort, and modern technology, all wrapped up in a luxury package from one of America's great automotive brands. Our article takes a close look at what the middle trim level, 2025 Cadillac XT5 Premium Luxury, has in store for buyers who appreciate the iconic luxury of a Cadillac product.
What's New for 2025?
The Cadillac XT5 model lineup sees no exterior or interior design or equipment changes for the year. For 2025, the Cadillac XT5 trims lineup has been reduced to just three trim level choices: the Premium, Premium Luxury, and Sport. The XT5 has two engine options plus FWD or AWD drivetrain configurations.
Striking Exterior
There's no denying that the 2025 Cadillac XT5 is blessed with a strikingly distinguished exterior design, and prospective owners of the 2025 Cadillac XT5 Premium Luxury will appreciate the stylish exterior design that shows off sharp lines and sweeping curves. The XT5 is built on a platform with a wheelbase measuring 112 inches, and the body of the XT5 Premium Luxury is 189.6 inches long and 74.9 inches wide, with its mirrors folded.
Standing at 66.1 inches tall with ground clearance of 7.8 inches, the compact dimensions of the XT5's exterior don't take up too much space in your garage, yet still accommodate the roomy and luxuriously appointed cabin. Viewing the XT5 Premium Luxury front reveals details like the big and bold black front grille with a bright finish surrounding it. The Premium Luxury is equipped with styled statement LED headlamps, complete with IntelliBeam and auto high-beam assist, which automatically switches the headlamps between high and low beams when any oncoming vehicle approaches.
The XT5 Premium Luxury is also fitted with convenient cornering lamps to help the driver spot otherwise hidden obstacles in the dark. The distinguished styling continues on all sides of the XT5 Premium Luxury. The side profile reveals luxury features like the driver-side power-folding, auto-dimming, and heated outside mirrors in body color, with integrated turn signal indicators and illuminating door handles. At the stylish rear of the Premium Luxury trim, features include a hands-free power liftgate with button control and memory height function, rear side marker lamps, a rear spoiler, and a rear intermittent wiper.
The Premium Luxury offers a windshield and front door glass that are acoustically laminated, and all windows aside from the driver and front passenger-side glass have been treated to deep tinting to enhance passenger privacy. Just a few items from the generous list of the XT5 Premium's exterior features include:
- Bright brushed aluminum roof rails
- Active aero shutters
- Compact spare tire
- Locking wheel lugs
- RainSense automatic wipers
- UltraView power sunroof
- Advanced Security Package
The 2025 XT5 Premium Luxury is fitted with 20-inch six-split spoke alloy wheels with a Diamond Cut/Android finish and wrapped in all-season tires. Shoppers of the Premium Luxury trim get to choose from a palette of seven modern exterior colors.
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Premium Interior
The 2025 Cadillac XT5 Premium Luxury interior lives up to its trim naming with premium finishes and luxurious appointments in the spacious interior.
Starting with an ergonomic seating position complete with a powered tilt and telescoping steering column, steering column lock, plus memory settings and a heated steering wheel to ensure that the driver will always feel comfortable and in complete control behind the wheel. Powered and heated seats with two-way power lumbar support pamper both the driver and the front passenger, and owners will appreciate the convenience of memory settings to get back into that comfy position after someone else has been at the wheel.
In front of the driver's seat is a dual-diagonal color Driver Information Center that dominates the dashboard. This information center offers a reconfigurable digital instrument cluster display, driver personalization, warning messages, and important vehicle information. The interior of the Premium Luxury is upholstered in leather seating surfaces with mini-perforated inserts in a choice of colors, plus a choice of trim finishes to complement the chosen leather finishes.
Interior trim options include:
- Jet Black leather seat surfaces with mini-perforated inserts and Linear Galaxy high-gloss wood trim
- Kona Brown Sauvage leather seats with Jet Black accents, mini-perforated inserts, and open-pore Sapele wood trim
- Cirrus leather seating surfaces with Dark Titanium accents, mini-perforated inserts, and Diamond-Cut aluminum trim
- Sedona Sauvage leather seating surfaces with Jet Black accents, mini-perforated inserts, and Satin Rosewood wood trim
Further comfort and luxury interior features found in the Luxury Premium's interior include:
- Front bucket seats
- Remote Start
- Keyless Open
- Universal Home Remote
- Cruise control
- Power windows
- Power door locks
- Inclination sensor
- Lighting accents
- 8-way power front passenger seat adjuster
- 2-way power lumbar front passenger seat controls
- Self-powered theft-deterrent alarm system
- Dual-zone automatic climate control
- Rear air vents
- Cabin humidity sensor
- Cabin air filter
- Rear window defogger
- USB ports
- Road emergency tool kit
Cargo and Passenger Capacity
The 2025 Cadillac XT5 Premium Luxury's cargo space, when measured behind the second-row seat, is 30 cubic feet, and folding down the easy-to-fold 60/40 split second-row seat with slide and recline opens up an impressive 63 cubic feet of cargo area. The XT5 Premium Luxury seats five passengers in its airy passenger space that totals 104.5 cubic feet, perfect for making those longer journeys that much more pleasant with room to stretch. The Luxury Premium's cabin is scattered with plenty of useful storage bins, including a lockable glove box for stashing passengers' smaller travel essentials.
Engine and Performance
Buyers get two powerful engine options that endow the XT5 with exhilarating performance. The standard engine fitment is a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine with 235 horsepower @ 5,000 rpm and 258 pound-feet of torque @ 1,500-4,000 rpm, which is coupled to a nine-speed electronically controlled auto transmission with overdrive and gear range select. A performance upgrade can be had in the form of the available 3.6-liter V6 engine producing 310 horsepower @ 6,600 rpm and torque of 271-pound feet @ 5,000 rpm.
0-60 MPH Times
No official acceleration 0-60 mph times are available from Cadillac. However, online publications give a 0-60 mph time of 7.6 seconds for the 2.0-liter turbo, while V6 fitted examples dispatch the benchmark 0-60 mph test in just 6.1 seconds.
Fuel Economy and MPG
The Premium Luxury, when fitted with the standard turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder and FWD, earns EPA estimates of 22/29 mpg city/highway and 24 mpg combined. Opting for the powerful 3.6-liter V-6 will drop these EPA estimated figures to 18 mpg city, 26 mpg highway, and 21 mpg combined.
2025 Cadillac XT5 Premium Luxury Drivetrain and Handling
Both engine options in the Premium Luxury are coupled with a nine-speed electronically controlled auto transmission with overdrive and gear range select. When fitted with the V6 engine, a heavy-duty cooling system is added. The Premium Luxury trim is available in both FWD and AWD configurations, and the Driver Mode Selector, along with an automatic Stop/Start disable switch, is standard.
2025 Cadillac XT5 Premium Luxury Pricing
The Premium Luxury with the 2.0-liter engine and FWD starts at $51,990 MSRP; opting for the V6 takes this to $52,990 MSRP. Adding AWD ups the MSRP price tag of the 2.0-liter engine Premium Luxury to $53,990 and $54,990 for those fitted with the V6 engine.
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Luxury vs. Premium Luxury vs. Sport
The Luxury trim offers buyers an affordable entry into the range fitted with the 2.0-liter engine only. A lesser trim feature count means items like smaller 18" wheels and manual tilt and telescopic steering columns. The Sport trim is only available with the V6 engine and AWD along with trim-exclusive equipment such as Brembo performance front brakes and Pearl Nickel finish 20-inch 12-spoke alloy wheels.
Safety and Driver-Assistance Features
The 2025 Cadillac XT5 Premium Luxury is fitted with an impressive list of safety features, including the Cadillac Smart System suite with safety and driver assistance features. Safety items include seven airbags, a tire pressure monitoring system, a Cadillac OnStar Premium Plan valid for three years, emergency braking, intelligent alerts, parking assistance, and Cadillac vehicle diagnostics monitoring. Owners will appreciate the convenience and safety of driver assistance technologies such as:
- Front Pedestrian Braking
- Lane Change Alert as well as Side Blind Zone Alert
- Forward Collision Alert
- Teen driver monitoring
Infotainment and Connectivity
Standard infotainment features are an 8.0-inch touchscreen with Amazon Alexa built-in, wireless Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, plus a 4G LTE Wi-Fi hotspot. The CUE infotainment system with rotary controller and voice recognition plays through a Bose Performance Series 14-speaker audio system. Four USB ports for charging mobile devices, plus a wireless inductive phone charging pad, are fitted.
Is the 2025 Cadillac XT5 Premium Luxury Right For You?
The 2025 Cadillac XT5 Premium Luxury is a top vehicle for those looking for a midsize SUV that stands out with a heritage of luxurious elegance, innovation, and uncompromising build and quality.
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