Scott en Aztlán a écrit :
> I was out driving yesterday (on Chapman heading eastbound, just past
> the offramp from the 55 freeway). An old geezer in a new Cadillac CTS
> flew off the off-ramp and cut across 3 lanes of traffic, almost taking
> off my front fender despite a warning blast from my horn.
>
> As I sat stuck behind Russell Weller Sr. at the stoplight, I noticed
> that the Cadillac CTS has high, slab sides and a low, "chopped"
> roofline, leaving relatively little glass area.
>
> http://www.cadillac.com/images/model...toExt1_med.jpg
>
> The visibility from inside one of those things must be at least
> somewhat limited if not downright poor.
>
> I think it's totally irresponsible of General Motors to design a
> vehicle with such poor visibility when the brand is so popular with
> elderly people. These old geezers have enough probels seeing as it is
> without their cars adding additional impairments.
>
> The Cadillac XLR
>
> http://www.cadillac.com/images/model...toExt3_med.jpg
>
> has similar problems. Although with the top down visibility is
> excellent, the top is going to be up when it's rainy or foggy - i.e.
> when visibility is at it's worst. I would expect the XLR's
> crash-and-burn rate to exceed that of the Corvette upon which it is
> based.
>

I've driven a CTS and didn't notice any visibilty trouble.

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