If you’re as hip and fashionable as Cadillac hopes you’ll be as a 2017 XT5 shopper, you’ll need $39,990 to drive one away to the club, a Brooklyn warehouse, or whatever trendy hangouts the young affluent types crave.
That’s the marketing hype, anyway. The XT5, which steps in for the brand’s bestselling SRX, has a whole new image to uphold, although prices don’t stray far from those of the SRX.
The base model, available only in front-wheel drive, is $1390 more than the 2016 SRX, but is less of a rental stripper. This time, the front passenger seat gets six-way power instead of four-way manual adjustment, and Cadillac has seen fit to add a power tilt/telescope steering wheel, a garage-door opener, a backup camera, keyless entry, wireless device charging, and a power liftgate. The 8.0-inch CUE touchscreen (without navigation), 18-inch wheels, faux-leather upholstery, and eight-speaker Bose stereo remain standard, along with a three-month trial of OnStar’s 4G LTE in-car wireless hotspot and four-year/50,000-mile scheduled maintenance. A new eight-speed automatic and revised 310-hp 3.6-liter V-6 are the sole choices across all trims.

The XT5 Luxury, at $45,890, adds leather, a panoramic moonroof, power-folding/auto-dimming mirrors, rain-sensing wipers, heated front seats and a heated steering wheel, an eight-way power passenger’s seat with power lumbar, driver’s-side power thigh extension, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, f...