Five-Point Inspection: 2014 Cadillac CTS 3.6L

3. Art and Science

When it’s stationary or viewed from a distance the engineering advances Cadillac baked into this car go largely unnoticed, but what’s impossible to ignore is its exterior styling. The new CTS is a looker from just about every angle.

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Dressed to the nines it wears the latest evolution of “art and science,” the brand’s design philosophy for the last decade and a half. Over this time the look has matured from angular and hard-edged into something smoother and much more elegant. The car’s large grille with fine bright accents, swept-back headlamps, stacked LED fog lights and tasteful surfacing make it unmistakably Cadillac and unabashedly avant-garde.