Originally Posted by
N9MD
I'm in an MKS out of FLL at the moment ... first time in this car. Wife and I each drive a Caddy CTS sedan at our NJ home ... and our experience in the MKS compares very favorably with the CTS in all respects ... soft ride, relatively acceptable side/rear visibility, quick acceleration response, very gentle braking action. We've been looking for a CTS alternative for our very frequent back and forth (EWR/FLL) and other trips around the US ... now that AVIS stopped supplying Cadillacs. Tried the Town Car and Hundai Genesis (not by choice) and disliked them both immensely for different reasons. We actually returned each of these to the airport location the following day of each rental to get alternative vehicles.
Historically, we avoid Chrysler all products. We recently enjoyed a BMW X5 but found the interior instruments, panel and shift placements and function to be confusing ... almost "eerie".
Now that we've "found" the MKS, we'll be requesting this model for all of our upcoming rentals (including end of this month trip to LAX).
I thought the '13 MKS in Sport Mode drove better than the CTS. Also, despite the CTS being a large vehicle, it seemed to suffer from a lack of interior space.
I've not driven an Avis purchased CTS, but the National/Hertz ones are Premium Trim and aren't equipped with the sliding LCD screen. At least the MKSes come with the 8" color touchscreen.