Initial impressions based on a preproduction version of the system called CUE, for Cadillac User Experience are encouraging.

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Cadillac has a lot riding on the success of the XTS, but perhaps even more on the Cadillac User Experience, the new user interface that debuts in the XTS. In the coming years, the C.

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Run on an eight-inch screen with a similar screen faceplate behind the steering wheel, the Cadillac User Experience allows touch-based feedback (see the demo in the video above), vibration-oriented lane departure warning and (finally) a recognition program that responds to normal spoken requests for directions or music.

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