Ride differences 24 vs 25

[jbawden]

I've never had the base seats, but I have both the mid-tier and top carbon backed seats and I can barely perceive any difference between them other than they both present as firm on entry. However, neither have ever been uncomfortable to me. Soft doesn't necessarily equal road trip comfort.

I will add that the color options that upgraded seats offer is what it's all about to me and SCG completely transforms the interior.

 

[Champale]

I would think Cadillac would advertise changes if they were made in more support of the price increase every year.

I don't disagree but I can think of a few cars that got revised suspension tuning with no official proclamtion of changes and it wasn't until people started looking at part numbers that the differences were public. The 2018 Focus RS being one and if I recall the 992.1 GT3s got revisions to the suspension tuning midway through production that was not disclosed.

 

[seattlecubes]

I'm still trying to figure out what the best seats would be for my needs after 3 test rides lasting 10-20 minutes, 2 with base seats, the other with the 'quilted'.

Butt in seat intervals, long distance or weekend drives, track days, etc. all factor in making the best choice.

So far, my compromise leans toward the sportier 'quilteds'.

Maybe someone on this site has had a BW5 or 4 long-term and can say whether the seats softened up over time.

miC

Just from a pragmatic standpoint, if you don't plan on keeping the car a long time, make sure you get the non-base/optional seats. The "base" seat cars tend to resale for a bit less and sit on the market longer from what I have seen.