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CHILDREN can say the funniest things. No sooner had my little boy climbed in the rear seat of the test vehicle and buckled himself in, he looked towards his mother and said: "I was born to travel in this car!"
Sorry son, this particular motor has my initials on it. I think I was born to drive this car.
The Cadillac SLS (which I can only assume means Stanley Louis Szecowka) is one very special vehicle.
Now little Stan, six, and his 10-year-old sister Imogen may have been taken aback by the array of gadgets in the back (including a pair of very sharp television screens as they made themselves comfortable pressing the rear-seat massage mode buttons) but I was quite impressed before I even slipped into the driver's seat.
Press and hold the keyless entry mini remote control and the engine fires up without you even having to open the door.
This is a Caddy that oozes class and sophistication and you can appreciate why this particular model is very popular with limousine companies and hotels that wish to pick up visiting VIPs from the airport.
The Cadillac SLS boasts stealthy good looks and a motor that is engineered to accelerate, corner, brake and respond without compromise.
It is fitted with premium materials, outstanding technology and a luxury hotel comfort of its own.
The maker's say it is armed with an athleticism tuned on Germany's notorious Nurburgring race track so it appeared apt to check out whether this was a perfect union of performance and luxury on Bahrain's highways, where the ability to over-take safely, drive with courtesy and with common sense appear often in short supply.
This vehicle can truly stick to the road. For more responsive stability and handling, the SLS was given a 10cm addition over its former STS model and it feeds off a 320hp 4.6L Northstar V8 engine allowing an impressive 0 - 100 in 6.8 seconds.
The Cadillac has a sense of style inside and out and when it comes to luxury sedans it passes the test with its sumptuous leather seating, leather-wrapped steering wheel, hand-crafted wood panelling and lustrous metallic trim which all come as standard features.
It may take some time to get used to such pampering. Inside the SLS, luxury doesn't speak volumes through the Bose theatric audio system - it screams.
Now, if little Stan works hard at school one day he might get a good job and buy one of these cars ... for his dad.
That may take a few years, but you can snap one up today from the National Motors showroom in Sitra for around BD19,500 - an impressive saving off the BD22,000 list price. There is also a V6 version, priced at BD19,500 but now available at BD18,500.
Call 17457211 for more details.
