But about that shifter ...

It's annoying. We prefer vehicles that have a nice, old-fashioned P-R-N-D shifter, not one of the newfangled joystick-y deals that can confuse you about which gear you're actually in. Caddy isn't alone in using this tech, which saves space. But they don't have it in their new CT6 flagship sedan, a car we recently tested. We very much liked the familiar shifter in that vehicle.