New SAE standatrds play havoc with horsepower.(Auto Saturday)(Ask Paul)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May, 2005

Byline: Paul Brian Dear Paul: I am considering purchasing a new '06 Cadillac DTS and wondering if you are going to do a review on it prior to its scheduled introduction in a few months. The car shown at the Chicago Auto Show is advertised with a 290-294 horsepower engine. My '04 DTS is 300 horsepower.

Why the decrease? Is it fuel economy, pollution control or something else that causes the difference? I noticed the '05 has also been downsized in the horsepower rating. Jim S. Northwest suburbs Dear Jim: I suspect that I'll be invited to a pre-launch program for the new DTS sometime over the summer before the car is released to the public, so yes, I'll be able to give everyone my impressions of the new features and how it performs. The car was first...