Detailed Photos from the Reveal of the 2020 Cadillac XT6

The XT6's inoffensive, rectilinear styling is probably a net plus to most luxury consumers, and we really like the way the crossover sits on its wheels.

The interior looks like a scaled-up version of the compact XT4's—itself notable only for seeming stripped down and basic compared to the mediocre-quality yet bombastically overwrought innards found in the rest of Cadillac's products.

Given more real estate to occupy in the larger XT6, the cheaply detailed, minimalist look doesn't improve.

Although assembled from blasé materials, the Cadillac's interior is cleverly packaged to afford generous room in the second- and third-row seats—the entire point of a vehicle such as this.

The way-wayback third row, in particular, is a triumph. This average-height author fit easily back there, with plenty of headroom and kneeroom; the seat cushion is slightly too low, but not nearly as floorbound as the vast majority of the kid-only third-row seats in the XT6's competitive segment.

What makes the XT6's roomy packaging so surprising is that Cadillac uses the shorter-wheelbase version of GM's three-row-crossover platform; that means this XT6 is essentially the same size as the GMC Acadia (their shared 112.7-inch wheelbase is only 0.2 inch longer than the Cadillac XT5's), making it notably smaller, dimensionally, than GM's gigantor Chevrolet Traverse and Buick Enclave (both of which share a longer 120.9-inch wheelbase).

To carve out more actual and perceived roominess in the XT6's rear relative to the Acadia's, Cadillac raised the roof—literally—0.2 inch higher than the GMC's.

That extra height runs nearly the entire length of the boxier roof, further allaying third-row passengers' claustrophobia, as do the XT6's large rear quarter-windows, which let in plenty of light and are said to offer better blind-spot visibility.

It's just too bad that, luxury of space aside, occupants in every row of seating inside the XT6 must touch and interact with decidedly non-luxurious materials and design.

Cadillac has had a problem with subpar interior quality for years, and the XT6 doesn't solve it. The car simply doesn't feel very premium inside, even the top Platinum trim level.

The designers are not hyperbolic in the least when they croon over the XT6's wide-track look.

Beneath the XT6's sharp-edged exterior and useful interior sits a mechanical package pulled straight from the XT5, GMC Acadia, and Chevrolet Traverse: a 310-hp 3.6-liter V-6 engine, a nine-speed automatic transmission, and a strut-type front and multilink rear suspension.

Based on our experience in recent Caddys and other GM products, the chassis setup should deliver an admirable ride quality and tidy handling and body control.

Based on the two-sizes-down XT4's ambitious pricing, which peaks dangerously close to $60,000(!), and the XT5's pricing, which tops $70,000, the outlook for the XT6's making up for its shortcomings with value isn't promising.