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2009 Cadillac STS V8 Premium Luxury Performance
2013 Tesla Model S Base

Vehicle 2009 Cadillac STS V8 Premium Luxury Performance 2013 Tesla Model S Base
19-mm Rear Stabilizer Bar Yes No
1-Speed Automatic Transmission No Yes
2 Front and 2 Rear; 4 Cupholders Total Yes No
2 Front and 2 Rear Reading Lights Yes No
2 Front Power Outlets, 1 Integrated With Cigarette Lighter Yes No
2 Memory Adjustments For Driver Side Include Seat, Mirrors, Steering Wheel, Radio and HVAC Yes No
2-Position Memory Steering Column Yes No
33-mm Front Stabilizer Bar Yes No
3-Function Universal Garage Door Opener Yes No
4.6-Liter, Northstar V8, 32-Valve, DOHC, SEFI Engine; Front Mounted With Horsepower Of 320@6400 and Torque Of 315@4400 Alloy Block and Alloy Cylinder Heads Yes No
4-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes Yes Yes
6-Disc DVD Changer Yes No
6-Speed Electronically Controlled Manually Interactive Adaptive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive Yes No
Adaptive Automatic Transmission Yes No
Adaptive Variable Suspension Yes No
Alcantara(R) Leather Seats Yes No
Alloy Wheels, 18-In. X 8-In. Yes No
Alloy Wheels Front 19-in. X 8-in. and Rear 19-in. X 8-in. No Yes
All-Speed Traction Control Controlled By ABS and Engine Management Yes No
Alternators OR Alternator Upgrade No Yes
AM/FM Radio With Seek, Scan, AudioPilot(R) Speed Sensitive Volume, Bose(R) 5.1 Sound System and 15 Speakers Total; 6-Disc CD Changer; XM(R) Satellite Radio Yes No
Audio Pre-Wiring Yes No
Automatic Climate Control Yes Yes
Automatic/Delayed Locking and Automatic Headlights No Yes
Automatic Headlights With Automatic On/Off and Time Delay No Yes
Automatic Headlights With Automatic On/Off With Dusk Sensor Yes No
Automatic High/Low Beam Control High Intensity Discharge Headlights With Automatic Leveling No Yes
Automatic Release Parking Brake Yes Yes
Automatic Tilt Away Steering Column Yes No
Auxiliary Audio Input Jack No Yes
Batteries OR Battery Upgrade No Yes
Battery Yes No
Battery Saver Yes No
Brembo(R) Performance Front Power 355-mm X 32-mm Vented Disc and Rear Power 365-mm X 28-mm Vented Disc Brakes Yes No
Card Key Yes No
Cargo Area Tiedowns Yes Yes
Cargo Net Yes Yes
Carpeted Cargo Mat No Yes
Carpet Located in Passenger Cabin and Cargo Area/Trunk No Yes
Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin and Trunk Yes No
Child Safety Door Locks Located On Rear Doors Yes No
Chrome Grille, Body Side Moldings, Cladding, Chrome Exterior Door Handles and Chrome Side Windows No Yes
Coinholder Yes No
Compact Spare Tire Yes No
Compass No Yes
Covered Lower Console Storage Located On Floor Yes No
Crash Sensor Sends GPS Signal Yes No
Cruise Control No Yes
Daytime Running Lights Yes Yes
Delayed Courtesy Light Yes No
Delayed Power Retention Operates Audio, Windows and Sunroof For 10-Minutes Yes No
Digital Clock Yes Yes
Driver Airbag No Yes
Driver Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment Yes No
Driver Power Seat Adjusts 8 Ways Total Yes Yes
Dual Adjustable Seat Height No Yes
Dual Body Color Folding Power Adjustable Heated Exterior Rearview Mirrors No Yes
Dual Body Color Folding Power Adjustable Heated Exterior Rearview Mirrors With Driver Side Electrochromic and 2-Position Memory Yes No
DVD Navigation Aid With 8-In. Touch Screen Yes No
Electrochromic Interior Rearview Mirror Yes No
Electronic Brake Assistance Yes No
Electronic Brake Force Distribution Yes No
Engine Start Button Yes No
Extended Service Interval For Spark Plugs and Distributorless Ignition Yes No
Exterior Temperature Gauge No Yes
Front Air Dam Yes No
Front and Rear 3-Point Seatbelts Yes No
Front and Rear Body Color Bumpers Yes Yes
Front and Rear Door Mounted Storage Yes No
Front and Rear Power Windows With One-Touch Up and One-Touch Down No Yes
Front and Rear Reading Lights No Yes
Front and Rear Side Head Curtain Airbags Yes Yes
front and rear tires P245/45YR19 BSW All-Season No Yes
Front Carpeted Floor Mats Yes Yes
Front Cupholders No Yes
Front Dual Illuminated Vanity Mirrors Yes No
Front Dual Knee Airbags No Yes
Front Dual Power Lumbar Support Yes No
Front Dual Reclining Bucket Seats Driver Side Adjusts 8 Ways Total, Adjustable Seat Height, Passenger Side Adjusts 8 Ways Total, Adjustable Seat Height, Integral Headrests and Fold-Down Center Armrest No Yes
Front Dual Reclining Heated and Cooled Bucket Seats With Adjustable Seat Height, 2-Position Driver Power Memory and Adjustable Headrests Yes No
Front Dual Sunvisors Yes No
Front Foglights Yes No
Front Illuminated Vanity Mirrors No Yes
Front Passenger and Rear Automatic Locking Retractors Yes No
Front Passenger Power Seat Adjusts 8 Ways Total Yes Yes
Front Power 355-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 365-mm Ventilated Disc Brakes No Yes
Front Power Outlet No Yes
Front Power Tilt and Slide Sunroof Yes No
Front Pretensioners Yes Yes
Front SBRP235/50WR18 and Rear SBRP255/45WR18 BSW Michelin(R) All-Season Tires Yes No
Front Seatbelt Height Adjusters Yes No
Front Side Airbags Yes No
Front Stabilizer Bar No Yes
Front Vanity Mirror No Yes
Hard Drive No Yes
Headlight Washers Yes No
Heated Steering Wheel Yes No
Hill Descent Control Yes No
Illuminated Entry Yes No
Illuminated Entry Doors No Yes
Independent Double Wishbone Front Suspension With Coil Springs, Shock Absorbers and Magnetic Ride Type Yes No
Independent Multi-Link Rear Suspension With Coil Springs and Shock Absorbers No Yes
Independent Multi-Link Rear Suspension With Coil Springs, Shock Absorbers and Magnetic Ride Type Yes No
Independent Wishbone Front Suspension With Coil Springs and Shock Absorbers No Yes
In-Glass Radio Antenna Yes Yes
Instrumentation Displayed On Windshield Yes No
Intellibeam Automatic High/Low Beam Control Adaptive Xenon High Intensity Discharge Headlights Yes No
Intelligent Cruise Control Yes No
Interior Air Filter No Yes
Internet Access Available No Yes
Keyless Entry Operated Via Key Fob Yes Yes
Lane Departure Warning Yes No
L A T C H Yes No
Limited Slip Differential Yes No
Lockable and Illuminated Glovebox Yes No
Locking Pickup Truck Tailgate No Yes
Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission Yes No
Manual Sunshade Located On Sunroof Yes No
Memory Device Reader No Yes
Multi-Function Remote Operates Anti-Theft, Door Lock/Unlock, Illuminated Entry, Trunk, and Panic Alarm Yes No
Multi-Function Remote Operates Anti-Theft, Door Lock/Unlock, Perimeter Lighting, Power Windows, Remote Ignition and Trunk No Yes
OnStar(R) Hands-Free Calling With Telephone Yes No
OnStar(R) Stolen Vehicle Assistance Yes No
OnStar(R) Telematics System With 12 Months Directions and Connections Plan. Includes Automatic Crash Response, Emergency Services, Crisis Assist and Roadside Assistance Yes No
OnStar(R) Telematics System With 12 Months Directions and Connections Plan. Includes Stolen Vehicle Assistance, Remote Door Unlock, Roadside Assistance, Remote Horn and Lights, Turn-By-Turn Navigation, Hands-Free Calling, Vehicle Diagnostics and Low Mileage Discount Yes No
OnStar(R) Turn-By-Turn Navigation Aid Yes No
Panic Alarm Yes No
Passenger Airbag No Yes
Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor Yes Yes
Passenger Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment Yes No
Perimeter Lighting Yes No
Perimeter Lighting Activated Via Remote No Yes
piano black Center Floor Console, metal-look Doors, cloth Headliner and metal-look/piano black Instrument Panel No Yes
Power Child Safety Door Locks Located on Rear Doors No Yes
Power Decklid Yes No
Power Door Locks Operated Via Key and Remote With Automatic Locking No Yes
Power Electric Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering No Yes
Power Speed Sensing Rack and Pinion Variable Assisted Steering Yes No
Power Telescopic Steering Column Yes Yes
Power Tilt Steering Column Yes Yes
Power Trunk Lock/Unlock Via Multi-Function Remote and Interior Switch No Yes
Power Window Lockout Yes No
Power Windows With Front and Rear One-Touch Up and One-Touch Down Yes No
Programmable Power Door Locks Yes No
Radio Data System Yes No
RainSense(R) Rain Sensing Wipers Yes No
Rain Sensing Vehicle Speed Sensing Variable Intermittent Windshield Wipers No Yes
Rear 3-Point Center Seatbelt Yes No
Rear Air Conditioning Unit No Yes
Rear Auxiliary Audio/Visual Input Jacks Yes No
Rear Bench Folding Seats No Yes
Rear Carpeted Floor Mats Yes No
Rear Center 3-Point Seatbelts No Yes
Rear Electronic Parking Aid Yes No
Rear Electronic Parking Aid With Camera No Yes
Rear Folding Bench Seats With Headrests No Yes
Rear Heated Bench Seat With Adjustable Headrests and Fold-Down Center Armrest Yes No
Rear HVAC Ducts Yes Yes
Rear Seat Heating and Air Conditioning HVAC Controls No Yes
Rear Seat Pass Through Yes No
Rear Seat Power Outlet Yes No
Rear Spoiler Yes Yes
Rear Stabilizer Bar No Yes
Rear Window Defroster Yes Yes
Remote Fuel Door Release Yes No
Remote Ignition Yes Yes
Remote Trunk/Decklid Release Located Inside Vehicle and On Multi-Function Remote No Yes
Remote Trunk Release Yes No
Roadside Assistance Warranty for 48-Months, 50,000-Miles No Yes
Sapele Genuine Wood Trim Located On Center Floor Console, Doors, Instrument Panel, Shift Knob and Steering Wheel Yes No
Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags No Yes
Selective Locking/Unlocking Yes No
Separate Driver/Front Passenger Climate Controls Yes Yes
Side-Blind Zone Alert Yes No
Side Guard Door Beams Yes Yes
Solar-Ray(R) Deep Tinted Glass Yes No
Spare Tire Credit/Delete No Yes
StabiliTrak(TM) Vehicle Stability Control System Yes No
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Air Conditioning, Audio and Cruise Control No Yes
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio, Cruise Control and Wireless Enabled Devices Yes No
Subwoofer Yes No
Tachometer Yes No
Telephone Antenna Yes No
Theftlock(R) Radio Anti-Theft Yes No
Tinted Glass No Yes
Tire Pressure Monitor Yes Yes
Traction Control Controlled by Engine Management No Yes
Trip Computer With Trip Odometer No Yes
Trunk Anti-Trap Device Yes No
Trunk Light Yes No
Valet Lockout Yes No
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Alarm and Engine Immobilizer No Yes
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via PASS-Key III Engine Immobilizer and Alarm Yes No
Vehicle Stability Control System No Yes
Voice Activated Controls For Audio and Bluetooth(R) Wireless Enabled Devices No Yes
Voice Activated Controls For Bluetooth(R) Enabled Telephone Yes No
Voice Activated Controls For Phone Yes No
Warning Lights Include Door Ajar, Headlights-On and Key-In-Ignition No Yes
Windshield Wiper Activated Headlights Yes No
Wireless Communication Access For Bluetooth(R) Enabled Devices Yes No
Wireless Communication Access For Enabled Devices with Streaming Audio No Yes
Wood and Leather Steering Wheel Yes No
ZLEV Emissions No Yes






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