The DHS has a few more luxury goodies, such as rear window shades, analog dash like the DTS, and lumbar function in the seats. The engine and transmission are identical. The DHS also gets a grille ornament and different wheel options.

 

Base model Deville & DHS have 3:11 final drive ratio & DTS has 3:73 final drive ratio.

 

Differences - trim level, option packages. Sort of like the old model progression from Chevy Biscayne to BelAir to Impala.

The RPO sticker will tell you which options are built into THAT car.

 

DHS is basically an optioned out Deville. I think the only thing left optional is a sun roof.

 

I was initially assuming you were asking about the base vs dhs trim. Just to be clear a DHS is a DeVille as is a 2000-2005 DTS. That run of DeVilles had three trim levels: base, DHS, DTS. Going forward the 2006 & up DTS does not have the DeVille name.

 

Maybe not "technically", but then what does the D in DTS stand for?

 

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what does the D in DTS stand for?
absolutely nothing -
just like all the other alphabet soup names on the other eurolacs -

 

and hence, basscatt's well known affection for Eurolacs. Not.

 

The D is or was for deville.

 

I believe ALL "alphabet soup" names (Cadillac or otherwise) stand for something and I'm sure the D still stands for Deville, just like the C in CTS stands for Catera whether anyone (Cadillac) admits it or not.

 

From the beginnings of the FWD Northstar series -

Up until 2006 -
Deville - base
DHS - Deville High luxury Sedan - maybe a d'Elegance or Concours option was possible
DTS - Deville Touring Sedan
The 2006 and later "DTS" is the entire model name - it is not a Deville, thus the separate forum.

Up to 2004 -
Seville was Seville Luxury Sedan or Seville Touring Sedan. All Seville production ceased in 12/03. The later "STS" is not a Seville, thus the separate forum.

Up to the end of the 2002 model year - (about June of 2002)
Eldorado was Eldorado Sport Coupe, Eldorado Touring Sedan, and the last 1576 Touring Sedans were the ECS option - Eldorado Collector's Series.

 

Sub, you're talking forums, I'm talking reality. I understand the forum difference.

 

Deville Touring Sedan = DTS
Deville High luxury Sedan = DHS
2006 and up = DTS, not a Deville

 

Then what does DTS stand for after '06?

 

Same thing as ever except they stopped officially associating Deville with it.

 

It stands for nothing - the Deville model line was dropped in 2005. "DTS" was then the entire car/model name - it's not an acronym for (the top of the line) Deville Touring Sedan any more. You could buy a "DTS" in several different powertrain and trim packages.

Thus the different forums for Deville and DTS - two different cars. Same for Seville and STS.

Click the "read more" tab at the bottom of the first paragraph. Google searches turn up more of the same.

http://www.nadaguides.com/Cars/Cadillac/DeVille

 

D means deville either touring (T) or Luxury (L) S in SLS/ STS means seville luxury or touring sedan E in ETC/ELC means eldorado touring or luxury coupe C in CTS was carry over from Catera and is Catera touring sedan

 

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NOPE!
we KNOW our cars -

D means deville either touring (T) or Luxury (L)
D USED to represent DEVILLE through 2005 -
no such thing as a DLS -
DTS = Deville Touring Sedan
DHS = Deville High luxury Sedan
DEVILLE was retired AFTER 2005 -
the 2006+ DTS is just a DTS - PERIOD!

S in SLS/ STS means seville luxury or touring sedan
S USED to represent SEVILLE through 2004 -
SEVILLE was retired AFTER 2004 -
the 2005 STS has absolutely NOTHING to do with a SEVILLE - PERIOD!

C in CTS was carry over from Catera and is Catera touring sedan
the CATERA was an imported OPEL OMEGA with Cadillac emblems -
the CTS has NOTHING to do with the CATERA

E in ETC/ELC means eldorado touring or luxury coupe
LASTLY - there NO SUCH THING as an ELC -
the ELDORADO models were ETC and ESC -
Eldorado Touring Coupe
Eldorado Sport Coupe

welcome to the forum

 

.......was Catera Touring Sedan as evidenced by some early bumper cover polyvinyl parts labelled as such. "CTS" took over as the entire vehicle name in about 2003 or so - Catera ended its model run in late 2001.

"The Cadillac Catera is a four-door, five passenger, rear-wheel drive luxury sedan marketed from 1996 until 2001 by Cadillac over a single generation in the United States and Canada.[1] As a rebadged variant of the Opel Omega B, the Catera was manufactured by Opel in Rüsselsheim, Germany, and was underpinned by GM's V-body platform. Approximately 95,000 units were built and sold over five model years."

 

Anyways… Back on topic. The differences between a DHS & DTS.

Standard features/differences between the 2.

DHS Standard:
-16” wheels
-column shifter
-rear seat adjustable headrests
-memory package for 2 drivers
-power rear sunshade/manual rear sunshades
-rear seat power 4 way lumbar
-rear seat vanity mirrors
-steering wheel power tilt/telescope, wood trimmed
-trunk mat and deck lid tie down
-Zebrano wood trim on back of front seats
-black painted front grill & body kit

DTS Standard:
-fog lamps
-17” wheels
-full floor console with floor shift
-stabilitrack 2.0
-body painted front grill & body kit

DHS/DTS optional:
-adaptive seats
-rear side impact airbags
-hands free cell phone
-night vision
-in dash navigation
-stabilitrack 2.0[DHS]
-ultrasonic rear parking sensors
-garage door opener
-six disc changer
-sunroof

DTS optional:
-memory package for 2 drivers
-trunk mat and deck lid tie down
-steering wheel power tilt/telescope
-towing package, 3000lbs.
-wood trim package, steering wheel & shift knob

DHS: Northstar 4.6L V8 275hp, 300 ft-lbs. torque

DTS: Northstar 4.6L V8 300hp, 295 ft-lbs. torque

 

Yep - when "Deville" died at the end of the 2005 model year in June of 2005 the "DTS" name took over and it means nothing - "DTS" is the name of the succeeding car model. It's NOT an acronym and there are several trim levels within the "DTS" line.