The trim panel on the driver's door integrates the door handle with repositioned power window toggles and two low-mounted latch-lid storage bins. Window switches provide one-touch express up and down movement for all four side windows, with pinch-guard protection that senses any resistance to closure (like small fingers), then reverses the path traveled by the glass.

Leather-covered seats with eight-way power are now installed in all Cateras, the unique Sport Package seats having been discontinued in mid-2000. (The Sport Package does still add heaters to the standard seats.) The rear bench seat splits and folds in sections. Trunk access for longer items is available through a panel behind the center armrest.

Safety equipment includes seat-mounted side-impact airbags along with the required front airbags; and three-point safety belts for all five seating positions, with pretensioners for the front seats and height adjustments on the four outboard seats. Catera's head restraints adjust taller than most.

Overall, Catera feels luxurious and comfortable, and it has power controls for everything, plus a high content of premium appointments.