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Michael_S · 01-26-2005, 05:57 PM

I think the best engine GM makes - arguably, the best engines in their class, period, are the LS4 (300 horsepower pushrod aluminum V8 with displacement on demand), the LS2 (400 horsepower pushrod aluminum V8), and the LS7 (500 horsepower pushrod aluminum V8). Dump the NorthStar and supercharged Northstar and spend the money that was being wasted on them making their better pushrod engines more quiet and/or adding more sound dampening materials to each model.

I read somewhere - maybe in these forums - that the V12 engine under development will be pushrod, too.

So this is the lineup I'd like to see:
CTS with 3.6 liter V6, LS4
CTS-V with LS2

STS with LS4, LS2
STS-V with LS7

DTS AWD, available with LS4 and LS2

XLR with LS4, LS2
XLR-V with LS7

Ultra Luxury Sedan (but I don't like the acronym ULS, find something different)
with LS2, LS7
Ultra Luxury Sedan-V with new V12

SRX with LS4, LS2

Escalade with LS2, LS7, new V12

... if Chrysler's pushrod Hemi can be considered an awesome modern engine by the automotive press, there's no reason that GM can't use pushrods in their own luxury models.

01-26-2005, 05:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
Michael_S 6.2 Liter LS9 Supercharged V8 Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,866	Re: What's your ideal Caddy lineup? I think the best engine GM makes - arguably, the best engines in their class, period, are the LS4 (300 horsepower pushrod aluminum V8 with displacement on demand), the LS2 (400 horsepower pushrod aluminum V8), and the LS7 (500 horsepower pushrod aluminum V8). Dump the NorthStar and supercharged Northstar and spend the money that was being wasted on them making their better pushrod engines more quiet and/or adding more sound dampening materials to each model. I read somewhere - maybe in these forums - that the V12 engine under development will be pushrod, too. So this is the lineup I'd like to see: CTS with 3.6 liter V6, LS4 CTS-V with LS2 STS with LS4, LS2 STS-V with LS7 DTS AWD, available with LS4 and LS2 XLR with LS4, LS2 XLR-V with LS7 Ultra Luxury Sedan (but I don't like the acronym ULS, find something different) with LS2, LS7 Ultra Luxury Sedan-V with new V12 SRX with LS4, LS2 Escalade with LS2, LS7, new V12 ... if Chrysler's pushrod Hemi can be considered an awesome modern engine by the automotive press, there's no reason that GM can't use pushrods in their own luxury models.