Jalopnik - 2009 Cadillac CTS-V: First Drive

GMusa · 08-29-2008, 09:48 PM

2009 Cadillac CTS-V: First Drive

Only a couple of minutes into the briefing and already things are going bad. “The supercharged engine doesn’t trail off up to the 6,200 RPM redline, so on the track, you may find yourself hitting the rev limiter once or twice,” says a Cadillac spokesperson, preparing us for our first foray onto the track at Monticello. I’m sheepishly trying to sink further into the leather couch, hoping none of the elderly car journalists sitting around me brings up the fact that, half an hour ago, I was bouncing off the rev-limiter at full throttle in third and fourth gear, passing all of them on the wrong side of a two-lane mountain road. I guess that Cadillac considers the 556 HP, 191 MPH 2009 Cadillac CTS-V so fast that drivers — even professional car reviewers — won’t be able to fully exploit its engine on the road. The thing is, they’re wrong.

Full Review at Link with photos: http://jalopnik.com/5043650/2009-cad...+v-first-drive

davidlane · 08-30-2008, 10:04 PM

Nice review! He definitely enjoyed that day at work!

GMusa · 08-30-2008, 11:05 PM

It looks so sexy in black!

uboys · 08-31-2008, 09:39 AM

Awesome stuff. Apparently this has not yet taken the internet by storm? It's not even on Autoblog. What's up with that?

08-29-2008, 09:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
GMusa 6.0 Liter Vortec V8 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: U.S.A!!! Drives: 1998 Ford Taurus SE Posts: 1,932	Jalopnik - 2009 Cadillac CTS-V: First Drive 2009 Cadillac CTS-V: First Drive Only a couple of minutes into the briefing and already things are going bad. “The supercharged engine doesn’t trail off up to the 6,200 RPM redline, so on the track, you may find yourself hitting the rev limiter once or twice,” says a Cadillac spokesperson, preparing us for our first foray onto the track at Monticello. I’m sheepishly trying to sink further into the leather couch, hoping none of the elderly car journalists sitting around me brings up the fact that, half an hour ago, I was bouncing off the rev-limiter at full throttle in third and fourth gear, passing all of them on the wrong side of a two-lane mountain road. I guess that Cadillac considers the 556 HP, 191 MPH 2009 Cadillac CTS-V so fast that drivers — even professional car reviewers — won’t be able to fully exploit its engine on the road. The thing is, they’re wrong. Full Review at Link with photos: http://jalopnik.com/5043650/2009-cad...+v-first-drive __________________ -JD

08-30-2008, 10:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
davidlane 3.8 Liter V6 Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tampa, FL Drives: '90 Buick Reatta conv Posts: 418	Re: Jalopnik - 2009 Cadillac CTS-V: First Drive Nice review! He definitely enjoyed that day at work! __________________ davidlane Reatta Conv

08-30-2008, 11:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
GMusa 6.0 Liter Vortec V8 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: U.S.A!!! Drives: 1998 Ford Taurus SE Posts: 1,932	Re: Jalopnik - 2009 Cadillac CTS-V: First Drive It looks so sexy in black! __________________ -JD

08-31-2008, 09:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
uboys 7.0 Liter LS7 V8 Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 5,195	Re: Jalopnik - 2009 Cadillac CTS-V: First Drive Awesome stuff. Apparently this has not yet taken the internet by storm? It's not even on Autoblog. What's up with that? __________________ ----------------------------- View the 74-minute, Channel 4 documentary (2007): "The Great Global Warming Swindle" http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...47519933351566 Whatever you think, never let anyone make you feel ashamed of your doubt about anything.

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