First Ride: V for Vendetta

91 s-10baja · 06-10-2008, 11:12 PM

This Cadillac has five-point harnesses. Its hand-stitched leather dash has a bunch of non-production toggles and buttons for stuff like the fire extinguisher. Also odd is that there's a guy in the driver's seat wearing a helmet. This would be John Heinricy, the man who has taken many a GM car to its limit on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, and who has pushed this very Cadillac CTS-V to a time of 7:59:32 on that 13.9-mile track. Today, the venue is a bit less auspicious but no less important: Heinricy is about to demonstrate the CTS-V on a couple of hot laps around GM's newest test track at its Milford Proving Ground. This handling loop was built four years ago at the behest of one Robert A. Lutz, and it is a tangle of some seriously demanding turns, many of them inspired by that little country circuit in Germany. As with the Nürburgring, there is a Karussell and a downhill double-right-hander like Pflanzgarten. Hence, the place's nickname: The Lutzring. It's a wonder that a company as large and as powerful as GM hasn't had something like this until now, but it also explains why, until quite recently, so many of GM's cars handled like drunken rhinos.
http://www.motivemag.com/pub/feature...ac_CTS-V.shtml

psece · 06-10-2008, 11:24 PM

I had to get a second keyboard to type this. My drool killed the first keyboard.

CTS-V - First Generation with Cadillac's eye on power. Second generation with Cadillac's eye on the details....

megeebee · 06-10-2008, 11:24 PM

A very great achievement. GM can be very proud.

goblue · 06-10-2008, 11:28 PM

Homerun? Its sure starting to look that way.

jasaero · 06-10-2008, 11:30 PM

Wow! Best article yet from those that got a ride in the V. Love the closing. Must goto this link and read the whole thing.

redimpss5 · 06-10-2008, 11:37 PM

Under 8 minutes on street tires? Wow!

zete · 06-10-2008, 11:45 PM

I so wish it had AWD as an option. I'd consider one in a few years once the kids are off in university and it's just the wife and me again. No need for a huge family hauler

.

I do like the fact they said the car is comfortable. I'm rather tired of sports sedans that figure kidney damage is the entry price for this type of performance. I'd rather have my bodily organs survive a trip in the car.

The fact it remains a Cadillac is what I most like.

Hooray!

MadeinDetroit · 06-10-2008, 11:52 PM

$58k????

minnfang · 06-10-2008, 11:57 PM

OK, I'm officially in love with the new CTS-V. I wasn't so sure about the front end before, but the pictures with this article show that the front fascia has a lot more style than I thought. I love how it is kind of recessed around the upper grille.

And the performance - who could argue with that? Probably Jeremy Clarkson. I can see him driving it, and complaining about how it looks and drives like two tons of pig iron beaten into the shape of a car by a first grader.

milton112c · 06-11-2008, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by minnfang

OK, I'm officially in love with the new CTS-V. I wasn't so sure about the front end before, but the pictures with this article show that the front fascia has a lot more style than I thought. I love how it is kind of recessed around the upper grille.

And the performance - who could argue with that? Probably Jeremy Clarkson. I can see him driving it, and complaining about how it looks and drives like two tons of pig iron beaten into the shape of a car by a first grader.

Hahahahah, I don't even he could find a fault with the car besides the nose, which im not too fond of. Performance and price are AMAZING!!!

Fusion2.3H · 06-11-2008, 02:27 AM

save the 12k it would have cost to get a GT-R and tune it up to get the extra 10% HP and destroy the GT-R

jgill16 · 06-11-2008, 02:59 AM

I see hottness everywhere! Now days it's cool to be a caddy daddy. LOL

FierySolstice · 06-11-2008, 07:18 AM

Wow I can't believe the price of only $58k! Thats amazing. I would much rather drive this than any M or AMG. I can't wait for the smaller Caddy to arrive and get the V treatment!

zabolots · 06-11-2008, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by FierySolstice

Wow I can't believe the price of only $58k!

Only?!?! You must be in a different income bracket than I am!

Olds88 · 06-11-2008, 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by minnfang

OK, I'm officially in love with the new CTS-V. I wasn't so sure about the front end before, but the pictures with this article show that the front fascia has a lot more style than I thought. I love how it is kind of recessed around the upper grille.

And the performance - who could argue with that? Probably Jeremy Clarkson. I can see him driving it, and complaining about how it looks and drives like two tons of pig iron beaten into the shape of a car by a first grader.

Actually except for the interior, Mr. Clarkson liked the last CTS-V and was amazed that it put an RS4 in it place. He called it an excellent driver's car.

06-10-2008, 11:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
psece 3.8 Liter Supercharged V6 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Roseville, CA Drives: 2003 Chrysler Town & Country 2005 Chevy Malibu Posts: 734	Re: First Ride: V for Vendetta I had to get a second keyboard to type this. My drool killed the first keyboard. CTS-V - First Generation with Cadillac's eye on power. Second generation with Cadillac's eye on the details.... __________________ Erik

06-10-2008, 11:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
megeebee 5.3 Liter LS4 V8 Join Date: Feb 2005 Drives: 2005 CTS 3.6 Posts: 3,334	Re: First Ride: V for Vendetta A very great achievement. GM can be very proud. __________________ "And that's why the Chevy Volt has been on the cover of every publication in the country for the last 18 months. This is not about cars. It's about America, dammit. Times are tough, and we're all tired of people in other countries laughing at us." -Gary Witzenburg

06-10-2008, 11:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
goblue 5.3 Liter LS4 V8 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 3,366	Re: First Ride: V for Vendetta Homerun? Its sure starting to look that way. __________________ E-Flex is the future of everything automotive. A plug in Prius is not the same as a VOLT. Hydrogen is dead. 8 speed transmissions are irrelevant.

06-10-2008, 11:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
jasaero 3.9 Liter V6 Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 934	Re: First Ride: V for Vendetta Wow! Best article yet from those that got a ride in the V. Love the closing. Must goto this link and read the whole thing.

06-10-2008, 11:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
redimpss5 6.0 Liter Vortec V8 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,617	Re: First Ride: V for Vendetta Under 8 minutes on street tires? Wow!

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06-10-2008, 11:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
zete 6.2 Liter Vortec V8 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NCR, Great White North Posts: 2,873	Re: First Ride: V for Vendetta I so wish it had AWD as an option. I'd consider one in a few years once the kids are off in university and it's just the wife and me again. No need for a huge family hauler . I do like the fact they said the car is comfortable. I'm rather tired of sports sedans that figure kidney damage is the entry price for this type of performance. I'd rather have my bodily organs survive a trip in the car. The fact it remains a Cadillac is what I most like. Hooray!

06-10-2008, 11:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
MadeinDetroit Walking Join Date: May 2008 Location: Michigan Drives: '07 G6 GT Sedan Posts: 8	Re: First Ride: V for Vendetta $58k???? __________________ 2007 Pontiac G6 GT Sedan " I'm a fan of all cars. I choose to buy American to support the rising quality of Detroit cars. The world needs to take notice. "

06-10-2008, 11:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
minnfang 3.9 Liter V6 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 957	Re: First Ride: V for Vendetta OK, I'm officially in love with the new CTS-V. I wasn't so sure about the front end before, but the pictures with this article show that the front fascia has a lot more style than I thought. I love how it is kind of recessed around the upper grille. And the performance - who could argue with that? Probably Jeremy Clarkson. I can see him driving it, and complaining about how it looks and drives like two tons of pig iron beaten into the shape of a car by a first grader.

06-11-2008, 02:27 AM	#11 (permalink)
Fusion2.3H 1.8 Liter ECOTEC Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 59	Re: First Ride: V for Vendetta save the 12k it would have cost to get a GT-R and tune it up to get the extra 10% HP and destroy the GT-R

06-11-2008, 02:59 AM	#12 (permalink)
jgill16 1.8 Liter ECOTEC Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 51	Re: First Ride: V for Vendetta I see hottness everywhere! Now days it's cool to be a caddy daddy. LOL

06-11-2008, 07:18 AM	#13 (permalink)
FierySolstice 3.8 Liter Supercharged V6 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Philadelphia Drives: 2007 Saturn Aura Posts: 606	Re: First Ride: V for Vendetta Wow I can't believe the price of only $58k! Thats amazing. I would much rather drive this than any M or AMG. I can't wait for the smaller Caddy to arrive and get the V treatment! __________________ Past Rides: 1991 Saturn SC 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse 2005 Pontiac G6 2000 Pontiac Grand Am 2007 Saturn Aura Future Rides: Saturn Sky/Chevy Camaro/Pontiac G8/Cadillac CTS Coupe Pontiac will be driving excitement once again!

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