2009 Cadillac CTS-V
June 14, 2008 by Anthony Crawford
“At just under 4.0 seconds from 0-100km/h and a 12 second quarter-mile, Cadillac’s CTS-V is the world’s fastest production sedan and we can’t get enough of it”
- Anthony Crawford
With 415 kW and a crazy good 747 Nm torque at 3800rpm, a stock standard CTS-V running factory-spec road tyres demolished the world’s most dangerous race track known as Nurburgring, or “The Ring” as known by enthusiasts, in the stunning time of 7: 59.32.
Whilst the ‘time’ is truly staggering for a four door family sedan, what is even more impressive is the consummate ease with which this car handles such a demanding and dangerous track. (see video)
Apart from a new generation of GM’s Magnetic Ride Control which is said to offer drivers, a far wider choice of suspension settings from extreme on track capability to smooth highway cruising luxury, and everything else in between, there’s also a new automatic box with a fast paddle shifting option.
While GM Premium Cars is bringing the less powerful 3.6-litre V6 to Australia in fourth quarter 2008, we can only beg the GM chiefs to please ship a few of these super taxis down here too.
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You really cant argue with those numbers, beating the M5 on performance and matching it on fuel consumption (14.8L/100km). Combined with the JD Power long-term vehicle dependabilty study that ranked Cadillac well above BMW, the whole ‘Cadillac is american rubbish’ argument is over. Guess the styling is questionable but i reckon the M5 is just as polarising. I spose it doesnt have the pedigree the beemers have though
There’s no arguing with the performance, it’s just amazing, especially that claimed Ring time of 7:59. However if given the choice i would still go with M5, a car is more than just numbers and speed, and for me at least i still see Cadillac as old people’s car.
I would buy one of these in a heartbeat!
My God Amercians have awful styling taste with their cars.
Every ugly car I can think of has the US market to blame – Maxima, Accord….
Good to see the US finally lifting their game.
why di the cts-v get a smaller top grill with that fake chrome the standfard looks way better
Amazing performance and i love the styling, i guess you either love it or hate it (styling)
YES, I HATE THE STYLING, WHATS THE POINT HAVING ALL THAT PERFORMANCE, THEN LET IT DOWN WITH TERRIBLE LOOKING HEADLIGHTS AND BODY SHAPE.
With its current styling, Cadillac won’t be too popular in the luxury segment in Australia. Australia looks more towards the European look if you ask me, this is just too polarising. Also, it doesn’t have a BMW badge, perhaps the only thing allowing BMW to sell cars that look like they do now.
I’m with you guys, Americans just have no idea when it comes to style (you only have to look at the American version of the new Focus to see what I mean)
I’m not too sure on where the pricing will sit but either way I would MUCH prefer the C63AMG, M3, RS4, S4 etc.
Why on earth would you buy this before a C63AMG?!?!???
Steve, this is much much quicker!
American cars seemed to have much better styling some 15 years ago when I lived there. They shifted their focus to SUVs some time ago, which are dying off with fuel prices. Hopefully they will fix the ugliness of their cars now. This cadillac retails for over 80k US with the convertible at 100k in the US. Thats wat too much for a cadillac! To me they are trying to hard. You could put this engine in a German tank and get 4.0s, with better looks to boot. I just dont see the point.
I love this car! Come on BRING IT HERE! The interior is very niiccceeeeeeee! TOO! :D
I hear you Alborz :)
Just don’t like the look of the thing! hehe
AMG still hammers out a 4.4s 0-100 which isn’t exactly shabby…I know what you mean though :)
I wonder what the pricing will be like? I’ve done a quick google but can’t seem to find anything.
I’m more impressed after watching the video of the 7min59 lap around the big ring.
I just noticed something is that the VE GTS rims on the first image of the Cadillac?
Nice perfomance and not a bad exterior with a nice interior.
But ugly there just trying to hard .And every time america trys to impress thay just stick big engines in make them go quick and thay think thay got winning formula.It may be faster than german cars but we all realy know which cars are better enginered.Theres a lot more t oa car than just being few tenths quicker than your opposition
I was just thinking…. inorder to promote the new Cadillac CTS surely they would have chosen a range of photographs which show of its best features or were taken from its best angle…?
Then I realised.. It doesn’t have any and there isn’t one.
I mean the front on pic with the two women getting out of it. shows people its got a “smile” similar to that of a pimply faced adolescent wearing braces.. not good! and the two girls look like they are a couple of Mexicans who have just made it [ilegally] across the USA border – are about to dump the car in the middle of a field in the middle of nowhere and make a run for it.. not a good image
The brother car HSV should be going this quick IF NOT FASTER, where is the issue?
Cheers
F-0
People wanting to buy this car has performance pretty much at the back of the mind,
I can see rich people wishing to be unique buying this car, or those rich american expats who land high end job roles here in Aus…
Joober Says:
June 15th, 2008 at 12:37 am
People wanting to buy this car has performance pretty much at the back of the mind,
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Well I would think that this usually is the case with a lot of sports cars. By the time a lot of owners of Ferraris and Lambos etc are able to afford them, they would be pushing retirement age if not already over it.
Me however, I would like to own a Ferrari F355 (my dream car as a kid) by the time I turn 40 in 15 years time. I think this is a realistic goal, so long as in the future I’m not married to a woman who has me on a tight leash. :)
You always have the average joe (knows nothing about cars) who hit the jackpot at sharemarket, poker, lotto etc too.
hehe 15 years is a long wait, I know when I was around 16 or younger I was dreaming about an F40, not I look at it i’ll rather the Enzo, or even a F430… Scuderia of course :P, somehow I cant stop oggling at the Gallardo each time I past the Lambo dealership at Chapel Street here in Melbourne….
As the BMW advert says: “It is not how fast you go… it’s how you go fast”….
I am one of those stupid Americans that own a 2009 CTS-V .
I see you all in my ear view mirror, with you doors blown off and tears in your eyes.
Hate us not because the CTS-V is a better and faster car for 64K US dollars than the twice to three times the cost of your euro cars… The 2009 CTS-V is just better, and I have no thoughts of the snob appeal owning a MB, BMW, or Porsche.
BTW, the V is as advertised, one very fast puppy, many have been modding the car and getting very, very fast times. Boosting the HP up with small changes, the Sports tuning people really can speed this car up because it has the LSA engine.
The etyling is fine unless your just trying to be a nabob, jackwipe