By Chris Haak I consider myself fortunate to own Autosavant and to have access to cars and events that this site affords me. It’s a privilege to attend auto shows, press launches, track days, and to drive some really great cars and trucks. And as someone who has a short attention span when it comes [...]
We built it, we love it—did you expect anything less?
Date: June 2011
Months in Fleet: 6 months
Current Mileage: 18,334 miles
Average Fuel Economy: 15 mpg
Average Range: 270 miles
Service: $0
Normal Wear: $0
Repair: $120
Damage and Destruction: $566
It’s no surprise that we constantly fight over who gets to drive our long-term CTS-V. After all, a 556-horse punch is incredibly intoxicating, especially when it’s stabled in a station wagon and gallops through a satisfying manual gearbox.
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Before I even sat inside the new 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe, I thought to myself “(insert profanity here) Cadillac you have my attention.” Coming out of the Cadillac CTS Coupe and having driven the Cadillac CTS-V Sedan, my expectations of the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe were extremely high. So before we even get into everything here, it not only met my expectations, it surpassed them.
The 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe goes to battle with the BMW M3, Audi RS5 (set for release in the states in 2012) and …
There is a stretch of road in Fairfield, CT, where our state officials put up a little sign marking it as a ‘scenic road’. Lined both sides with tall pines that blur as I hang on to the suede steering wheel, it feels more like carving through the Black Forest in Germany than a yuppie haven for New York execs. On a dark, spring afternoon I have this road to myself, and the power and handling prowess of the car are intoxicating. Reaching an intersection, I pull off the side of the road by a po…
By Carl Malek Earlier this year, Chevrolet chose the 2011 Chicago Autoshow as the backdrop to unveil the 2012 Camaro ZL1 supercar. Designed as the range-topping model in the Camaro family, the ZL1 was created to take on the best from Ford and Shelby. Despite these initial statements, Chevrolet remained silent on the exact details [...]
Lingenfelter’s 700-hp Cadillac CTS-V is a study in physics and “holy crap!”
Like Red Bull–quaffing preteens laying waste to digital innocents by the dozen in Grand Theft Auto, we’re being desensitized. It isn’t graphic violence we’re being hardened against, though; it’s gratuitous horsepower. Outputs that once stopped us in our tracks and slackened our jaws now merit an entitled shrug. Well, good. A Cadillac needs 556 horsepower to, you know, feel like a Cadillac. But 700 is one of t…
‘RACING TO THE DARK SIDE’
Taking a page from several German car manufacturers, Cadillac introduces a special limited-edition ‘Black Diamond’ version of its awesome CTS-V luxury super-high-performance sedan.
This new limited-edition ‘Black Diamond’ CTS-V sedan further makes the V-Series sedan stand out in a crowd of super-high-performing sedans. For $4,850.00 added to an already ridiculous low price of just $62,165.00 for the standard CTS-V sedan, Cadillac adds stunning black tri-coat cust…
Ever wonder what it would be like to go car-shopping if you were a billionaire? Well, Robb Report is here to help with its lists of 36 categories that tickle the fancy of a billionaire.
Of course, the results aren’t that surprising as you’ll see that cars like the Ferrari 458 Italia, Aston Martin V12 Vantage and the Bentley Mulsanne all make the list in the automotive category.
What is surprising and something that doesn’t get as depressed about our bank account balance is the Cadillac…
Not the old Vista Cruiser and certainly nothing like Clark Griswold’s family Truckster, the all-new Cadillac CTS-V is “The American Hot Rod Wagon”. Matt Farah of TheSmokingTire.com takes us, and OnStar, for a top speed run in the new 2011 Cadillac CTS-V wagon across the El Mirage dry lake bed in the video below.
For some reason my mind fails me to find any other car or wagon that you can pack full of 58 cubic feet of whatever, spend under $70 grand and still put the smack-down on most spo…
‘A QUICK CLIMB TO THE TOP’
A little over six years ago Cadillac set out to reclaim its tarnished reputation as one of the premier luxury and performance driven brands in the automobile marketplace. With the addition of the all-new 2011 CTS-V 2+2 coupe, Cadillac has once again achieved world-class sport coupe status in design, build quality, luxury, technology, super-high-performance capabilities and safety. This all-new CTS-V coupe does it all and more.
The all-new CTS-V coupe combines the al…