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Top Gear UK Hits Bonneville Salt Flats With Corvette ZR1, Challenger SRT8, Cadillac CTS-V and... Baseball Caps?

After seeing Top Gear UK boys hitting the streets of Reno in a Cadillac CTS-V, Dodge Challenger SRT8 and Corvette ZR1, we now know where they were headed — the Bonneville Salt Flats. This mess of pictures pretty much confirm that TGUK will be pushing the cars to their terminal velocity while making quips about Mormons and polygamy — and all while — umm — wearing baseball caps? Sure, whatever floats their British boats. It also looks like James May has taken a liking to a polished-up Shelby Cobra that was at the flats as well. We don't know if that'll sneak into the segment or if he's just geeking out, but Carroll Shelby will probably be suing his ass anyway.

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12:00 PM on Mon Sep 22 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
5,363 views, 53 comments

Latest by MacauleyPhyleus: There are about 8 polished Cobras in Utah. It could have been any of them. To some of more »

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UK Top Gear Comes Back To America, Tests Corvette ZR1, Challenger SRT8, CTS-V

The crew from Top Gear UK, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, are out in Nevada with no less than a Dodge Challenger SRT8, a 2009 Cadillac CTS-V and a 2009 Corvette ZR1, according to the forum fanboys over at FinalGear. The boys arrived in San Francisco on Wednesday and apparently proceeded to Reno where they were snapped hopping into their respective rides for what we can only assume will be an "America, Fuck Yeah" edition of Top Gear.

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9:40 AM on Fri Sep 19 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
11,681 views, 145 comments

Latest by el-bob: amuricans for Top gear UK! more »

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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.

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4:20 PM on Fri Aug 29 2008
By Wes Siler
24,377 views, 242 comments

Latest by mariospants: I don't really have a problem with the way this thing looks, and apparently neither do Europeans (the chickenwire thing more »

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Cadillac CTS-V Coupe: What To Expect From The Up-Powered Caddy Two-Door

Cadillac plans to take the wraps off the production CTS Coupe at the LA Auto Show in November, less than a year after showing the bold concept version in Detroit. We're now also hearing we should expect an up-powered Cadillac CTS-V Coupe to bow at this January's Detroit Auto Show. Rather than make you wait until then, the gallery below shows off what we're expecting the all-new Coupe will look like with the added power and V-styling. Hit the jump for our full report.

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1:30 PM on Thu Aug 28 2008
By The Auto Insider
9,399 views, 57 comments

Latest by karmakid: um.... does this mean good bye to the xlr, i personally loved the car, may have lacked in a few more »

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Can the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V Do Burnouts?

We can’t actually answer this question until September 24 at 12:01 AM, so you’ll just have to check out the gallery after the jump and judge for yourself. Our review of the 556 HP, 551 LB-FT, 191mph, 0-60 in 3.9 second 2009 Cadillac CTS-V will go live then. And, before you ask, no, just like the 2009 Corvette ZR1 burnout, this wasn’t me. This time, it was one of our commenters. More »

9:20 PM on Thu Aug 21 2008
By Wes Siler
7,218 views, 93 comments

Latest by JrodNJ: I'll bet dollars to donuts it's Viergang. more »

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2009 Cadillac CTS-V Police Car Creates Car Enthusiast Paradox

On one hand, this 2009 Cadillac CTS-V police car is all kinds of awesome. We can’t put our finger on precisely why. Maybe it's because it kind of reminds us of Robocop. On the other, it sort of feels like the police outnumber cruisers on Woodward today, and they’ll send your ass down for the pettiest of driving and/or walking infraction (as Wert and Ben found out two years ago). So is it awesome that the police have a CTS-V, or oppressively depressive?

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12:20 PM on Sat Aug 16 2008
By Wes Siler
5,266 views, 24 comments

Latest by AlexCConley: Well, around the Detroit area a lot of the pimp police rides were donations or drug bust cars. But,that car is more »

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2009 Cadillac CTS-V Specs Made Official, Gets 556 HP

We knew the new super-spec 2009 Cadillac CTS-V would be getting some impressive output numbers, and today the official figures are out — 556 HP at 6,100 RPM and 551 lb-ft of torque at 3,800 RPM. With those bitchin' numbers, the CTS-V will be doing 0-60 MPH in a lightning fast 3.9 seconds, with a standing quarter mile coming in at 12 seconds flat. Sure, but how fast will she go? What about 175 MPH with the six-speed auto and 191 MPH with the manual transmission? Okay, we're a little light-headed at the moment; obviously the CTS-V is warping the space around our brains.

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12:45 PM on Mon Jun 9 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
13,601 views, 65 comments

Latest by monkichi: The car still looks ugly. more »

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2009 Cadillac CTS-V Fastest Production Sedan Around Nürburgring Ever, Laps in 7:59.32

Sweet baby Blue Devil, everyone knew the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V would be some powerful strong stuff, but it just managed to lap the Nürburgring in 7:59.32 — that makes it the fastest production sedan ever to take the Nordschleife! With a projected 567 HP, tightened suspension, magnetic ride control, fancy-pants electro-mechanical rear end and a bodacious six speed at the ready, John Heinricy, executive with GM Performance Division piloted The Sedan to it's sub-eight-minute bragging rights. With the Japanese and the Americans duking it out for Nordschleife glory, we can't help but wonder how the Germans feel about all this.

[Cadillac drivers Blog]

5:20 PM on Fri May 9 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
6,651 views, 113 comments

Latest by geffel12: Presumably the y got a load of Europeans in to work on the chassis and suspension. more »

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Caddy Kills the Audi on CarDomain

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2009 Cadillac CTS-V To Produce 567 HP?

Any way you cut it, GM is going for blood with the new and improved 2009 Cadillac CTS-V and word from engineers of an unofficial rating of at least 550 HP only furthers that point. It takes a lot to make the BMW M5 look like a chump, but a 50 HP advantage will do a thing like that. Of course, the engine hasn't gone through SAE certification yet, and based on GM's history of underselling the power output on its recent engines, Edmunds Inside Line is extrapolating a 567 HP figure out of the LS9 mill. We would never go so far as to speculate on numbers, but we will wring our hands in delighted anticipation.

9:20 AM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
5,314 views, 51 comments

Latest by tehronin: Yeah, thats hot. The interior is amazing. more »