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more about #2009cadillacctsv more comments → I love me some cleavage: I think I could master the art of 'old world craftsmanship' at GM in exactly 3 minutes. And, I if I was buying a world class performance sedan, do I w... more » Tanshanomi: "CTS-V. It's not just a great car; it's a great hood. And really, isn't cool hood construction what you look for most in a car? ...See your Cadillac d... more » weatherman: mkay, how exactly does that combine "old world craftsmanship with modern robotics?" It starts with a person putting a piece of aluminum in to a machin... more » Bullitt417: Better hope the glue holds at 190+. State of the Art? How... I've been gluing crap together (including my fingers) since I was five. IS it because... more » Drujon: I was wondering where that long, scraggley, over-processed brown hair stuck to the underside of my CTS-V hood came from... more » Miscellanea: They have people manually feeding the metal for pressing? No wonder why GM is having problems. more » Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig): I just assumed it was like this: 1. I sit in driver's seat2. I take car for spin3. Hood suddenly has giant bulge The lower dash is also completely des... more » Mobius: Forged pistons? I'm actually being serious here, kind of. more » DoctorNine: This is what God made Detroit for. Someone call up the boys in accounting. Tell them anything, but keep them building the CTS-V. more » Cognitive Friction: more » TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah: Don't mess with Texas. more » SirNotAppearing: HRE...mmmm...Oh, drool on keyboard. Not good. more » aSoundofSleep-less nights: Holy hell in a piss bucket, I just peed myself a little. Let's see what we have here: Blown LS engine - Check Four Doors - Check Sleeper Status - Chec... more » Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig): You can't deny that those aren't impressive numbers I CAN deny that those aren't impressive numbers. They are very impressive. /ass//could care less more » beercheck: Oh. My. more » -
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The Making Of The Power-Bulging Cadillac CTS-V Hood
Here's how the hood of the new Cadillac CTS-V gets its famous power bulge. You know, in case you ever wanted to know. -
#hennesseyctsv
Hennessey V700 CTS-V: 700 HP, Four-Door ZR1
The boys at Hennessey Motorsports have been busy lately. Their latest hot rodded project comes in the form of the 2009 Hennessey V700 CTS-V, packed with a mighty 700-horsepower tuned LSA. More » -
#jalopnikreviews
Top 11 Jalopnik Reviews Of 2008
We wrote 159 reviews during 2008. While culling the best for this list of the top 11, one thing became abundantly clear: America is making good cars again.
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#topgear
Top Gear Reviews Dodge Challenger, Corvette ZR1, Cadillac CTS-V...And They Like Them!
When pictures of the Top Gear team coming stateside hit the internet this summer, we were pretty sure we were in for something epic. Well, the episode just aired today, and yes, it was. From Hammond having to buy a Challenger (silly Chrysler PR team!), the boys not being allowed to be "entertaining," some kid wearing a Western Michigan t-shirt and Clarkson mistaking the ZR1 for a "muscle car" — it's a hoot. In the process, they came to the same conclusions we did in our reviews of the three newest 'merican muscular offerings on the market. Want to see the segment yourself? Hit the jump, friends. More » -
#cadillacctsv
New 556 HP Cadillac CTS-V Price To Start At $59,995
Cadillac has announced pricing for its 556 HP 2009 CTS-V super sedan will start at $59,995 for the US market. The price includes Magnetic Ride Control and a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 coupled to a six-speed manual gearbox. An auto 'box is optional as is a moonroof and 14-way Recaro power seating. Be sure to check out our CTS-V first drive as well as the full release from GM after the jump. 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. 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 » -
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2009 Cadillac CTS-V Caught in the Wild
A mere two weeks after the General revealed the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V at the Detroit Auto Show, it's now been spotted for the first time in the wild at a CTS owners meet-up. Talk about drumming up some enthusiast support grass-roots style, right? The folks at Desert-Motors.com have the scoop with some shots of the Michigan manny-plated tester getting taken for a drive by a GM employee and showing off that big hump of a hood. That hump, as you'll remember from earlier this month, conceals that giant 6.2-liter supercharged V8 producing 550 horsepower and an equal amount of lb.-ft. of torque. We're waiting for our test unit to show up here at the Jalopnik Detroit HQ in the land of the ice and snow, where the midnight sun sets and hot springs flow just so we can see how the performance traction management works on the icy pavement out front. For now we'll just have to dream — and continue to ogle the shots below. (Hat tip to Patrick Ernzen and many thanks to the folks at Desert-Motors.com!) More » -
#detroitautoshow
Detroit Auto Show: 2009 Cadillac CTS-V
Today GM officially unveiled the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V. Yes, the same CTS-V that we have seen again and again. Don't fret, we're still salivating over it. The CTS-V delivers 550 horsepower at 550 lb.-ft of torque with its 6.2-liter supercharged V8. It is available in six speed manual transmission or automatic with paddle shifters. For the suspension, Magnetic Ride Control ensures that all shocks of the road are absorbed and the Performance Traction Management system should keep all wheels on the road. It will be launching in the fourth quarter of 2008. More » -
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Detroit Auto Show: 2009 Cadillac CTS-V Embargo Breaks, Officially
After we explained earlier about GM's web-based brain-fart, it looks like the covers have now been officially blown off the wicked new 2009 Cadillac CTS-V. We're talking 550 hp, we're talking about 550 lb.-ft. of torque, we're talking magnetic ride control, we're talking performance traction management, we're talking that beautiful 6.2L LSA Supercharged V8, we're talking sub-5 second 0-60 times (actually Cadillac's unofficially claiming it'll be closer to a four-second 0-60 time). And we're talking about all of this for a price supposedly competitive with the world's luxury sports sedans. Press release below the jump. More »
