Monday, August 10th, 2009
Cadillac has recently stepped forward to let us know that their will in fact be a 2011 version of the CTS-V Coupe hitting dealerships next May.
We have no official word on specs as Cadillac is reportedly still thumbing through their options but we do know that it will be featured alongside the normal CTS Coupe. We’ll keep you updated as specs and pricing are made known.
All we can guess at this point is the 2011 CTS-V Coupe will be fast, very fast.
via Jalopnik
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Friday, December 26th, 2008
CTS-V
For the 2009 CTS-V Cadillac has inserted a new 6.2-liter supercharged “LSA” V-8 pumping out a road-ripping 556 hp and 551 lb.-ft. of torque. It’s still a Corvette-based pushrod (cam-in-block) V-8, not a multivalve, double-overhead-cam design like Cadillac’s Northstar and most other modern engines. But it is a somewhat tamer sibling of the mighty, hand-built “LS9” supercharged V-8 that generates an incredible 638 hp and 604 lb. ft. in the $100K-plus Corvette ZR1, and no one has accused that race-bred mill of inadequacy.
Like its more muscular LS9 big brother, this LSA version delivers very high performance with remarkable refinement. Its sixth-generation Eaton supercharger is far quieter than any before it, and its integrated intercooler controls intake air temperature to optimize performance. Relative to its much more expensive German rivals, it generates more grunt low in its rev range than the muscular V-10s in BMW’s M5 (398 lb. ft.) and Audi’s S6 (383 lb. ft.) put out at their torque peaks. Transmission choices are the much-improved six-speed manual and, for the first time, a heavy-duty six-speed automatic with steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters.
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