Video: Double Bill – C/D and MT pit Cadillac CTS-V Coupe vs. Audi RS5 vs. BMW M3
by AutoBlog on Jul.30, 2010, under Auto Blog
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Videos, Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Luxury
The Cadillac CTS-V Coupe has some serious performance chops. The potent angular coupe is loaded with a blown 6.2-liter V8 capable of 556-horsepower, 15-inch front and 14.7-inch rear Brembo brakes and a Magnetic Ride Control suspension setup. Impressive stats to be sure, but does Cadillac’s sleek two-seater have the goods to take on the BMW M3 coupe and Audi RS5?
Both Motor Trend and Car and Driver have obviously been pondering the same question, as the competing buff mags dusted off their camcorders and cut up a pair of comparison videos featuring the three super coupes doing a ménage à trois of the automotive kind.
Make the jump to experience both videos. In the first video, MT goes all-out with its comparison, bringing both Editor-in-Chief Angus McKenzie and the spanking new CTS-V Coupe to Germany to take on the pair of well-established Bavarian competitors. The second video shows the unique C/D approach, with no first, second or third place finishers and not a single word is uttered. C/D just let the hot coupes speak for themselves with beautiful pictures and heavenly exhaust notes.
[Sources: Car and Driver, Motor Trend]
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Weekend time-waster: Cadillac CTS-V Coupe configurator
by AutoBlog on Jul.24, 2010, under Auto Blog
The first production examples of the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe are hitting dealer showrooms as you read this, and whether you’re seriously considering buying your own 556-horsepower coupe or just feel like killing a little time dreaming, Cadillac now has a fully-functional configurator online.
It takes at least $63,465 (plus another $825 for destination) to get your own super-Caddy, which comes standard with a six-speed manual transmission, navigation and premium sound system. Another $3,400 nets you a set of race-ready Recaro performance seats, and if you opt for the up-level thrones, a suede-rimmed steering wheel and shift knob combo is available for another $300. If rowing your own gear isn’t appealing, you ought to be ashamed of yourself the six-speed automatic is a $1,300 option. Check every conceivable box, including an up-level paint job and you’re looking at a $72,560 sticker. That’s a lot of cheddar no matter how you slice it, but a quick comparison against the other mega-performance coupes on the market shows that this Caddy is a relative bargain. Have fun configuring your own blown two-door Caddy. Thanks for the tip, Khalid!
[Source: Cadillac]
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Reader Submitted: Autoblog-themed Forza Motorsports McLaren MP4-12C and Cadillac CTS-V Coupe
by AutoBlog on Jul.20, 2010, under Auto Blog
Filed under: Etc., Technology, Cadillac, Toys/Games, Design/Style
This. Is. Awesome. Autoblog reader Jason L. over at Second Method Graphic Design has been so kind as to share a couple of skins he’s devised for both the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe and the McLaren MP4-12C in Forza Motorsports 3. Why do we care? Because these particular wraps are a tribute to a certain blog that obsessively covers the auto industry. Call us vain, but there’s something cool about seeing our logo slathered all down the sides of two very lust worthy pieces of metal, even if they only live in the virtual realm.
Maybe we should talk to Cadillac about getting into a long-term tester with a similar theme. Something tells us that McLaren would be somewhat less receptive. Leder says that you can purchase either of the two designs through his Forza storefront for a nominal fee. The guy also has a slew of other very attractive liveries in case you don’t feel like sporting your AB pride on your fenders. It’s fine, we won’t be offended. In fact, might we suggest The Simpsons-inspired Datsun 510 in Mr. Sparkle livery or the Ikea Saab 9-3?
[Source: Second Method]
Reader Submitted: Autoblog-themed Forza Motorsports McLaren MP4-12C and Cadillac CTS-V Coupe originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
First Drive: 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe
by Automobile Magazine on Jul.10, 2010, under Automobilemag.com
Unleashing a 556-hp, American coupe on the streets of Europe.
DETROIT TO PARIS
Charles de Gaulle airport is a confusing mess, but I forgive it its trespasses because it is, after all, the portal to Paris, one of my favorite cities in the world. On this particular day, having arrived on Air France’s overnight flight from Detroit, I am even more keen than usual to arrive in the City of Light. That’s because, rather than taking the dreary RER commuter train into the city center, I will be at the wheel of a 2011 Cadillac CTS-V coupe. Hanspeter Ryser, Cadillac’s Zurich-based European PR head, meets me in baggage claim and escorts me to an underground parking structure. “I think it’s in aisle 20,” he says as we stroll through the low-ceilinged space. Eighteen, nineteen, twenty. One glance down the row of tightly packed Renaults and Peugeots in aisle 20 is all it takes to spy the distinctly chiseled, high rump of the big red coupe from Detroit. Ryser pops the trunk lid and points out a thick dossier under the trunk floor that will come in handy should any authorities question the Michigan license plates. He apologizes for the navigation system, which is still dialed in for America rather than Continental Europe, hands me the keys, and wishes me well. This Caddy is mine!
Photo Gallery: 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe First Drive – Automobile Magazine
First Drive: 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe is angular, unhinged glory
by AutoBlog on Jul.09, 2010, under Auto Blog
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Cadillac, GM, First Drive, Luxury
We’ve already discussed the complete, audacious beauty that is the 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe. Not only is it one of the most attractive designs to come out of General Motors in decades, but it’s arguably one of the best-looking vehicles on the road today, proving that Cadillac (and GM, for that matter) is once again capable of delivering world-class designs.
Sexy? Yes. But can she cook?
We don’t have many complaints about the 304-horsepower, direct-injection 3.6-liter V6 found under the hood of the standard Coupe. It certainly means well and does a good enough job of keeping the CTS experience entertaining, but we’d be liars if we didn’t say we’d rather have a powerplant with a few more stones – 252 more, to be exact.
Enter the 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe. It has a supercharged V8 that makes 556 horsepower. It comes with a six-speed manual transmission as standard equipment. It’s under $65,000. Not only that, but the larger cojones found on the V sedan are translated into the coupe’s styling, making for a car that’s at once audacious and vicious, with a beating heart of total lunacy.
In the late 1990s, General Motors gave us the Opel-derived bar of soap known as the Cadillac Catera, telling us that it was “The Caddy That Zigs.” But the Catera is long gone (good riddance) and we’ve found a candidate that’s more worthy of carrying on that short-lived tagline. Take your blood pressure medicine, folks – the CTS-V Coupe is here. And it does a lot more than simply zig or zag – it utterly dominates the high-powered sports coupe segment.
Photos by Steven J. Ewing and Chris Shunk / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc.
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First Drive: 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe is angular, unhinged glory originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe headed to dealers ahead of schedule
by AutoBlog on Jul.06, 2010, under Auto Blog
Filed under: Car Buying, Coupe, Cadillac, GM, Luxury
When we had our first shot at the 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe, we described it as “audacity in motion.” After all, the new Caddy coupe is indeed one of the most attractive designs to come out of General Motors in quite some time.
In an effort to get these hot new two-plus-twos out on the road as soon as possible, Cadillac is ramping up production of the CTS Coupe a bit early, and the first few models are starting to roll off of assembly lines at GM’s Lansing Grand River assembly plant. Pricing starts at $38,990 for the base, rear-wheel-drive model, which will be joined by the pavement-bending CTS-V Coupe later this year.
Check out the sexy new CTS Coupe for yourself in the gallery below, and hit the jump to read Cadillac’s press release.
Gallery: First Drive: 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe
Photos by Damon Lavrinc / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc.
[Source: Cadillac]
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2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe headed to dealers ahead of schedule originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Report: Chinese-market Cadillac SLS to get 2.0L DI turbo four-cylinder
by AutoBlog on Jul.06, 2010, under Auto Blog
Filed under: Sedan, China, Cadillac, Luxury
According to a report out of China, Cadillac is planning to add the 2.0-liter turbocharged, direct-injected Ecotec in-line four-cylinder as an option in the SLS sedan. The SLS, you’ll recall, is an extended-wheelbase version of the STS built only for the Chinese market. The SLS will likely use the same 220 horsepower, 258 pound-foot version of the 2.0 turbo being installed in the Buick Regal/Opel Insignia.
The 2.0-liter actually offers more torque than the 3.0-liter direct-injected V6 already offered in the SLS and nearly as much horsepower as the 3.6-liter, so it should be a viable option for the big sedan. Considering that most of these cars are purchased for executives to be driven around in, absolute performance and driving pleasure might as well take a back seat to running costs anyway, right?
[Source: TheTycho]
Report: Chinese-market Cadillac SLS to get 2.0L DI turbo four-cylinder originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Rendered Speculation: Vintage hot rod reimagined with CTS-V power
by AutoBlog on Jul.03, 2010, under Auto Blog
Filed under: Concept Cars, Classics, Coupe, Performance, Cadillac, GM, Specialty
The last time we checked in with Bo Zolland he was rendering a Camaro to do Le Mans duty. Half a year later, he’s stayed in the house of General Motors but gone back in time – on the outside, at least. His 33-34 hot rod is beautifully traditional from the windshield back, but mixes it up in front with that cowcatcher grille flanked by integrated headlights and the six hood-bursting pipes.
We wouldn’t mind seeing where the other two pipes emerge, because under that hood is meant to be the 556-horsepower V8 from the Cadillac CTS-V. The sound of that lump through massively shortened pipes would be prodigious, and keeping all that power on the road while moving forward might take all of your attention with those narrow wheels. Give us a set of rims from the Cadillac-powered VRS, on the other hand, and we’d be all about it. You can check out Zolland’s latest in the gallery of photos below.
Gallery: Bo Zolland’s Cadillac 33-34
[Source: Carscoop]
Rendered Speculation: Vintage hot rod reimagined with CTS-V power originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Cadillac ad account goes to Fallon, so Chrysler’s account goes to… ?
by AutoBlog on Jun.29, 2010, under Auto Blog
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Cadillac, Chrysler
General Motor’s VP of Marketing Joel Ewanick has found a home for the wandering Cadillac account: Fallon. That home, however, wasn’t empty: last December Fallon won the Chrysler account and created the Pentastar’s “Coming Home” ad campaign that aired during the Super Bowl earlier this year. It’s unlikely that Chrysler will want to share a bed with Cadillac, so the seven-month-old account will most likely be the next one to move on.
Fallon held the BMW account until 2005 and oversaw the BMW Films that continue to rule the landscape of extra curricular automotive video marketing. We’re not saying that we want them to do the same thing with Cadillac, but if Fallon can conjure something even half as cool it would be an awesome start for everyone. As for Chrysler, perhaps it could step over to Wieden+Kennedy, who did the new and critically approved 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee ad. Just stay away from the high concept stuff for a little while longer…
[Source: Automotive News - Sub. Req.]
Cadillac ad account goes to Fallon, so Chrysler’s account goes to… ? originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Barrett-Jackson OC ‘10: Louis Vuitton-trimmed 1962 Cadillac fetches $40K
by AutoBlog on Jun.27, 2010, under Auto Blog
Filed under: Convertible, Auctions, Cadillac, Design/Style, Luxury
Check eBay Motors or Craigslist for a ‘62 Cadillac convertible and you’re likely to find a slew of them for less than ten grand. A particularly nice example might fetch twice that. So why did this particular Series 62 convertible bring in $40,000 at the first Barrett-Jackson auction in Orange County, California? Probably because OC-dwellers loves them some Louis V.
While this Series 62 Custom Convertible was pretty stock underhood, the car featured a tangerine metal-flake paint job courtesy of House of Kolors, a custom touchscreen sound system with over 1000 watts of power, and ginormous 22-inch wheels. All that aside, it was the monogrammed top and interior that really put this special caddy into the 40K range. What seemed like a square mile of genuine Louis Vuitton leather and “vinylized Egyptian cotton” – just like the handbags! – was used to fabricate the custom top and to cover almost every interior surface save for the gauges. Whether this car will be driven or used as a tear-down for its handbag raw materials is a question only the new owner can answer. Check out the gallery below.
Barrett-Jackson OC ‘10: Louis Vuitton-trimmed 1962 Cadillac fetches $40K originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
