100 years ago in Detroit Motor City, Cadillac was building cars. Offering the first car in a color other than black.  Starting a car with a crank was the “standard” until Cadillac invented the first electric starter.   Before cars had levers and complicated systems to drive the car, Cadillac standardized the placement of the pedals and gear set up.

They have been an engineering empire for years and everyone else followed in suit.

Today Cadillac still changes the “Standard” of what a car should be and for a price everyone can enjoy. Spending their time at Nurburgring, racing the World Challenge Series and LeMans Prototype, fine tuning every aspect of the car.  Cadillac is living up to the motto “Performance, Design, Technology.”  Everything on the CTS-V has a purpose and sometimes more than one.  The spoiler/rear taillight increases the down force keeping the tires on the road. A wide mouth grill increases the airflow to the engine, intercooler and supercharger.  Even the fog lights play the part. With the intakes designed around them to cool the large Brembo brakes.   Duel magnetic Ride control which uses metal inside the gas to change the density and keep the ride smooth.  It is such a remarkable design Ferrari and Audi bought it from Cadillac to use it on their cars. 

Luxury and speed is a combination that is hard to accomplish and ends up falling short.  The V has optional RECARO leather racing seats with eight-way adjustable bolstering.  The perfect mix of comfort and support.

They can comfortably sit almost any size person while still giving easy access to all the gagets while keeping you nicely tucked in.  Like the previous CTS’s a touch screen navigation system has been built into the dash. It has been updated to meet tomorrows standards and can do everything but drive the car for You.  It has a 40gb HD that you can store 2,000 songs on.  A rear backup camera that comes On when you put the car in reverse.  Your iPod has full contectavity and blue tooth for everything else.  It can even record the radio for you and play it back so you don’t miss your favorite song when you stop for gas.   A G-meter on the console and LED lights that blink when it is time to shift help you drive this car to the potential.  It is really easy to miss all the features and little things inside the car when you have a 556hp Eaton-Supercharged V-8 under the hood and a TREMEC 6-speed transmission.  This car is FAST, it will tear to 60 in under four seconds and top out at 191 mph!  For under $80,000 dollars this car is a steal.  Performance like this was once limited to the rich with $100,000+ super cars with a price tag like that most don’t even have half the creature comforts you find in

The V.  

My first thought of the Coupe was another XLR.  After seeing the car and Driving it is not a re-bodied Corvette but a machine all its own.  The power was amazing coupled with the AWD gave this car a great sense of speed and control.  I have driven a lot of cars but the CTS is now at the top.  The power of a super car and you are not limited by blind spots or super low sitting.  This can easily be an everyday car and a weekend warrior.  One of the coolest parts is you don’t have to have the coupe experience performance of the V.  The sedan offers all the same power and speed with only a few tenths of a sec difference and for the growing family a CTS-V Wagon yes a wagon.  It brings back the days of the nomad or performance family car, a forgotten part of Americana.  Cadillac put everything into the V and it shows.  Already a legend and will be talked about for generations.