4th
September
2010
Caddy’s new coupe is a Grand Tourer with sporting ambitions
By Derek Kreindler, Jun. 18, 2010
Cadillac wants its new CTS Coupe to take dead aim at the Infiniti G37 and the BMW 3-Series coupe, widely considered the performance benchmarks of the luxury coupe segment. After driving the new Caddy through Northern California’s freeways, country roads and hillside passes, we’re here to tell you that Cadillac has managed to simultaneously miss the mark while creating a wonderful car in its own right; one that the brand should be proud of and will hopefully find many homes among consumers who don’t live for track days (or public road shenanigans).
Instead, the CTS Coupe does what American cars do best: look good, sound good and move you down the road with comfort and panache. Don’t think of the CTS Coupe as a second rate alternative to the BMW 335i. Instead, think of it as an Aston Martin DB9 compared to Ferrari’s F430 – both excellent in their own right, but geared towards two different kinds of drivers.
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2nd
September
2010
August 06, 2010
By Phil Floraday
Occasionally automakers ask members of the press what direction to take future products. The response is something like, “We need at least 500 hp, rear-wheel drive, a six-speed manual transmission, lots of Alcantara, and a station wagon body to hold it all.” Normally automakers get this type of feedback and literally laugh out loud. Cadillac decided to build one.
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13th
August
2010
Controversy can be a good thing, and there’s a fair bit of it surrounding the 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe, the new two-door version of the Caddy sedan with a 556-hp supercharged V8 forged in Mount Doom.
Is it better than a BMW M3 or Audi RS 5? Is it, or is it not, pathetic that Motor Trend and Car and Driver this month attempt to compare the CTS-V with these European performance coupes? Is the CTS-V’s styling – as angular as early Kraftwerk, a strange splintered diamond chip of a car – wonderful and heroic, or a fugly waste of photons?
I’ve just spent a week in the CTS-V and, while debate can be bracing and informative, I hereby invoke cloture. Here’s the cold-blooded, clear-eyed, un-debatable bottom line about the CTS-V:
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22nd
August
2008
CTS SPORT WAGON: CADILLAC’S RENAISSANCE TAKES A NEW FORM
Dramatically Designed Alternative to Larger Vehicles Makes Debut at Pebble Beach
PEBBLE BEACH , Calif. - Amidst the beauty and history of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Cadillac treats car enthusiasts to a world premiere of its latest production-car design. The 2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon makes its debut this weekend on the Monterey Peninsula, showcasing a dramatic design that elevates and updates the classic wagon body style. Read the rest of this entry »
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