Cadillac CTS-V Calling Out All Sedans - The Ford Focus Forum

**BOWERSdaAZIAN** · 10-29-2009, 12:28 AM

Quoted from TrackHQ. GM has been ramping up its advertising 10-fold recently to compare their cars against anything and everything. Wonder how this will turn out.

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Originally Posted by o-townFLA

Looks like GM is trying out a new marketing scheme calling out all stock production sedans.

Bob Lutz from GM issued a Challenge for people to submit their cars to compete against the 556hp Cadillac CTS-V.

http://www.ctsvchallenge.com/

The race happens tomorrow, and one of the entrants will be a Mitsubishi EVO X MR Touring!

Read more about it here...
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/19/c...ricy-to-stand/

It was supposed to be Jaguar XFR vs. M5 vs. Audi RS5 vs. Cadillac CTS-V. But Jaguar backed out of the competition (admitting that they'd lose), and its been replaced by an EVO X MR!

http://blogs.insideline.com/straight...lks-smack.html

Here's a turn-by-turn analysis...

http://jalopnik.com/5391779/monticel...lysis/gallery/

And here's how the two cars stack-up...
http://jalopnik.com/5391942/cadillac...by-the-numbers

Go Evo, Go... :boxer:

CTS-eVo...lol :rofl:

**fubar** · 10-29-2009, 12:35 AM

It's going to crush the evo, this competition is a joke. At lesser the Lincoln mks was handicaped by displacement

**OmniFocus** · 10-29-2009, 01:19 AM

Cool marketing work, I think.

**frdfocszx3** · 10-29-2009, 02:29 AM

I think it should do fairly well.

**Jared** · 10-29-2009, 07:04 AM

http://jalopnik.com/tag/jalopnikvsgm/

I think it's funny that the only reason the EVO is running is because it's what the Jalopnik guys were planning to drive to the event. I wish everyone else wouldn't have pussed out.

**j20000** · 10-29-2009, 08:32 AM

I wonder how the Porsche Panamera would stack up?

I'm disappointed that Jaguar pulled out. They said that it was a safety issue because the brakes weren't meant to handle that. IT'S 5 LAPS!!! How couldn't brakes handle 5 laps?!?

**boostedzx3** · 10-29-2009, 08:42 AM

This is looking alot like an evo, that a cadillac I would drive

to bad it's a chop.

**j20000** · 10-29-2009, 09:05 AM

That's because it IS an EVO.

**boostedzx3** · 10-29-2009, 10:38 AM

yep w/ a cadillac grille on it lol

**thefrush** · 10-29-2009, 12:02 PM

Isn't Jack Baruth driving a car in this?

**bigdaddyzx3** · 10-29-2009, 12:06 PM

I had a CST-V give me pursuit this morning, and then roared by me as I made a turn.

That's a bad-ass car. Period.

**biscuitninja** · 10-29-2009, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by bigdaddyzx3

I had a CST-V give me pursuit this morning, and then roared by me as I made a turn.

That's a bad-ass car. Period.

Yep, i went around one in a cloverleaf around here, once i started to pull away was quite disappointed....

fast cars though and wonderfully comfortable.

good luck
-bix

**j20000** · 10-29-2009, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by biscuitninja

Yep, i went around one in a cloverleaf around here, once i started to pull away was quite disappointed....

fast cars though and wonderfully comfortable.

good luck
-bix

Because Lord knows there is NOTHING in the world that can beat your car!!!!

Doesn't it get old...Having the fastest car EVER built??!?!?!?

Because it sure gets old hearing about it!

**sleeperlove** · 10-29-2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by thefrush

Isn't Jack Baruth driving a car in this?

Yes, he was supposed to be driving the XFR

**sleeperlove** · 10-29-2009, 03:17 PM

What timing, I go to facebook and see this as Jack's status

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Originally Posted by Jack Baruth

beat Bob Lutz and the other journalists at the CTS-V Challenge.

More info here
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/cts...stant-updates/
so he beat lutz and the other journos but got beat by the GM factory guys and Some guy in an M3 (WHO IS THAT MAN)

**Hocky** · 10-29-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by bigdaddyzx3

I had a CST-V give me pursuit this morning, and then roared by me as I made a turn.

That's a bad-ass car. Period.

It is a hell of a car. I drove one like a month ago or so.... very easy to drive and carries itself really well. I wouldn't mind having one for a daily beater, but I know I couldn;t leave it alone. I'd end up breaking parts left and right. lol

**bigdaddyzx3** · 10-29-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Hocky

It is a hell of a car. I drove one like a month ago or so.... very easy to drive and carries itself really well. I wouldn't mind having one for a daily beater, but I know I couldn;t leave it alone. I'd end up breaking parts left and right. lol

I know where this guy works... at AutoZone

... I see it out there all the time on my way home from work.

I should go in and see what he's done to it, other than an exhaust. It sounds wonderful.

**jinstall** · 10-29-2009, 04:25 PM

There are several cars I do not see here that would be nice to run against th eCTS-V

Masarati Quadaporte
BMW M5
Panamara
RS6
E64 AMG Balck Edition
Brabus Rocket
Alpina 3 and 5 series
Something from Asia, Mugen I think has something as well as Toy and Nissan in this class
Renault?
Alfa?

Don't get me wrong, I love the CTS-V and continue to look for a good deal on a used one, but I would like ot see a few more cars to comare it to.

**sleeperlove** · 10-29-2009, 05:03 PM

More details
Journos in the CTSV had to use an auto the factory guys had manual cars.
Apparently the M3 guy was slow in practice then Laid. It. Down in the show.

**biscuitninja** · 10-29-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by j20000

Because Lord knows there is NOTHING in the world that can beat your car!!!!

Doesn't it get old...Having the fastest car EVER built??!?!?!?

Because it sure gets old hearing about it!

No... its a crappy look beater with 30+k worth of race engine, transmission, suspension, race tires, against a very nice luxury car. Saying anything else would be wrong. Such as MR. J2000 has said.

But i'm at least not being an ass.

-------------------------------------------------------

Back on track....

It will be interesting, with almost 200hp more, the CTS will be crushing it on the straights... but from experience those EVO's are annoying in the turns and getting around them is very tough. I wonder if their is a tire handicap?

**Chalz** · 10-29-2009, 05:59 PM

ZOMG!!! Bix has a fast mustang with a race drivetrain and track tires that he sinks a bunch of money into!?!?!?

**biscuitninja** · 10-29-2009, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Chalz

ZOMG!!! Bix has a fast mustang with a race drivetrain and track tires that he sinks a bunch of money into!?!?!?

Doesn't everybody who owns a mustang sink stupid money into it?

I must be in the wrong club? LOL!

**j20000** · 10-29-2009, 08:50 PM

Don't get me wrong...I LOVE fox bodies...I have been looking for one that is a good solid car that would be great for a restore, but the racecar really sucks up a lot of my time and money...I just don't know if I'd have time to build it the way I wanted to....but it's just that every time someone posts a pic of a mustang (or anything for that matter), you say it's slow because it doesn't have 500hp.

**Hocky** · 10-29-2009, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by j20000

you say it's slow because it doesn't have 500hp.

500 horsepower is slow, too. lol

**getn2focus** · 10-30-2009, 06:12 AM

Interesting. I just read an article in Car and Driver that compared two of these. The CTS-V, the Jaguar XFR. They also compared it to the E63 AMG. I bet ya can't guess who won that one? Hint: not the CTS-V. lol

The CTS-V is a nice car. Personally not one I'd own but none the less, a great bargain for the price.

10-29-2009, 12:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
fubar Senior TEAM Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: TUCSON, AZ, USA Posts: 2,745	Re: Cadillac CTS-V Calling Out All Sedans It's going to crush the evo, this competition is a joke. At lesser the Lincoln mks was handicaped by displacement __________________ for those who question their being one creator, look at the picture of the molecule (laminin) that holds the human body together 2004 zx5 svt eap cd silver Mods:Eibach pro-kit, steeda strut tower brace, xcal2, custom exhaust system (magnaflow resonator, flowmaster muffler, 2.5" tubing), K&N SRI, 67mm tb, 25mm rear sway bar, msd coil/wires, dyno soon to come

10-29-2009, 01:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
OmniFocus Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Mowin' down the cones. (CA) Posts: 29,403	Re: Cadillac CTS-V Calling Out All Sedans Cool marketing work, I think. __________________ Vacuum Vulture Racing: The masters of ape latexing.

10-29-2009, 02:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
frdfocszx3 Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Sandnes, Norway Posts: 4,327	Re: Cadillac CTS-V Calling Out All Sedans I think it should do fairly well. __________________ 2009 Impreza WRX 1991 Toyota Chaser 2000 Focus ZX3 (sold)RIP

10-29-2009, 07:04 AM	#5 (permalink)
Jared Moderator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 16,061	Re: Cadillac CTS-V Calling Out All Sedans http://jalopnik.com/tag/jalopnikvsgm/ I think it's funny that the only reason the EVO is running is because it's what the Jalopnik guys were planning to drive to the event. I wish everyone else wouldn't have pussed out. __________________ '09 Subaru Legacy S.E. 5-speed '01 Subaru Forester S '09 Cannondale F4 '07 Cannondale Capo fixie

10-29-2009, 08:42 AM	#7 (permalink)
boostedzx3 [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Enola, PA Posts: 5,875	Re: Cadillac CTS-V Calling Out All Sedans This is looking alot like an evo, that a cadillac I would drive to bad it's a chop. __________________ Looking for a riding mower, snow thrower, push mower, weed wacker? Contact me, or email at LNservices@ymail.com Photoshop this euro kit and wheels on my car pleaz! http://forums.focaljet.com/focus-con...it-my-car.html

10-29-2009, 10:38 AM	#9 (permalink)
boostedzx3 [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Enola, PA Posts: 5,875	Re: Cadillac CTS-V Calling Out All Sedans yep w/ a cadillac grille on it lol __________________ Looking for a riding mower, snow thrower, push mower, weed wacker? Contact me, or email at LNservices@ymail.com Photoshop this euro kit and wheels on my car pleaz! http://forums.focaljet.com/focus-con...it-my-car.html

10-29-2009, 12:02 PM	#10 (permalink)
thefrush Just Dri-Fit! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: I LIVE IN SACRAMENTO LOL Posts: 10,938	Re: Cadillac CTS-V Calling Out All Sedans Isn't Jack Baruth driving a car in this? __________________ ((. When someone asks me the cause of a minor injury, like a scrape on my leg, .)) I like to tell them something extreme happened. Like I got attacked by a bear. ((. They're way more impressed than if I was missing an arm or something. .)) Obviously that bear didn't have crap on me. ((. .)) http://www.papabarter.com/sacstate

10-29-2009, 04:25 PM	#18 (permalink)
jinstall [FJ] Addict Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Manassas/Ft Belvoir VA Posts: 13,897	Re: Cadillac CTS-V Calling Out All Sedans There are several cars I do not see here that would be nice to run against th eCTS-V Masarati Quadaporte BMW M5 Panamara RS6 E64 AMG Balck Edition Brabus Rocket Alpina 3 and 5 series Something from Asia, Mugen I think has something as well as Toy and Nissan in this class Renault? Alfa? Don't get me wrong, I love the CTS-V and continue to look for a good deal on a used one, but I would like ot see a few more cars to comare it to. __________________ NRA Range Safety Officer Apr 2009 2001 ZX3 Race Car sleeping in Germany (was his) 2006 Jeep Liberty CRD (His) 2004 Renault Clio 1.2 16V in Germany (hers) 2008 Trek 4300 (his) 2009 Diamondback Response Sport (hers)

10-29-2009, 05:03 PM	#19 (permalink)
sleeperlove You wouldn't like me when I'm angry. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Apex hunting Posts: 9,826	Re: Cadillac CTS-V Calling Out All Sedans More details Journos in the CTSV had to use an auto the factory guys had manual cars. Apparently the M3 guy was slow in practice then Laid. It. Down in the show. __________________ “Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” - Bruce Lee

10-29-2009, 05:59 PM	#21 (permalink)
Chalz Longing for Ducman69 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: SoCal Posts: 3,397	Re: Cadillac CTS-V Calling Out All Sedans ZOMG!!! Bix has a fast mustang with a race drivetrain and track tires that he sinks a bunch of money into!?!?!? __________________ Do I really need to type out a paragraph-long disclaimer after every single post I make clarifying my sentiments?

10-30-2009, 06:12 AM	#25 (permalink)
getn2focus TEAM Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mid TN Posts: 561	Re: Cadillac CTS-V Calling Out All Sedans Interesting. I just read an article in Car and Driver that compared two of these. The CTS-V, the Jaguar XFR. They also compared it to the E63 AMG. I bet ya can't guess who won that one? Hint: not the CTS-V. lol The CTS-V is a nice car. Personally not one I'd own but none the less, a great bargain for the price. __________________ *Black 2003 SVTF* >>> E Prep Auto-X monster** What to do when you roll a rental car in an auto-x? "You quickly roll/tow/carry it onto a public road and THEN call the rental agency." -- GtnMaZumOn

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