The 2009 Cadillac CTS-V Review

Cadillac - widely regarded as a car for the pensioner who has lived long enough to be awaiting the upcoming, and most certain death. Also, they're spotted among the rappers. but their latest has been spotted where Cadillac has never been before - the Nurburgring!

Somewhere along the lines, Cadillac has run into a racing car driver of some sort, which has shown them a way they can make a car that will give even the youngest and stupidest adrenaline junkies a hard time. They've fitted it with a massive, supercharged V8 engine that produces 550 horsepower! 550! That's suicidal in an ordinary Cadillac! But, this isn't an ordinary cadillac; it's a sports car!

Sure, it still looks like it was designed by a ruler alone, but Cadillac have worked wonders with the CTS, and now, it's not just a muscle car, which it wasn't meant to be, but it's also a nippy sports car! I'm sure that you're not going to find some arthritic old person trying to power slide this beast.

What they've also done, is fitted it with a limited slip differential, which gives it the ability to not only put the power down, but also, to prevent you from crashing into a tree the first time you do.

What Cadillac have done is built the CTS-V on the notorious 11 mile long race track in Germany which has more corners than any other race track. They've seen BMW, Porsche, and Mercedes, and many other companies do it, and decided it might be a good idea. The result, well, the CTS-V went around the Nurburgring in less than 8 minutes! Now, if you don't know what less than 8 minutes around the Nurburgring really means, check out the lap times of a Porsche GT2, or maybe a Nissan GTR, or even a Corvette ZR1. Once you have, you'll know that the CTS-V isn't a lazy car for drivers who can't drive faster than 30 mph.

Now, it's hard to see the point, really, because Cadillac has always been a luxury car, and much less of a sports car. Well, it has never been a sports car. But, they've gone completely out of tradition. The CTS-V isn't a comfortable luxury saloon in which you can glide over the road like a hovercraft. Once you're in a CTS-V, you're part of the action. You're connected to the road, you feel the corners, you make everyone who dares to sit in the back seat vomit, and then you vomit yourself.

OK, if all this doesn't make any sense, than let's see if this will. Take a regular race track. Introduce it to the CTS-V, and introduce the CTS-V to an Audi S4 B7 with a 4.2L V8. Then, put them up against each other, and you will really see what I'm talking about. Sure, the Cadillac produces way more horsepower, but it's a big two-wheel drive car, and the Audi is a car made to handle a corner like nothing else. That makes no difference, because once the two are up against each other, the Cadillac CTS-V will shove a big plug up the Audi's big mouth!