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Roadtrip: Cadillac CTS-V vs The World

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If you’re not keeping up, that’s a video of GM VP Bob Lutz “getting ready” to race a beautiful CTS-V at Monticello Motor Club.

And one of the best parts?  I am planning to Roadtrip and attend the event!  Actually, this is not technically a roadtrip, as Monticello is a 24 hour drive from here in Texas.   So more of a fly to Philadelphia then have lunch then fly again to Newburgh NY then get a car and drive to Monticello trip.

Cadillac has a fun day planned and it should be a blast.  I am pleased to be included; BodybyFisher (on the Caddyinfo.com Forum) and I will attend from Caddyinfo.com.

So, 5 laps for the Cadillac CTS-V and 5 Super-sedan competitors around the same course at Monticello Motor Club, and a fun time for all.

Just meeting the Cadillac Team, and visiting the Monticello Motor Club would be fun.  The whole CTS-V racing the world makes it a must-attend event.

The day will include lunch with Bob, viewing of the V-Series Challenge competition and a post-challenge V-Series driving seminar led by V-Series chief engineer and racing champion John Heinricy.

We should be able to post and tweet from the event, and certainly we’ll have pics to upload after.

Best Cadillac skidpad results ever?

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I suppose the new CTS-V with magnetic ride suspension is the current Cadillac record holder for ‘official’ 200 foot skidpad performance at 0.92g (as measured by Edmund’s)

The previous CTS-V, XLR-V, STS-V as I have mentioned tended to top at 0.87g on a 200ft skidpad, although Motor Trend did manage to record a 0.90g with a 2005 CTS-V.

In a report on the 2006 XLR-V, Car & Driver notes that although they only measured a skidpad of 0.87g, Cadillac claimed a skidpad of 0.94g was attainable.  Since Cadillac and Car&Driver measure in different places (surfaces and atmosphere and method matter), then not a surprise that they might achieve different results.  But Cadillac’s claim would make the XLR-V the skidpad champion, and not the new CTS-V.

In a 2005 report, Road & Track summarized several V Series and non-V series models performance numbers:

2004 CTS 0.83 g
2004 CTS-V 0.87g
2005 STS 0.81g
2006 STS-V 0.88g (estimated)
2006 XLR 0.87g

In a model update 6/2006, Road & Track noted that the XLR-V would do 0.87g on the skidpad.

So, what we need is a no-holds barred V-Series face off, to determine who the best Cadillac corner carver is.   The test data seems to give the new CTS-V the nod, but until the Cadillac Sedan with the Cadillac Chassis and Corvette engine has gone head to head with the Cadillac Roadster with the Corvette Chassis and Cadillac engine, we just won’t know for sure.

Excellent 2009 Cadillac CTS-V composite video

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Terrific video. Warning: will make you want to write a check for a Cadillac CTS-V.

CTS-V, our new high-performance CTS. 556 hp, 551 ft-lbs of torque.
It is the … ultimate luxury performance sedan.

Performance tuned at Nurburgring. Fastest production sedan in the world by measured lap time.

This is not a boy’s car. This is a real man’s car. (Real Woman’s car also). No boy racer, no hoo-rah, no fru-fru; this is the real stuff.

The beauty of this car, is that it will lap this track at Corvette speeds, yet it is still all luxury.

It is just like a masterpiece of mechanical hardware that you can look at and appreciate every day. You can imagine a guy driving home in this thing, gets out of his car, hard day at work, shuts the door, looks behind, he goes
“Wow, what a cool car”.