{"id":583,"date":"2008-09-29T19:06:51","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T00:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=583"},"modified":"2008-10-11T16:18:19","modified_gmt":"2008-10-11T21:18:19","slug":"autoblog-would-buy-a-cadillac-cts-v-before-a-cadillac-xlr-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/autoblog-would-buy-a-cadillac-cts-v-before-a-cadillac-xlr-v\/","title":{"rendered":"Autoblog would buy a Cadillac CTS-V before a Cadillac XLR-V"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2008\/09\/29\/in-the-autoblog-garage-2009-cadillac-xlr-v\/\" target=\"_blank\">In the Autoblog Garage: 2009 Cadillac XLR-V<\/a> offers an interesting summary of the 2009 Cadillac XLR-V Experimental Luxury Roadster, V-Series.  The blog has a nice selection of great images of the XLR-V.<\/p>\n<p>A reasonable question that Autoblog asks is why would an enthusiast pay $100K for an XLR-V with a 443hp Supercharged Northstar 4.4L engine instead of roughly $60-65K (prices STILL not announced) for a new CTS-V with a 556hp Supercharged OHC V8?<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"S\/C Northstar Engine\" src=\"http:\/\/media.gm.com\/us\/powertrain\/en\/product_services\/2009\/Photo%20Library\/Premium%20V\/09%204.4L%20V8%20LC3%20XLR-V%20LoR_n.jpg\" alt=\"S\/C Northstar Engine\" width=\"504\" height=\"403\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">S\/C Northstar Engine<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I know at least from my personal perspective there are advantages and disadvantages of each vehicle.  The XLR cars of course are 2-seat roadsters, with folding hard top convertibles.  The CTS cars are full size sports sedans.  I like to joke that the XLR is a Corvette chassis with a Cadillac engine, while the CTS-V is a Corvette Engine in a Cadillac chassis.  Actually the LSA engine in the CTS-V is unique to the CTS-V (so far), but it makes a nice summary.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Engine Sketch\" src=\"http:\/\/us.tnpv.net\/2005\/GMC200508\/GMC2005080258248_PV.jpg\" alt=\"Engine Sketch\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Engine Sketch<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I agree that it would be fun if Cadillac had retooled and put the 556hp LSA engine in the XLR-V this year, but the 4.4L Supercharged Northstar is a jewel of an engine.  Since both cars are faster than they have to be anyway, XLR-V owners may legitimately want the smoother power delivery of the DOHC VVT Direct Injected Northstar engine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Autoblog Garage: 2009 Cadillac XLR-V offers an interesting summary of the 2009 Cadillac XLR-V Experimental Luxury Roadster, V-Series. The blog has a nice selection of great images of the XLR-V. A reasonable question that Autoblog asks is why &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/autoblog-would-buy-a-cadillac-cts-v-before-a-cadillac-xlr-v\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,144],"tags":[44,7,13,58],"class_list":["post-583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cadillac-models","category-cts-v-cadillac-models","tag-autoblog","tag-cadillac","tag-cts-v","tag-xlr-v"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":785,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions\/785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}