{"id":778,"date":"2008-10-11T16:25:52","date_gmt":"2008-10-11T21:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/?p=778"},"modified":"2008-10-11T16:25:52","modified_gmt":"2008-10-11T21:25:52","slug":"clarkson-on-the-2009-cadillac-cts-v-buy-it-and-blast-through-the-recession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.caddyinfo.com\/wordpress\/clarkson-on-the-2009-cadillac-cts-v-buy-it-and-blast-through-the-recession\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarkson on the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V: buy it and blast through the recession"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone at the Times of London<\/a> has written a meandering but fundmentally positive review of the new Cadillac CTS-V and then signed Jeremy Clarkson’s name to it.\u00a0 Jeremy Clarkson<\/a> is an English Broadcaster, and one of three presenters of the British television show Top Gear.\u00a0 Apparently he also writes for the Times.<\/p>\n

Someone is in trouble.\u00a0 Top Gear is a fun watch, and has a lot of character built up in the show.\u00a0 They have great traditions on how they test cars and how they discuss them, so that the audience knows more or less what to expect at each step.\u00a0 One of the things we have come to expect is that American cars will be pilloried by the program.<\/p>\n

I liken it to a story I once heard of two brothers.\u00a0 The older brother was a good sort.\u00a0 The younger brother however was a natural athlete, quite good looking, someone who seemed to lead a bit of a charmed life.\u00a0\u00a0 The older brother missed no chance to suggest that the younger was perhaps a bit simpleminded, or stupid.\u00a0 It was not true, but he was left with no other areas he COULD compete, you see.\u00a0 The US and UK are great friends and allies, and especially these days we’re all in this together.\u00a0 But I think someone with a heady sense of history and wistful for another time when Britain ‘ruled the world’ has little other way to compete than to suggest that Americans are somehow less cultured or more boorish.<\/p>\n

Anyway, back on topic!\u00a0 Here are some key descriptions of the CTS-V from the article by vehicle area:
\nThe interior is a nice place to be.
\nThe exterior is a good looking car.
\nIt sounds more refined than an AMG.<\/p>\n

So make no mistake: financially, the Cadillac smashes the M5, completely and utterly.
\nAnd here\u2019s the next part. Round the N\u00fcrburgring, it smashes it again<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First the markets go upside down, now Clarkson LIKES an AMERICAN car? I am losing my grip on how things are supposed to be.\u00a0 I am not complaining, I am just stunned.\u00a0 The entire Cadillac CTS-V release is very much that way though — this car is just BETTER than I expected.<\/p>\n

The Clarksometer <\/strong>You’d be mad to buy anything else<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[Speechless]<\/p>\n

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