[Shotimes] (OT) CTS-V in Detroit Free Press

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Ah, I think a PR flak came up with that, I doubt an engineer would make it
seem they just discovered it.
Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: "Shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 10:21 AM
Subject: [Shotimes] (OT) CTS-V in Detroit Free Press


> And the car is still ugly.......
>
> http://www.freep.com/money/autoreviews/cts15_20030415.htm
>
> Anyway, what caught my eye in the article was this paragraph:
>
> "Cadillac tested the car extensively on Germany's famous Nuerburgring
> racetrack, which led to suspension upgrades, including a bar connecting
the
> right and left front suspension towers for better handling and steering at
> high speeds."
>
> So the engineers scammed a trip to Germany to run the 'Ring, just to
> determine that the car needed a strut tower brace? I would like to think
> it's what a marketing wonk was told to put in the story, but if that's
what
> it took GM to figure it out, they still are clueless. I don't think that
BMW
> engineers are losing any sleep!!
>
> Ron Porter
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