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

[Don McKinnon (AST)]

Maybe GM will be providing an Impalla SS model on this platform!

I still dream of Ford shipping over the Falcon XR8 model from Australia with
the 5.4l DOHC motor!

Wishing right now I could just by $2000 in bicycles...

Don McKinnon
95 MTX - White/Mocha 91k miles
Stage 1 Power Package with Stage 1cams
Canyon Carver Road/Race Suspension
Quaife & HiRevs Competition Clutch


-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Ron Porter
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 1:54 PM
To: Dave Kegel; Shotimes
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] (OT) CTS-V in Detroit Free Press


The one thing that irritates me about it......and it's why I still feel that
the Cadillac guys are clueless....is that they are basically using the
Corvette motor in it. Now, the Corvette-Z28-T/A motor is a nice, advanced
pushrod motor.....in a Chevy or a Pontiac....but why not have a unique
Cadillac with a kick-ass Northstar that does 400 HP?

I just get the feeling that the GM guys just don't understand what it truly
takes to compete in the M5 market.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Dave Kegel
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 1:33 PM
To: Shotimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) CTS-V in Detroit Free Press


There's more info, and a picture of it here:

http://www.cadillac.com/cadillacjsp/futuremodels/vseries/overview.html

I don't really like its looks either, but it sounds like a hell of a fun car
nonetheless.  Lot's of HP, RWD, a V8 stick, and four doors.

Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: "Shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: April 16, 2003 12:21 PM
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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