Porsche Panamera Turbo faster than Cadillac CTS-V on Nurburgring
By Thami Masemola
July 13, 2009 6:02 PM
Filed Under: German, Nürburgring, Porsche
Sport Auto reports that a Porsche Panamera Turbo piloted by the legendary Walter Röhrl has lapped the Nurburgring 3 seconds faster than the supercharged Cadillac CTS-V posting a time of 7:56 minutes. As quick as this is, it goes to show what a good value proposition the Cadillac is. At US$59,995 it costs less than half of what the Panamera Turbo costs. Even more impressive regarding the bang-for-buck proposition is that the two other rivals in the Panamera's segment, the Aston Martin Rapide and the upcoming Audi A7, are not expected to be any cheaper than the 564hp (415kW) Caddy.
Porsche itself has not released official Nurburgring times but if these are accurate then the Panamera will officially replace the Cadillac as the fastest production sedan on the 'Ring . CTS fans may take comfort in the fact that ‘Ring times are highly affected by such things as rubber grades, the weather and other factors.
Over the past year or so Porsche has been embroiled in a battle with Nissan regarding the latter's claim that its GT-R is the fastest production car around the Green Hell. This might be a new avenue for Porsche to stake its claim.
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like a festering cyst on the back of my neck that needs to be lanced with a rusty icepick.
Hold on...what's that? Did somebody say that Cadillac actually defeated Porsche (911s, not Panameras!) in a road racing championship series?
Copy and paste this:
http://www.gm.ca/gm/english/motion/cadillac/features/article/1234543600992
Well I guess Cadillac just got tired of the [American made] Corvette hogging all of the Porsche-beating and LeMans-winning glory.
Edited by user on August 8, 2009 at 5:14 AM
What about the ZR-1, didn't it beat both those cars?
Are you seriously comparing a CTS with an Aston Martin?
Edited by user on July 14, 2009 at 1:07 AM
I'm not a particular fan of either of these cars, but the obvious choice of the two is the Caddy. Porsche has no shame making a car like the Panamera. It's an example of profitmongering at its finest.
Besides, the Caddy is smaller and in a lower segment than the Panamera. If and when the new GM makes an STS-V, then we'll talk comparisons. We'll talk them again if the Estoque ever comes out.
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