General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has confirmed that the Cadillac CTS-V coupe has gotten the greenlight. Lutz, a longtime auto executive now in charge of marketing at GM, made the announcement during a web-chat on the automaker's FastLane website.
"As of now the V package is planned only for the sedan and coupe," Lutz wrote. He also left the door open for additions to the product lineup. A sport-wagon variant of the CTS is due out in 2010, which will certainly spur some requests for a V version of the model. To this, Lutz said that if the demand exists, "there is no reason why we couldn't do a V-Series wagon, and I would be standing in line for one, just ahead of you."
The V package gives the CTS the same 6.2-liter V8 engine found on the Corvette ZR1. Using the 556 horsepower engine that produces up to 551 ft-lb of torque, the CTS-V sedan managed a blistering 7:59.32 lap on the 'Ring. Helping out the driver is the Vette's six-speed Tremec TR-6060 manual transmission. The V-packaged sedan was introduced alongside the CTS coupe at the 2008 North American International Auto Show. This coupe should hit the market in summer, 2010.
Aside from Cadillac, Lutz was also talking Pontiac. The company has given thought to rebranding the Pontiac G8 as the new Chevy Caprice. Lutz told fans that the company is "studying the feasibility of bringing [the G8] in as a Caprice for both law enforcement and the public."
Cadillac CTS-V Coupe confirmed by Lutz
Cadillac CTS Coupe Concept
Could a CTS-V Sport Wagon be next?
By Zack Newmark
July 14, 2009 10:45 PM
Filed Under: American, Cadillac
Tags: Cadillac CTS, Cadillac CTS-V, Cadillac CTS-V Sedan, Cadillac CTS-V Coupe, Cadillac CTS Coupe, Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon, Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon, Pontiac G8, Chevrolet Caprice, Chevy Caprice
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Comments
N20_Purge
July 14, 2009 11:16 PM
I don't really like it. Too many sharp lines which don't fit on this car, and you can't tell if it is a hatchback or a CTS with 2 less doors and a boot wedgie.
dbehmoaras
July 15, 2009 1:23 AM
I love the car, but I would have to agree with you on the hatchback comment.
bcuth
July 14, 2009 11:21 PM
this is just another american piece of crap that is ugly with ugly interior and wont sell at all
Lemon
July 15, 2009 2:42 AM
You obviously haven't sat in a new CTS...or read anything about it...or know anything about cars in general...
scratchy996
July 15, 2009 12:37 PM
i'm shocked , this actually has a nice interior. now put that interior in the Vette and see what happens.
ivanadrive
July 14, 2009 11:31 PM
So it's a Corvette that looks like a premium hatchback. The problem is that a hatchback looks much cheaper than a vette, which it probably won't be.
Lemon
July 15, 2009 2:38 AM
I don't think it shares anything in common with the Vette except for the engine architecture and transmission.
Lemon
July 15, 2009 2:45 AM
I agree with you, but it has grown on me a little. Its kind of like the GTR; at first I hated the design and now I'm starting to like it a little. The two cars are also hard for me to take my eyes off of, whether I agree with the design or not.
Renegade
July 15, 2009 12:01 AM
This car looks great, and it's a RWD luxury coupe there will always be a market for this kind of cars, there are big chances that this will be my next car, if not at least a regular CTS Coupe will be just fine.
die.bahnfahrer
July 15, 2009 12:13 AM
Both Interieur and Exterior look awful...
hm... well GM... Chris Bangle (as the Devil of Cardesign) is looking for a job. He will not make nice GM´s... but at least better then all you try. :)
motorsport13
July 15, 2009 12:16 AM
i like it, a regular CTS Coupe could be a great drift car
Edited by user on July 15, 2009 at 12:17 AM
hata0101
July 15, 2009 6:14 AM
don't make me laugh, are you serious about your comment? Caddy on drifting? LOL...it float, not drift...
v6s_stink
July 15, 2009 1:14 AM
I am not really a GM fan and I especially think Corvettes are ugly heaps of squeeks. I do like this, however.
hata0101
July 15, 2009 6:12 AM
Corvette? NEVER can step into the exotic car territories...it's a poor-man's Ferrari. it's "class" internationally EVEN lower than GTR/ NSX/ EVO/ STi...
Andres2007
July 15, 2009 6:29 AM
But who even SAID that the Corvette wanted to compete with cars that are three times as expensive.
By trying to trash the Vette all you're doing is complimenting it, because you're half-admitting that, at least in some aspects, the car can rival those that are above it in price, luxury, and uselessness.
hata0101
July 15, 2009 9:30 PM
andrei2007, my point is, who the hell in this world (or in USA) will buy the $100k+ ZR1 (& all other "special" editions)? quite a few i believe. if someone can afford a sport car for more than $100k, most of them will NOT consider Corvette (except some die-hard fans)! it's the brand, the heritage, the prestique, materials & quality! WHY GM still spend fortune on R&D to make something that's...not many people interested? like this Caddy CTS coupe...i don't think it can out-sell BMW 3-series coupe/ Mercedes E-class coupe/ Audi A5...that's the segment this coupe compete against...
adz612
July 15, 2009 2:41 AM
Old grannies with attitude will buy this. Florida will be littered with them
Lemon
July 15, 2009 2:46 AM
haha any grandma who has 556 hp under her right foot is a grandma I want to hang out with! I actually think Caddy has been doing a great job of appealing to a younger crowd since the Lutz era.
car-o-bar
July 15, 2009 3:30 AM
GM has lost its credibility so much that nothing they do now will sell. If it survives this windfall, and the economy recovers, things like these might start selling for GM.
hata0101
July 15, 2009 6:09 AM
Bob Lutz again...CTS is nice & selling good, now this old man with old-time mind think the same formula on ALL forms of body style...gonna milk it until everyone feels bored to look at it. this coupe (this is NOT a hatchback) is the first one to start...it's freaking ugly! especially from b-pillar to the rear...
Dolomight 74-86
July 15, 2009 6:55 AM
I guess Lutz is trying to jump on the E class coupe bandwagon. Anyway does anyone have any Ideal of the approximate weight of this cts?
MusTang
July 15, 2009 7:52 AM
The desighn of Caddy is different from Merc, BMW etc. and that's why i like it. It has a some expressions in desighn, some fantastik shape. Cosmic jet
danteskov
July 15, 2009 8:43 AM
this CTS coupe, looks a like the E-class coupe... lol like the merc more though
DeRay
July 15, 2009 5:20 PM
I like it however I feel that they should go with a new design language for the future. One of GM's big problem in the past is keeping up with everyone. They should sit back and rethink this coupe. it is nice but it has to have some sexiness to it and right now it has those hard edges, they should make it more curvy. Then they would really have something.
Razz
July 15, 2009 6:09 PM
For a non GM fan i must say that Pontiac G8 is one really great car, and canceling it is like shooting your main artist, producer being. About the cts-v coupe, i don't like the back .. it come's too narrow and metalic, it should be more artistic than that.
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