Monday, August 3, 2009

Cadillac CTS-V Coupe confirmed


General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has accepted that the Cadillac CTS-V auto has gotten the greenlight. Lutz, a longtime auto controlling now in allegation of business at GM, fabricated the advertisement during a web-chat on the automaker's FastLane website.
"As of now the V amalgamation is planned alone for the auto and coupe," Lutz wrote. He additionally larboard the aperture accessible for additions to the artefact lineup. A sport-wagon alternative of the Cadillac CTS is due out in 2010, which will absolutely activation some requests for a V adaptation of the model. To this, Lutz said that if the appeal exists, "there is no acumen why we couldn't do a Cadillac CTS-V wagon, and I would be continuing in band for one, aloof advanced of you."
The V amalgamation gives the Cadillac CTS the aforementioned 6.2-liter V8 agent begin on the Corvette ZR1. Using the 556 application agent that produces up to 551 ft-lb of torque, the Cadillac CTS-V auto managed a baking 7:59.32 lap on the 'Ring. Helping out the disciplinarian is the Vette's six-speed Tremec TR-6060 chiral transmission. The V-packaged auto was alien alongside the CTS auto at the 2008 North American International Auto Show. This auto should hit the bazaar in summer, 2010.
Aside from Cadillac, Lutz was additionally talking Pontiac. The aggregation has accustomed anticipation to rebranding the Pontiac G8 as the fresh Chevy Caprice. Lutz told admirers that the aggregation is "studying the achievability of bringing in as a Caprice for both law administration and the public."

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