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Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon (2011) [Reviews]



Cadillac has announced the Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon Car Show, the addition next to its future performance V-Series line. It combines performance and luxury landmark CTS-V Sport Sedan with the dramatic design of CTS Sportwagon.

"Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon is a natural extension of the V series and CTS range offers uncompromising performance, car enthusiasts who want the extra space and the wagon," said Don Butler, director of marketing Cadillac. "V-Series Sport Wagon is another hallmark of the dramatic presence and power of Cadillac vehicles."

The exterior is finished in midnight silver for the first time in the Cadillac Sixteen Concept, and accentuated by bright Liquid Silver-finished wheels and a black chrome finish on the screen of the network. The rear bumper, the top and a center high-mounted spoiler lamp are also unique in stopping the car show.

Inside, the Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon Auto Show is full of exclusive leather-trimmed black Alcantara. The top of the door panels and dash top are covered in the same premium leather accented with wood sapele midnight, while the microfiber material and stitching is applied to the lower door panels, the pillars, console lid, roof and the center of the wheel. The car show features fine grain black leather-trimmed seats with inserts of Alcantara Recaro. The seat inserts are located in the center and accented with dark gray stitching, while the V-Series logo is laser engraved on the back seat. Obsidian black with accents of the center console, steering wheel and console door panels.
The custom show car color and trim refers to the possible direction of finishes and colors in the future Cadillac models. These products are not intended for production, but the desire to represent Cadillac to assess customer reaction to new colors and finishing options.

Compressor performance

The 6.2-liter supercharged V-8 drives the Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon - the same engine found in the acclaimed V-Series sedan and coupe models. Rated at 556 horsepower (415 kW) and 551 lb.-ft. of torque (747 Nm) is the most powerful engine offered in Cadillac's history.

The engine is equipped with an intercooled Eaton vortex series Twin ™ (TVS ™) supercharger. This concept of single compressor, uses two four-lobe rotors, twisted 160 degrees. Typical compressor has three bedrooms twisted 60 degrees. The fourth lobe and added twist, when combined with the single air intake and exhaust, creating smoother, more efficient airflow into the engine. In addition to improving the overall efficiency, the compressor noise and superior vibration characteristics compared to more common designs.

A pair of six-speed transmissions are available in the Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon - a Tremec TR6060 six-speed manual with twin-disc clutch and a Hydra-Matic 6L90 six-speed automatic transmission with steering controls wheel change. The steering wheel controls do not require movement of gear lever and allows for immediate pressure up / tap down gear selection. Performance Algorithm Shifting allows the transmission of the car with a pattern of change based on performance during sustained high-performance driving. As with many Cadillac models, the driver simply slide the switch to the instruction manual "door" to set the mode transmission performance.

The torque is channeled through a six-speed transmission for high-performance rear-wheel limited slip differential has a cast iron thermal management and more asymmetric shafts easily handle the supercharged engine has a couple amazing. The unique design includes alternating the size of the drive shafts, which also contribute to a dynamically balanced swing torque from side to side, effectively eliminating a "power-hop."

Magnetic Ride Control

The V-Series reached exceptional levels of driving performance, but also maintains the balance of the luxury car in "normal" driving. The facilitator of the technique of two driving modes is of a Cadillac Magnetic Ride Control history. That is standard on the Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon and technology in the world of fastest-reacting suspension. It uses shocks controlled by advanced magneto-rheological technology, rather than mechanical valves, speeding response time and accuracy.

Electronic sensors on all four wheels literally "read the road" every millisecond, making constant changes to damping to create virtually instantaneous and extremely controlling precise movements of the body. This is particularly useful for high performance cars, because it helps keep the car very composed when cornering hard acceleration, braking and other dynamic movements.

Magnetic Ride shocks also enable a wider range of damping control to optimize ride and handling in all driving conditions. The Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon is an additional degree of control available with two selectable modes (Tour and Sport), allows the driver to adjust the suspension for Grand Touring or driving performance more lively.
Cadillac pioneered Magnetic Ride Control, with the first production in 2002, after decades of research on magneto-rheological science. Today, technology is only shown in a short list of the world's finest vehicles, including Cadillac V-Series models, the Escalade luxury SUV and the STS and DTS luxury sedan.

Brembo brakes and Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 tires

Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon includes sophisticated braking and tire systems, in collaboration of two companies known for high-performance technology: Brembo and Michelin. Brembo brakes are all the corners, and are efficient, six-piston calipers front and rear four-piston.

Ventilated rotors of large size allows a strong initial braking force while optimizing heat resistance and eliminating fade. Brembo brake discs made of a '"dual-cast technology that combines cast iron and aluminum, the superior performance and weight loss.

Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon is also an electronic parking brake, which allows good dead pedal position, which is important for high-performance driving.

Michelin worked with Cadillac engineers to develop an exclusive Pilot Sport PS2 tires designed specifically for the CTS-V. Rings supported by high-grip track conditions, giving excellent road performance.

Comfort, style and technique

Interior Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon has been split into sedan, including streamlined instrumentation, LED lighting and hand-cut and stitched accents.

Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon model of production will come standard with performance seats with perforated suede microfibre inserts designed to keep the driver and front passenger in place during cornering. Recaro performance seats are optional and provide excellent support for the conduct lively. These 14 seats and performance include adjustable pneumatic tightening of controls in the seat cushions and folders.

Complementing the performance of seats is a thick steering wheel and gauge package designed to facilitate, at a glance reference during the conduct of performance. Main instruments are identified fats, including an LED on "tracer" function in the tachometer that flashes as the engine approaches the redline. Setting gauge includes a boost gauge and a display of lateral acceleration.
Obsidian black accents grace the center console, console, steering wheel and door panels. The production of the steering wheel and gearshift lever are available in Alcantara, a lush suede. These accents are an elegant touch and help support the driver while driving high performance. Like every CTS, the V-series is hand-stitched instrument panel, door panels and center console.

Cutting-edge infotainment features extend to the V-series. Standard features include an advanced navigation on the placing of the display, a Bose 5.1 surround sound audio, Bluetooth phone integration factory installed, and 40-gigabyte hard drive that allows the client to store vast library of music files. The system will load the files via the USB port or an in-dash DVD / CD-ROM and allows you to record songs can be searched and selected the radio controls.

Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Race Car (2011) [Reviews]


Cadillac announced that it will return to competition in 2011 with a race-ready version of its CTS-V Coupe to compete in the World Club Challenge Sports Car of America, North America's largest series of race-based production.

Cadillac returns to the circulation in a series in which he attended from 2004 to 2007. Competition in the GT class with the CTS-V Sport Sedan, Cadillac manufacturers captured the championship in 2005 and 2007 and the championship in 2005.

Cadillac is the field two teams in the future is based SCCA World Challenge GT-class racing on the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe. CTS-V, which also includes the CTS-V sedan and CTS-V, Wagon, was recently named Car and Driver magazine list of the Top 10 for 2011.
"The return to racing in the SCCA World Challenge is a great way to demonstrate the performance and capacity of the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe," said Don Butler, vice president of marketing for Cadillac. "The cars racing in this series are the basis of production, allowing us to validate our results against the best of our competitors on the track, not just the showroom."



Cadillac is working with Pratt & Miller, a New Hudson, Michigan, engineering firm specializing in motorsports to develop the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe race car. While some components of the production CTS-V will be changed due to the unique requirements or comply with technical regulations SCCA Racing Series ", is any attempt to preserve the contents output as much as possible.

Cadillac CTS-V Black Diamond Edition (2011) [Reviews]


Cadillac will offer this spring edition of the Black Diamond high-performance CTS-V comes with a number of performance options and popular exclusive three coats of paint, also called "Black Diamond".

Black Diamond edition, included in the CTS-V sedan, coupe and wagon models will be the first use of an automobile manufacturer of pigment JDSU SPECTRAFLAIR exclusive in North America. JDSU, a technology company Milipitas, California-based specialized in optical solutions for peak color in many markets. Its pigments are used in some paints DuPont is Cadillac.

The Cadillac CTS-V, Black Diamond, dark three-layer paint pigment is embedded in the bright silver SpectraFlair. While other manufacturers of luxury to provide a metallic paint, Black Diamond was created through a meticulous process that gives dimension to paint.

Instead of just containing small pieces of metal, Black Diamond SpectraFlair pigments used aluminum pigments encapsulated in a glass-like substance called magnesium fluoride. The result is a painting that has a diamond shine as the light strikes the surface from different angles.
"The Cadillac CTS-V Black Diamond Edition is a finely crafted, custom tuxedo," said Michelle Killen, Cadillac designer exterior paint. "The base color can be a simple black, but the details and richness of the material that distinguish it."

Black Diamond Cadillac can meet the growing demand for luxury buyers for paintings that are distinguished not only by color but by their effects.

"Car manufacturers and consumers who seek to differentiate colors, black color everywhere in the automotive industry," said John Book, Product Manager at JDSU Custom Color Solutions. "Black Diamond offers a refined clientele a Cadillac color special occasion that stands out and is always faithful to his sense of luxury and style. "

In addition to painting only, the Cadillac CTS-V Black Diamond is loaded with content that complements the look. The special edition includes:

Graphite Satin 19-inch wheels with yellow brake calipers Brembo. These six-piston front and four-piston calipers provide exceptional stopping ability.

Recaro seats that have adjustable elements 14, French-stitched leather and suede microfibre inserts in the central sections of the cushions and backrests.

Midnight Sapele wood trim known for durability and a distinctive grain.

"We have established the series V as a major sub-brand of Cadillac," said Rich Pinto, creative designer Cadillac. "Black Diamond V Series also provides the market as a line of performance-minded vehicle with a touch of luxury."
The Cadillac CTS-V Black Diamond comes with a suggested retail price, including shipping of $ 69 190 for manual or automatic $ 70,490, a premium of $ 4,850 in the price of basic CTS-V. The CTS-V Black Diamond will be available in U.S. dealerships in March 2011.

CTS-V Black Diamond Edition, with the award-winning Cadillac V-Series line of luxury cars. CTS-V sedan, coupe and wagon, all with V8 supercharged 6.2-liter, 556-horspower, Magnetic Ride Control suspension, which reads and reacts the way up to 1000 times per second, and Michelin Pilot Sport PS2.

2011 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon - CAR REVIEW AND ROAD TEST

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Date: June 2011
Months in Fleet: 6 months
Current Mileage: 18,334 miles
Average Fuel Economy: 15 mpg
Average Range: 270 miles
Service: $0
Normal Wear: $0
Repair: $120
Damage and Destruction: $566

It’s no surprise that we constantly fight over who gets to drive our long-term CTS-V. After all, a 556-horse punch is incredibly intoxicating, especially when it’s stabled in a station wagon and gallops through a satisfying manual gearbox.
That said, the V’s limited range has continued to be an issue, with only a couple of staffers expanding the car’s sphere of influence beyond state lines. (We’ve nursed a tank to 342 miles on the highway, but when a Lingenfelter-tuned CTS-V coupe showed up on our doorstep, one staffer cracked, “The only modification that car really needs is a bigger gas tank.”) Beyond the frequent stops for fuel, the long-haul reports were glowing. The big supercharged eight lives at the low end of the tach on the highway, which helps prevent aural fatigue, and there’s enough torque on hand that downshifts are optional, even while passing. The optional Recaro seats are firm, but four-way lumbar and adjustable bolsters mean even Inspector Clouseau could find a suitable position. Constant cruising means no annoyance at the chairs rocking in their mounts under braking and acceleration.
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So, how is it that with only two out-of-state trips, we’re on pace to cover 40,000 miles in 12 months? The answer lies in how rewarding and easy the CTS-V is to drive, even in everyday situations. Grab a jug of milk? Don’t mind if we do. Picking up the mother-in-law? Glad to. Alterman left his phone at home? Let us go get that for him. Really, we find any excuse to slide behind the V’s sueded steering wheel.
Some Service, Some Damage, All Fun
At 7000 miles, we took the wagon to the dealer for its first service, which involved an oil change and a minor inspection. There is no maintenance schedule per se, because the car calculates when the oil needs to be changed based on factors such as the number of cold starts, engine speed, and time since the last service.
The service itself cost us nothing—routine maintenance is covered for the first four years or 50,000 miles—but it was then we learned that at least one vengeful pothole had deformed the right front wheel. It was bent, big time, and the dealer couldn’t balance it. We ordered a new wheel for $566, a smokin’ deal compared with the almost $1600 we spent to replace one roller on our Infiniti M56S.
A short time later, we availed ourselves of a mobile wheel-repair shop, Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists, to see what it could do for the bent rim. As long as the wheel isn’t carrying a tire, Alloy Wheel will come to you and do its best to set it right. Because the dent was so massive, the technician wasn’t sure he could repair the out-of-round shoe, but he managed to get the wheel to within 0.02 inch of round. This service ran us $120; depending on the damage, it can cost a little more or a little less. Now we have a spare wheel if Michigan’s roads claim another victim.
Rear Window, but This Time without Jimmy Stewart
There has been one issue. Just past the 10,000-mile mark, after a carwash, the right rear window decided it liked being rolled down and that it would handle the task itself. Of course, this was on one of the long trips—to San Antonio, Texas, no less, during which technical editor Michael Austin was on a mission to find the basement of the Alamo. A Cadillac dealership got the window rolled up and disconnected the wiring to the switch; Austin returned to Michigan sans breeze. Once back home, our local dealer diagnosed the problem as some pinched wiring going to the window regulator. Techs futzed with it a little, relieving the pinch, and charged us nothing. It seemed to be fixed.
We say “seemed” because the problem appeared again some 8000 miles later for associate online editor Jon Yanca. This time, we got wet: The window dropped itself during a drive-through carwash’s rinse cycle. Yanca got the window rolled up and disconnected the wiring himself, and our dealer has ordered a new regulator. We hope its installation will exorcise this demon.

The pothole wasn’t the car’s fault, of course, and the window issue isn’t enough to dampen our enthusiasm for the mighty goodness that is our V wagon. As one (potentially jaded) staffer said, “One night in the CTS-V is worth a month of Nissan Leaf, Honda Insight, or Smart nonsense. Who doesn’t love driving this?” The only other gripes thus far involve a comment on the difficulty of casual heel-and-toe shifting and the too-quiet exhaust. Well, there is one more gripe: We have only 20,000 miles left with the CTS-V. Boo-hoo.
Source : Caranddriver.com

2011 Lingenfelter Cadillac CTS-V Coupe - Specialty File

Lingenfelter’s 700-hp Cadillac CTS-V is a study in physics and “holy crap!”
2011 Lingenfelter Cadillac CTS-V Coupe
UAC.com - Like Red Bull–quaffing preteens laying waste to digital innocents by the dozens in Grand Theft Auto, we’re being desensitized. It isn’t graphic violence we’re being hardened against, though; it’s gratuitous horsepower. Outputs that once stopped us in our tracks and slackened our jaws now merit an entitled shrug. Well, good. A Cadillac needs 556 hp to, you know, feel like a Cadillac. But 700 is one of those numbers that still widens our eyes and brings a silent “wow” to our lips. Seven hundred hp is a reality check.
Reality Checks and Real Checks
For a surprisingly small sum, the laboratories at Lingenfelter Performance Engineering will amplify the 6.2-liter LSA V-8 under the hood of the Cadillac CTS-V from the stock 556 hp to a reality-check 700. Just $11,470 gets you an increase in maximum supercharger boost from 9.0 psi to 14.5, a new camshaft, new fuel injectors, and overhauled heads. Included in the reconstructive surgery are a port and polish and new valves, springs, and retainers. Cadillac is unlikely to honor the warranty on cars that emerge from Lingenfelter’s shop in Decatur, Indiana, which is why the tuner covers the engine and its upgrades with a two-year/24,000-mile guarantee. (We want to be the guy putting 12,000 miles a year on his 700-hp Caddy.)
Although Lingenfelter lists the $1400 Corsa exhaust that was fitted to this siege engine as a separate option, go ahead and consider that a necessary expense. It’s so good we can’t share with you how good it is. Its assault on our audio equipment was so fierce that we couldn’t get a reasonable recording to share. Imagine the sound of a demon with a pair of V-8s for lungs sucking your eardrums through one of those large-volume straws you get at Burger King. (Easy, right?) At idle, you can practically hear individual combustion events, and the rollicking blub-blubblub-blub-blub will already have the faint of heart reconsidering their decision to strap in. The way the LSA rocks the car at stoplights isn’t a T-Rex-walking-by, muscle-car shimmy, but it’s still a pleasant throwback.
Hold On to Something, We’re Going Hypersonic
But no worthy pilot drives a 700-hp car for its idle. That output isn’t merely a reality check, it’s a gut check. With the stock six-speed manual slotted into first gear, throttle inputs of more than 70 or so percent get earmarked for tire smoke, but once this raging machine gets traction, it reels in the horizon like few other cars on the road. The test results might be a bit misleading. The Lingenfelter’s 3.9-second 0-to-60 time is no better than the best we recorded from a stock CTS-V coupe (with the six-speed automatic), and the 11.8-second quarter-mile bests that car by only 0.4 second. But the 7-mph increase in trap speed is telling. From 60 mph to 140, the Lingenfelter CTS-V virtually mirrors the 10-mph increment times of one of the industry’s reigning accelerative champions, the Porsche 911 Turbo. A 700-hp tuned car matching Porsche’s factory effort might not seem like a big deal, but the CTS-V is heavier by about 700 pounds. Besides, the Porsche costs a lot more, and it doesn’t sound at all like a demon.
From the driver’s seat, pushing the Lingenfelter feels abusive. The modified LSA makes so much power at 4000 rpm that the driver feels as if a shift should be imminent (it betters the stock CTS-V’s 556-hp peak from 4300 rpm on), but Lingenfelter’s changes to the engine raise its redline from the stock 6200 rpm to 6800. What the company hasn’t done is change the programming of the shift lights surrounding the tach—engineers tell us they’re looking into it—that start blinking as the normal car’s redline nears. So after being crushed, wide-eyed, into the seat for a mind-altering pull through each gear, you have to ignore the shift light for a prolonged period. (Compulsive feints toward the shifter at first blink are forgivable.)
Again, there are incredible numbers behind these awe-inspiring feats. From 2000 rpm until about 6600, this car puts out more torque than the stock V does at its peak of 551 lb-ft at 3800 rpm. Lingenfelter’s LSA makes more than 600 lb-ft from about 2200 rpm to 5900 or so. And from about 2400 rpm all the way to 5000, it’s generating more than 650 lb-ft of grunt. This engine doesn’t so much have a torque curve as it has a straight line across the dyno chart—a very high, straight line.
Six Gears, Most of Them Extraneous
originalAt highway speeds, downshifting will get you to higher speeds in a hurry, but it is entirely optional. Notice how the car is actually 1.4 seconds faster from 50 to 70 mph than it is from 30 to 50 (this test is performed with the car in top gear). The engine is just hitting its stride at 70. We don’t formally record results for higher speeds in the top-gear test, but the 70-to-90 and 90-to-110 times follow a similar pattern. Even in sixth, the pull of this engine is addictive. You don’t need cruise control for comfort; you need it because a lazy flex of the ankle could land you in the back seat of a police cruiser. It’s another reason to go with the Corsa exhaust. No change in engine load goes unnoticed.
As Hennessey did with the 707-hp CTS-V sedan we recently tested, Lingenfelter left the chassis unmodified. Although the thought of throwing a 700-hp car into a sharp bend might seem imposing, the Lingenfelter CTS-V is incredibly tractable. (We even drove it in the rain and didn’t die.) Cranking on the wheel while stomping on the accelerator at corner entry is not recommended unless you have an EMT fetish, but once the car settles in a curve, you can feed it surprising amounts of throttle alarmingly early without its getting out of sorts. On the skidpad, this car bested the stock V coupe by 0.02 g, with a 0.92 performance. And the repeatability of the 156-foot stop from 70 to 0 mph is welcome, as the next corner will be coming up in a hurry.
The CTS-V coupe’s base price of $64,535 and the cost of entry for the Lingenfelter bits mean you could be sitting behind the wheel of your own 700-hp Cadillac for $76,005. With a couple of extras installed at the factory, the car tested here sported a few of Lingenfelter’s add-ons, including the mean black anodized aluminum pedals and aforementioned exhaust system that represent an additional $1570 and shouldn’t be considered optional. Big-ticket items included a Lingenfelter carbon-fiber engine cover for $1195 and a laser-etched shock-tower brace for $350. Add in a carbon-fiber intake tube ($90), chrome Lingenfelter fender badges ($44) and license-plate frame ($35), and Brembo brake fluid ($36), and you’re looking at $80,915.
Horsepower: A Better Investment Than a Hyundai
That price could put you in a BMW 6-series, Porsche 911 (without turbos), or Jaguar XK, none of which is half as frightening or awe-inspiring as the Lingenfelter CTS-V. Or if you already have a CTS-V, the $11,470 cost of the Lingenfelter package could buy the kids a nice used car. But if it were our family, we’d get the kids a Huffy and spend that money on horsepower. Come to think of it, we’re starting to take our 556-hp long-term CTS-V wagon for granted. We could probably use a reality check.

Specifications

VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 4-passenger, 2-door coupe

PRICE AS TESTED: $80,915 (base price: $76,005)

ENGINE TYPE: supercharged and intercooled pushrod 16-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injection

Displacement: 376 cu in, 6162 cc
Power (SAE net): 700 hp @ 6500 rpm
Torque (SAE net): 690 lb-ft @ 4000 rpm

TRANSMISSION: 6-speed manual

DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 113.4 in Length: 188.5 in
Width: 74.1 in Height: 56.0 in
Curb weight: 4212 lb

C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 3.9 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 7.9 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 12.6 sec
Street start, 5–60 mph: 4.2 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 11.8 sec @ 126 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 156 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.92 g
FUEL ECONOMY:
C/D observed: 12 mpg
Source :  caranddriver.com