CTS-V at The Ring

The Cadillac CTS, like the upcoming ZR1 Corvette seems to be breaking records regardless of the fact that there are no production versions  in the hands of the media.

A preproduction V-series with what is described as production parts hit the legendary Nurburgring,

The CTS-V lapped the 12.9-mile track in 7 minutes, 59.32 seconds, which General Motors says appears to be the fastest time ever for a production sedan. John Heinricy, head of GM's performance division and race-car driver, piloted the car....Autoweek

While it's too early to go after bragging rites, I'm sure that BMW and Mercedes Benz are watching this closely, they can't have their premium priced barn burners being out done by a relatively affordable  Cadillac.

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The ZR1 and Fuel Economy

If there was ever to opposite in the Auto world it's usually High performance and Fuel economy, and lets face it, if the cost of a barrel of oil wasn't so  high nobody would even bring up fuel economy in this kind of car.

Tadge Juechter an engineer involved in the development of the ZR1 was kind enough to attend an online Q&A session.

One thing that becomes fairly obvious, anyone with the means to buy a

100.000 dollar plus car isn't really concerned with gas mileage.

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