Originally Posted by mwood (Post 1949434)

What makes you think a MB or BMW willlast or be rock solid in 10 years? The old ones were built well and lasted; modern ones are very suspect. I would guess the Caddy will wear every bit as well as the Euros. American quality has gone up while Euro quality has gone down; I think they are very close to equal in the same price range. JMO
OTOH I think the Caddy is ugly!

Originally Posted by jlomon (Post 1949344)

I had read in a recent Car & Driver magazine that the Caddy's handling was honed on the Nordschlief track at the Nurburgring, and it posted times that outran the M5. One more impressive stat after the other. If the car is that fast, I'd love to see what The Stig could do with it on Top Gear.

Originally Posted by alabbasi (Post 1948986)

I always knew that Americans can make good fast cars. The corvette proves this. The problem with the vette that is that it addresses handling by throwing out any sort of dampening ability so it's quite a horrible car to drive on regular roads.

Originally Posted by Hatterasguy (Post 1949724)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXVI33aqfWk&feature=user

Here you go!

Don't rust out to trade in the M5 or E63, just yet....

Originally Posted by Gurkha (Post 1949721)

Apart from pesky electronics, any MB or BMW will outlast the Caddy day in, day out.

Originally Posted by Gurkha (Post 1949296)

My first car in HS was a T/A with W56 suspension, that thing would skittle over ruts in the road even when dry with stock Goodyear Eagle.

Originally Posted by mwood (Post 1949755)

OK I sat through about 2 1/2 minutes of that; what does it have to do with Caddys, BMW's or Mercs?:confused:

Originally Posted by Dee8go (Post 1949458)

Now, you just wait a darn minute, young fella . . .!:mad:

Originally Posted by ImBroke (Post 1949505)

Yes Tom, an LS6 from a Z06 Corvette, rated at 405 hp. Responds very well to forced induction, and I don't mean Lance.

Originally Posted by trev0006 (Post 1948940)

First Cadillac CTS-V performance test published
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.au...-tiresmoke.jpg
The CTS-V ran the quarter-mile in a scant 12.5 seconds, besting the 12.7 it takes for either the BMW M5 or the Mercedes E63 AMG. Getting back to a standstill was another hit to the Bimmer and the Benz, with the Caddy stopping from 60-0 mph in 109 feet – five feet less than it takes the M5 and six shorter than the AMG. And if you're thinking that brakes and power are easy to upgrade and that the Cadillac couldn't possibly best the Germans on the handling course, think again: the CTS-V ran the slalom at 71.1 mph, while the M5 and E63 ran it in 68.5 and 65 mph respectively.