New Cadillac CTS-V sets Nurburgring record for saloon
Author: Chris Barker
Published: 16 May 2008
What rear-wheel driven car with an American passport has got a 6.2-litre V8 that will propel it to 62mph in five seconds and will top out at around the 190mph mark? Yup, the muscly new Cadillac CTS-V saloon that comes in both manual and automatic transmission and will be available as a right hooker when it makes its UK debut in 2009.Cadillac has made no attempt to disguise the fact that it intends to make its CTS-V the world's fastest production saloon, emphasising the manufacturers V-Series interpretation of performance and technology, if not environmental concerns. And to prove its point, a standard CTS-V has now set a new Nurburgring lap record for a four-door saloon, getting from starting grid to finishing line in 7 minutes and 59 seconds.Sub eight- minutes is the Holy Grail for motoring manufacturers, and is traditionally reserved for race-bred car exotica with more than a little added ingredient, however Cadillac confirmed that its car had no modifications above and beyond what would make production in the states later this year.Americans – God love them – have to do everything bigger, better and now it seems, faster. So it probably comes as no surprise to hear that performance yank tank with a boot and four doors – the Cadillac CTS-V – has set a new record time lapping the Nurburgring.7 minutes, 59 seconds - and a half, to be exact - was the official clocked time the Cadillac CTS-V took to circumnavigate the fabled German automotive proving ground, in doing so chalking up the quickest-ever ring of the ring recorded by a four-door sedan. Place of birth aside, the 567bhp Caddy will have blisters on its tyre treads as it says ‘over to you my Japanese friends’ as the blow-for-blow duel between US, German and Japanese car manufacturers for Nordschleife bragging rights gains momentum.If you recall, the new Lexus LF-A Concept threw down the gauntlet late last year with a 7 minute 24 second blast that left spectators agog, only for the Corvette ZR1 to give it a crack in 7 minutes 40-something seconds earlier this year. No sooner had the gauntlet been chucked back down trackside by the US pretender to the scorching crown, than the Nissan GT-R picked it straight back up and set its own mightily impressive lap time of 7 minutes and 29 seconds.So right back at you America. OK, this 7 minute 59 seconds ain't exactly ‘bringing it on’ with the aforementioned, but then again the additional weight and an extra two-doors and a trunk, sorry, boot, figures as part of the equation. As does tightened suspension, magnetic ride control, electro-mechanical rear end and a six-speed selector that means the Caddy is no ordinary repmobile.
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