This week's blog is all about the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe. I was fortunate enough to have a friend who gave
me his CTS-V coupe Black Demand edition to drive for a couple of days. First let's start with the looks of the car. It's
a love it or hate it kind of look. There
is no in-between. The car is very boxy
with very defined sharp lines while still maintaining its aerodynamics. This car
is basically a luxury, more practical corvette.
The feel from inside feels like it could be a corvette if you removed all
the Cadillac badges and suede interior options. The only difference is the back seats.
In a
sports car, I am always looking for something that is scary fast, well designed
and also practical for daily use. Cadillac
has done just that. For me, having a two
seated sports car just isn't practical. The
car's back seats makes this car one of the few great sports cars that I can actually
practically drive on a regular basis. This
simple fact of back seats, would sell me on this car and make me much more
inclined to pay the 85 thousand dollar price tag. I can actually use it
regularly. So many car companies are so
track focused that they forget about making the car usable on a daily basis for
consumers. Cadillac has not forgotten about consumers like me and for that I commend
them.
With the
practicality out of the way let's talk about performance. This car has more power than any two wheel
drive car would ever need with a 640 hp super charged engine. The car does 0-60 mph in 3.7 seconds and will
stop with its massive 6 piston brakes even faster. The braking power of this car feels almost
unnatural to people who aren't used to driving exotic cars. The rear tires are insanely wide to try and
grip the road on launch. The car is so
powerful that I still struggled to keep them from breaking loose at 60 mph.
While this
car is amazing in many ways no car is perfect.
Here are some things I don't like about it. The first, being the two wheel drive. A car with this much power needs to be four
wheel drive. It's just not safe for your
average person. My friend (long time sports
car owner) didn't have this car for more than 10 minutes and lost control
spinning it around in the middle of the road.
With four wheel drive the tires wouldn't break loose as frequently
making this a much safer and faster accelerating car. On the other hand some people like the rush
of being on the verge of loss of traction.
But the simple fact is that's just not safe for anywhere but on the
track. The next thing I don't like is a
tough one for me because I actually really love it. (if that makes sense). The suede steering wheel. It's so nice and elegant feeling, giving you
more grip on the wheel than ever before.
It also keeps your hands from sweating on the wheel. The problem lies that after about 2 months
with this car it was destroyed and looking like old and dingy. The suede was stained from our hands and was
all worn down. It looked like a steering
wheel from a car with 170,000 miles on it.
This car was only 2 months old! In
my book that is unacceptable especially when the suede is a much more expensive
option that he paid extra to have.
With all
those negative aspects I would differently still recommend this car to someone
who wants a practical sports car. For the
price you really can't beat it for what you get.
Below is a video of this car on a test track. You will see exactly what I mean when I say it isn't sticking to the road and breaking loose constantly.
Interesting!
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