Cadillac CTS-V black Dimond Edition

             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. 

Lamborghini Huracan

               

                The Lamborghini hurricane is hands down my favorite car that I see driving around Grosse Pointe.  The cars modern sleek lines and the bright vibrant orange and lime green colors they offer from the factory make this car a head turner.  All I can say is it better turn heads for the base price of $237,250.

                This sounds like an insane price when you think you can buy a dodge charger hell cat with 100 more hp for 65 grand.  Trust me when I say you are getting your money's worth.  It's not about the power for the price.  It's how that power is delivered to the road.  The hell cat has more power but it never sticks to the road.  In the Lamborghini it feels like there is super glue attached to your tires allowing you to accelerate and take turns at almost unnatural speeds.   This is thanks to the gyroscopes that monitor the road and car, adjusting the amount power to each wheel for maximum grip.  While this is one of my all time favorite cars here are some of the things I hate about it.

               The carbon fiber, Italian leather seats in this Lamborghini are terrible. While they look amazing, after 30 minutes in this car my back was telling me it was time to get out.  For this price you would think the car would be more comfortable than a park bench.  The next thing that I hate about this car are the rims.  Again with the same theme, they look amazing.  But if you scratch them up against a curb (like my friend did) it will set you back almost 10 thousand dollars. To put that in perspective that's roughly a cost of a used smart car for the price of one rim.

               With all those negative things I would still buy this car if I had the money because it's just that good at doing what its supposed to do. Putting power to the road and looking good while doing it. No car is perfect but this Lamborghini is pretty close to it.

You have heard my thoughts, now here is what Top Gear thought about the car