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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 11:58 AM
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550hp, beautiful interior and exterior.. it will be a force to be reckoned with.. as taken from Autoblog:





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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 12:00 PM
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It looks MUCH MUCH better than I than I thought. Hopefully that 550hp will carry that 4200lbs nicely. Thats if it weighs that much. The V6 came in at 4000lbs. Maybe Caddy used weight saving technologies.

More pics here: http://www.leftlanenews.com/2009-cadillac-...v-revealed.html
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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 12:03 PM
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With 550lbs of torque on tap, I think it would haul the portly 4200 lb sedan fairly easily..
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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 12:03 PM
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that interior is NICE!!!
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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 12:04 PM
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The redline is just over 6,000rpm. I wonder if they lowered the redline a few hundred rpm over the LS9 in the ZR1 to get the power levels down? Something to think about...
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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 12:05 PM
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hot
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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 12:21 PM
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Definitely a HOT car. So the last CTS-V stickered around $52K with lots of discounts available, that brought prices down to almost $42K on some cars.

Any thoughts on the new CTS-V's price?

I'd venture a guess at $60K.
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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 12:26 PM
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Good looking car, but is it me or do the wheels look like altima se-r wheels ?
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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 12:26 PM
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Auto & stick available?
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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by bjohnston,Jan 8 2008, 09:26 PM
Auto & stick available?
Yes, 6spd manual or 6spd auto..
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