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VIDEO: The General teases us with video of the 08 CTS on the 'Ring
The 2008 Cadillac CTS is in the home-stretch right now, as it's only a few months away from production. Anticipation for what could be one of the best Cadillacs ever has been steadily rising since its unveiling last January in Detroit, and the forthcoming CTS-V has made its way onto Autoblog quite a few times.
To keep anticipation high, GM has released video of the 2008 CTS running the 'Ring from inside the cockpit. While the video isn't of the greatest quality, it's worth viewing if only for the sexy sound of the new direct injection 3.6L engine. Hit the jump to check it out.
[Source: YouTube]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Barry 7:12PM (7/07/2007)
What is with that creaking sound coming from the interior when the car goes around a corner? Thats a similar sound my cousin's 1982 Volvo makes from the center console, a sign of build quality perhaps? I hope its from some testing equipment or perhaps the camera
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snazzum 6:05AM (7/08/2007)
i heard the creaking too. reminded me of the springs in my old dorm bed. i dunno why GM didn't cover whatever was creaking (i mean, this is a PR video, afterall.)
this car has a nice and much improved, but not spectacular, interior. and the exterior is worse than the original CTS. this car looks like a special olympics child smiling at you. and the drooping trapazoid grill and sunken front mid bumper is copied right off of Audi and VW. not to mention the back end looks like it was designed by a whole different team of designers.
styling aside, it may have potential on the track, though. i'm sure the cts will undercut on price, otherwise, this caddy has some tough competition from the 335i, G37, and A4.
Don 4:52PM (7/09/2007)
You're clearly imagining it Barry. Get some rest.
Justin 7:14PM (7/07/2007)
not bad sounding but too bad it wasnt the muscle sounding v8
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Gary Lowe 7:25PM (7/07/2007)
Like Buick and Pontiac, you have to give these Cadillac guys credit. They get a bad idea, canonize irrelevant design elements and they never let them go. I feel like GM's entire design team has been locked in a closet since 1953. General Motors...the Woolworths of the 21st Century.
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Andy 8:16PM (7/07/2007)
That is the stupidest comment on the site today. A testament to the amazing IQ needed to work the Web these days.
jack 7:31PM (8/14/2007)
Is this Gary Lowe the gay rights dude from Plano, Texas that races at Devils??
jack 7:32PM (8/14/2007)
Is this Gary Lowe the gay rights dude from Plano, Texas that races at Devils??
l.i.dave 7:44PM (7/07/2007)
Gary you have anything better to do then sit in your mother's basement and attack GM? Why don't you try talking to a girl or something?
This car is going to be a champ, great design, a stand out in a world of vanilla mobiles.
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J.Crew 7:59PM (7/07/2007)
No, Gary, please don't talk to a girl, you may mate and more little Gary's are not needed in the world.
On that note, the CTS will be a great car. It was impressive to see in Detroit at the show and to hear that engine was a nice treat. What a fantastic design coming out of Cadillac. It will be great to drive it later this year. Good job GM.
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Gary's Mon 8:18PM (7/07/2007)
Leave my son alone. We're inbred and proud Toyota owners.
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dave 8:26PM (7/07/2007)
I love what Caddy has done with this updated design. The design is a clean and flowing update from the current CTS, and doesn't distract too much in terms of being a completely new car. Too many car makers are creating completely different cars when the next gen appears and it can certainly become disorienting after a while. The interior looks posh indeed and much more modernized the the cabin flowing from one end to the other.
I can't wait to see this on the road, especially the V series ;)
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Barney 8:27PM (7/07/2007)
Did they change the dash for the video?
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grumbles 8:28PM (7/07/2007)
Sounds almost exactly like the 2GR-FE in my Camry SE V6.
I'd probably have a hard time telling the two apart, honestly.
Which isn't a good thing as it has a very high tech, very refined, very smooth sound, which is perfect in a luxury car like the CTS.
bert 8:28PM (7/07/2007)
Hey, to the idiot who said "vanillamobiles" don't bash other cars. Lexus is still light years ahead in interior design, the japanese and euros are still ahead in build quality. I'm not bashing the CTS, i think its exactly what GM needs, an adrenaline injection. But i'm thinking that the BMW 3 series with the turbocharged 3.0L will still be quicker in a straight line and in the curves. Consider this, BMW's 3.0L turbo puts out around 300 ponies, but it actually made only 5 less hp on the dyno then Inifiniti's G37, and considering that its 200lbs lighter, that makes a huge difference.
And no matter how large the strides GM has made in the last years, no way you can claim this 3.6L V6 is as good as Nissan's VQ line of motors. (winner of Ward's top 10 best engines, 5 years running.)
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Devin 8:52PM (7/07/2007)
bert, what are you talking about? The G37 makes 330 hp, BMW 335i - 300 hp. Also, the CTS is the size of the 5 series, but is priced with the 3 series. The Caddy's interior far surpasses anything BMW offers, even in it's most upscale sedan, the 7 series. The interior could be described as Lexus like. I've never sat in a Lexus (nor do i ever plan to), but from everything i've heard from professional auto reviewers, the CTS is really pushing the envelope. The CTS is gonna equal the 335's hp, and the CTS-v will beat out even the M5, let alone the M3.
As far as build quality goes, Cadillac is near the top of the list, ahead of BMW and Audi, but behind Lexus.
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Devin 8:54PM (7/07/2007)
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the CTS will undercut both the 3 and 5 series by many thousand dollars. Talk about value.
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Dan 9:26PM (7/07/2007)
It sounds muscular, but lacks the refinement of a G35 motor, for example.
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Brian Dreggors 11:44PM (7/07/2007)
I, for one, am sick of the irritating synthetic belch that Infiniti chooses to tune their VQs to make. If that's 'refined', I'll take unrefined, thank you.
Sherief 4:54AM (7/08/2007)
VQ engines have lost all the refinement that made them legendary when they got punched out to 3.5 liters.