Shanghai Surprise: Cadillac CTS stunt team dazzles in China, Heinricy sets F1 track record [*UPDATED w/VIDEO]
Cadillac's V-Day stunt driving exhibition - Click above to watch the video
Although things are understandably more than bit somber in General Motors' U.S. operations as of late, over in China, the mood is a bit more upbeat. The evidence? Check out this CTS stunt-driving exhibition held last weekend on Shanghai's Formula One circuit.
According to GM's Cadillac Notes blog, some 19,000 fans gathered to watch the show and celebrate the arrival of the CTS-V in China last weekend – this, despite the heat (with temperatures at around 86°, it was reportedly the hottest May 9 in over a century).
In any case, the professional Hollywood stunt team delighted the masses, as did GM test engineer supremo John Heinricy, who (aside from apparently not being all-the-way retired), marked the occasion by setting a record in the CTS-V for the quickest-ever lap (2:32.80) of the course in a production sedan. Heck, even Spider-Man showed up! Check out the high-res hijinks in our below. Thanks for the tip, Scot!
UPDATE: YouTube video of V-Day added after the jump.
Gallery: Cadillac V-Day in Shanghai
[Sources: Cadillac Notes; YouTube]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
NS 12:32PM (5/15/2009)
This looks amazing. Please post a video for this.
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Kitko 1:29PM (5/15/2009)
What abou this - never mind the commentary in Hungarian, this is a Lada Canada stunt show. Mighty Russian Ladas are rear wheel drive.... and could take a lot of abuse
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/89255/lada_stunts/
These kind of stunts were hugely popular in Central Europe in the 80's and pretty much every outdoor show on prime-time TV featured some kind car stunt.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-A58Xtw1F3X0/lada_doing_the_quarter_pipe/
Willem B 12:35PM (5/15/2009)
Awesome. I demand Vids.
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audi_arena 12:44PM (5/15/2009)
I wonder how long it will take Nissan to heavily modify a Maxima and claim they beat the record by 30 seconds...
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ALEXDB9 12:40PM (5/15/2009)
Holy Sh!t!! Theres a lady hanging on the muffler?!?
Seriously a vid would of been nice
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Gungosa 12:58PM (5/16/2009)
Ha, it took me a few seconds to even see her... i thought someone had photoshopped in charlize theron.
Willem B 12:39PM (5/15/2009)
i love youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-_sQPPqwO0
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aj121489 3:15PM (5/15/2009)
Man the pictures really don't do it justice that vid was sweet. I wish they would've shown them actually getting on two wheels though.
Rick C. 12:46PM (5/15/2009)
Why are there 'faces' on the underside of the car in the main picture? Am I seeing things? I know it's Friday, but I swear, I have not yet started to drink.
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Rick C. 12:50PM (5/15/2009)
Nevermind, I was trying to work a Willie Nelson joke into it.
MajorGeek 12:53PM (5/15/2009)
Watch the video, at about 2:16 they are moving very slow on 2 tires and she actually grabs onto the undercarriage of the Cadillac. I thought it was photo trickery as well, but there she was on the video. Coolest thing I have seen in some time.
Geekengineer 12:45PM (5/15/2009)
Meh.
I see this sort of stuff all the time in the DC area. Of course, out here everyone's yapping on their cell phones, and there is actual contact between cars.
But it's pretty much the same thing.
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dropscience 12:53AM (5/21/2009)
Geek, I hear about people bragging about the DC lifestyle of bad traffic/fabricated suburban life all the time...stfu nobody cares
-Baltimore
Geekengineer 4:45PM (5/16/2009)
"Geek, I hear about people bragging about the DC lifestyle of bad traffic/fabricated suburban life all the time...stfu nobody cares
-Baltimore"
Oh yeah? Well, I used to live in San Diego, where traffic is simply *bad*. Then I move to the DC area (yes, a H.U.G.E. mistake) where traffic is, like, drop-ya-on-yer-head-stupid-bad.
So, yeah, DC has idiotic traffic + politicians. What does Baltimore have? The Honfest. And crabs.
Nyah nyah nyah.
MajorGeek 12:48PM (5/15/2009)
Nascar? F1? Drifting? No, this is bad ass! I would go and see this.
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John Johnson 12:49PM (5/15/2009)
That was an incredible video. I was really impressed by the braking. I thought the picture AB posted was a photoshop.... but wow, that really happened :p
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I am Rich 12:51PM (5/15/2009)
Forget the amazing driving skills; do you know how much I hate that song from Lil John?
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Venom 1:28PM (5/15/2009)
Actually, it is Usher's song.
JDM Life 2:05PM (5/16/2009)
I like this song.
There nothing wrong with it.
WAYY better then some Fu**ing illiterate rock or emo i hate life crap.
a 12:54PM (5/15/2009)
stupid music killed half of it
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