New CTS-V: 550 HP Supercharged V8

[Tycoon]

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[Just_me]

Originally Posted by Sunny

As impressive as it is, I don't think it will be the first sedan to set sub 8 min time by factory drivers, I think BMW and Audi has both said the same for M5 and RS4.

Now if sport auto manages the sub 8 min time with CTS V, kudos to them.

BMW once claimed 7.52 min for M5.

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[Merc1]

MILFORD, MICHIGAN - Official Society of Automotive Engineers numbers for the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V are 556 horsepower and 551 pound-feet of torque. Its 6.2-liter supercharged OHV V-8 propelled it around a lap of the Nordshleife in 7 minutes, 59.32 seconds recently, and Cadillac says it will launch it from 0 to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds. Quarter-mile? About 12 seconds at 118 mph. Cadillac says some runs have beat 12 seconds; others are slightly over.

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[CarGuy]

556 horsepower;
551 lb-ft of torque;
0-60 in 3.9 seconds;
quarter-mile in 12.0 seconds at 118 mph;
top speed of 191 mph (with the manual transmission).