Hi, the recall notice was only for EU-homologated STS-Vs. I do not believe that Cadillac sold more than 50 "V' series STSs in the 3-4 year run that it was on sale in Europe. The hoods are spread out among a variety of dealers but principally in Germany, Switzerland and Sweden. You might want...
And the BMW has also US plates on it - so it looks to me like this is an All-American road trip with a bit of German hardware thrown in for a bit of spice.
Except that these photos are not of a CTS-V in Europe - this looks like Michigan to me. The sign in slide 8 kind of gives it a way - furthermore European road markings are white and these are yellow.
I think you are right and it would make sense - CAFE requirements are crushing the viability of big V8 engines and there is no way Cadillac and Corvette are going to build different engines for what is essentially the same job - between Z06s and CTS-Vs that probably means a production run of...
I own both - so perhaps I can give you my thoughts - I keep both in Rome Italy and drive them at their engineering limits - so in the case of the STS-V that means cruising at speeds that hit the limiter at 250 kmh - tires than get changed every 15k, brake pads that are replaced at 10k and full...
I know there are ways to juice the throttle to get the effect but its not something you are going to do constantly in daily driving- which is why they came up with the idea of a bi-turbo - all gets very complicated which is why supercharging is such an elegant solution except for the gas...
I think your point is well taken and is the issue we and the manufacturers are all grappling with - the supercharger is more satisfying all else being equal but all else aint equal cuz it guzzles more than a turbo but a turbo lags.
Supercharger in the 2015 CTS-V
I agree - I have a 2013 CTS-V here in Europe and the flow of power is phenomenal. I hit 303 kmh (188 in funny money) somewhere outside of Munich a few weeks ago. But it cruises all day long between 200-250 kmh without a problem. I dont like turbos either.
Two years ago Cadillac announced a safety recall on all European-homologated Cadillac STS-Vs but not US ones. The recall was forced upon Cadillac because at speeds above 240 km/h (150 mph) the hood could fly off. So Cadillac replaced the hoods on all STS-Vs that were sold in Europe. European...
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