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Posted by: Cap'n Krusty May 14 2008, 08:32 PM

Yup. New record for a production sedan, right up there in Porsche/Ferrari lap times. Care to guess who did it? With a company executive at the wheel?

The Cap'n

Posted by: plymouth37 May 14 2008, 08:38 PM

Please tell me it's european...

Posted by: turtleturtle May 14 2008, 08:38 PM

Nissan GTR, the new one? Nevermind, thats a coupe...

Posted by: brownaar May 14 2008, 08:47 PM

Wudn't it the new Caddy CTS-V?

Posted by: 96740 May 14 2008, 08:47 PM

New BMW M3 Sedan?

Posted by: smontanaro May 14 2008, 08:49 PM

You gave too many clues. Google to the rescue: Cadillac CTS-V.

Skip

Posted by: 96740 May 14 2008, 08:49 PM

Lexus ISF?

Posted by: Richard Casto May 14 2008, 08:52 PM

Not sure if I would call John Heinricy a typical company executive. wink.gif

Posted by: Cap'n Krusty May 14 2008, 09:10 PM

QUOTE(Richard Casto @ May 14 2008, 07:52 PM) *

Not sure if I would call John Heinricy a typical company executive. wink.gif


Put it this way: There should be a LOT more company executives like him. And he IS a legitimate executive. Maybe we'd have better cars and fewer car companies in deep financial doo-doo. Ustabe car companies were run by car guys and manufacturing guys, not bean counters, and they made money ..........

The Cap'n

Posted by: plymouth37 May 14 2008, 09:10 PM

Damn that's impressive especially for a Chevy. The Panamera better top it next year.

Posted by: Richard Casto May 14 2008, 10:08 PM

QUOTE(Cap'n Krusty @ May 14 2008, 11:10 PM) *

QUOTE(Richard Casto @ May 14 2008, 07:52 PM) *

Not sure if I would call John Heinricy a typical company executive. wink.gif


Put it this way: There should be a LOT more company executives like him. And he IS a legitimate executive. Maybe we'd have better cars and fewer car companies in deep financial doo-doo. Ustabe car companies were run by car guys and manufacturing guys, not bean counters, and they made money ..........

The Cap'n

Oh, I agree. It's just unfortunate that he is the exception and not the rule. sad.gif

Posted by: So.Cal.914 May 14 2008, 10:12 PM

Cadillac? blink.gif

Posted by: messix May 14 2008, 10:23 PM

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Cadillac? blink.gif

yup cadillac....

not your fathers cadillac!

Posted by: So.Cal.914 May 14 2008, 10:34 PM

Dad's Cadillac... biggrin.gif

1953



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Posted by: 96740 May 14 2008, 10:46 PM

There has to be some points deducted for looks. I'm getting sick of these ugly cars getting a pass for just squirting out numbers (Nissan GTR). I remember a guy back in Hawaii with a very clean Pinto with a blown 302. Fast but... stromberg.gif

Posted by: messix May 14 2008, 10:48 PM

and this ruled for a while, powered by.... a cadillac!


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Posted by: championgt1 May 14 2008, 11:41 PM

Allards!! wub.gif

Posted by: Cap'n Krusty May 14 2008, 11:50 PM

And before that, THIS! Both of these cars are Cadillacs, one's even a production car ................ Le Mans, 1950

The Cap'n




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Posted by: Grngoat May 15 2008, 12:10 AM

Wow, that's impressive. I have a 2005 CTS-V and love it. From everything I've read about the 2009, they've addressed all of the things I could complain about and added 150 hp. I'm going to have to buy one after they depreciate a little bit.

My 914 doesn't surprise too many passengers, because they at least have an idea what they are getting into. A lot of people seem to think it has a V8 in it because of the sound. But the V surprises a lot of people. Nobody expects that out of a Cadillac. By the time I'm banging off of the rev limiter at the top of second they are starting to understand.

Now if GM can just get the Volt to work as advertised, maybe they could start to make money again.

Posted by: newto914s May 15 2008, 01:51 AM

QUOTE(Grngoat @ May 14 2008, 10:10 PM) *

Wow, that's impressive. I have a 2005 CTS-V and love it. From everything I've read about the 2009, they've addressed all of the things I could complain about and added 150 hp. I'm going to have to buy one after they depreciate a little bit.


wait till march. Caddys depreciate so fast you won't need to wait too long.

Posted by: Phoenix 914-6GT May 15 2008, 03:45 AM

QUOTE(newto914s @ May 15 2008, 12:51 AM) *

QUOTE(Grngoat @ May 14 2008, 10:10 PM) *

Wow, that's impressive. I have a 2005 CTS-V and love it. From everything I've read about the 2009, they've addressed all of the things I could complain about and added 150 hp. I'm going to have to buy one after they depreciate a little bit.


wait till march. Caddys depreciate so fast you won't need to wait too long.

agree.gif Way too fast if you ask me.

Posted by: ericread May 15 2008, 12:29 PM

Here's the video:

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080515/FREE/583614851/1528/newsletter01

Posted by: messix May 15 2008, 12:48 PM

can any one get the top speed out of that?

Posted by: Grngoat May 16 2008, 02:41 AM

QUOTE(Phoenix 914-6GT @ May 15 2008, 04:45 AM) *

QUOTE(newto914s @ May 15 2008, 12:51 AM) *

QUOTE(Grngoat @ May 14 2008, 10:10 PM) *

Wow, that's impressive. I have a 2005 CTS-V and love it. From everything I've read about the 2009, they've addressed all of the things I could complain about and added 150 hp. I'm going to have to buy one after they depreciate a little bit.


wait till march. Caddys depreciate so fast you won't need to wait too long.

agree.gif Way too fast if you ask me.


Well there's a lot of truth in that, but it's not always such a bad thing. Jost don't buy a new one. I didn't buy mine new, I bought it about a year and a half ago, so the really steep part of the depreceation curve was already eaten by the PO. GM in this case, it was a demo.

I've never bought a new car and don't really every plan to. Although, who wouldn't want to buy a new Cayman and get the European delivery? I can dream.

GM is doing a lot better, but they've got to make up for all those years in the mid 70s thru 90s when their quality went downhill. They let the bean counters like Roger Smith run that company into the ground. He actually believed that it didn't matter how much their cars broke down as long as they warrantied it. Yeah, that's great for resale. Hopefully, the real car guys like Heinricy stay in charge.

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