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This last weekend, Access Hollywood ran clips from Matrix Reloaded focusing on the car chase scenes. Looks like major face time for the CTS. Coming in May. Can't wait!
Bingo
thebug...
My new Deville was flawless !
Great reading everybodys posts on their CTS !
Well the V-8 is coming soon.. so I can wait
till next year to get me one !...........geo
I believe I will be able to console myself quite well with a poor, orphaned '03 CTS at a price that's to my liking :-D.
The manual states that if placed into S mode, that the car should remain in that mode until the button is pressed again.
There is no distinct pattern to what is going on. Sometimes it will remain is sport mode for days, and sometimes will revert back in a matter of hours. I have consciously been concerned with it, so I am sure that I am not inadvertantly turning it off.
Any ideas?
HC
dealer in central NY would do GM employee
discount on them.....My 96 Deville had almost
100k miles and need those dreaded $2500 front
electric struts so I couldn't wait ! Plus that
3000 rebate and a 1000 Caddy loyalty cert.and
my $3200 GM card points along with my
GM emp. discount wasn't hard to pass up on a
new Deville !....Next year a CTS V-8 WILL be
parked in my driveway !.................geo
BTW: I LOVE SMOKING lesser MBs, BMWs, and
tin can Camrys ie: Lexus off the stoplights!
They're going to need a lot of those sixes for the CTS. Besides, when an all new vehicle is introduced, they're usually loaded to the hilt, so most SRX probably have been V8's anyway. I sat in the local Lincoln dealer's first Aviator... $48K sticker so expect similar for SRX.
BTW... it's amazing how fast those Lincoln sales guys move when you pull up in a Caddy.
If anyone else would like to see them or put them on a website e-mail me.
Bingo
Oldsman -
I get to enjoy the Northstar myself from time to time when my wife lets me drive her SLS... which isn't often!!
Caddy's timing is not helpful, to say the least! CTS was supposed to debut with the powerful 3.6L engine, that was more than 2 yrs, and we're still waiting. We've waited almost that long for the CTS-v. The chassis and engine are already there, so what's taking so long? In a similar situation, many a competitor of Caddy would bring out the product in half a year!
Glad to see the owners are enjoying their cars!
bigdaddycoats: I hope your last sentence was supposed to say "And yes, I know the Malibu ISN'T intended to be a sports sedan but NEITHER is the Accord or the Camry." The Altima and Maxima go 240-250HP too, with the same basic VQ35 V6 that's in most everything else Nissan offers these days (that's a very sweet engine, and they've obviously got a handle on its manufacturing cost.)
The fact that the 3.6 was not ready for the 2003 model year is inexcusable. It is indicative of everything that was wrong with GM. If they want to play in the big leauges they have to do better. Introducing a landmark new model with a stop-gap engine is frankly embarassing, no matter how decent the stop-gap engine is. Why can Honda redesign their engines every 4-5 years, and they are first rate every time? And this is not the fisrt time for Cadillac. Remember the 1992 Seville/Eldorado with the 4.9 because the Northstar wasn't ready? Sorry folks. BMW, M-B, Lexus et al do not have to make excuses, and neither should Cadillac. Man, I hope they make the Sixteen!
Just a thought: given how long Caddy takes to come up with a V6, how long would it take to come up with a much more complex V16?
There's no auto analyst who thought the 16 is realistic. And if you read what GM executives said, they don't either. The numbers just don't make sense. It'll take years and billions to develop the 16, to compete with the Maybach. MB projects to sell 1000 Maybachs a year, I think. 40% are in the USA. Caddy currently doesn't have a distribution system outside NA. So I assume the 16's total output is 400/year, for the NA market only. How can you recover billions of dollars in investment by selling 400 cars a year? Plus the 16 must have the latest technology, that means continual big investments each year!
MB numbers make more sense. The Maybach V12 is also used in the AMG versions of S/SL/CL classes. They already have a worldwide distribution system, unlike Caddy. They had a V12 for quite a while, so they didn't have to start from scratch.
Now a V12 for Caddy might make sense. After all VW thought it made sense...
craig
Unless you talk to a head Cadillac tech who explains how these engines leak oil and have to have their oil pans silicone sealed on brand new cars. But be that as it may, I will agree that the Northstar is a kicking engine.
"As I said earlier, GM needed a car like the CTS 3 years ago. Rather than wait another year or so on the new engine to be ready, I think they did the right thing in going ahead and bringing the car out. When the new 3 series first came out in 99, it had the old carryover 2.3 and 2.8 liter engines. It wasn't until 2001 that it got the 3.0."
I agree that they did the right thing bringing the car to market without the 3.6. But it makes me sad because it was another missed opportunity to make a huge splash in the market. And...why was GM over the barrel in the marketplace? Because their products paled in comparison to the foreign competition and they were slow to react to the market.
The carryover BMW engines were already among the finest engines in the world. No shame in using them as a carryover. You think the 3.2 Catera engine is in that class? I think it's a different situation.
The Honda's 3.0 for 2003 is extensively re-worked and makes 20% more power, weighs 24 lbs. less, gets better fuel economy, and emits fewer emissions. Good enough to qualify as "new" in my book. What does GM's DOHC 3.5 put out? Oh yeah, they no longer make it.
Believe me, we are rooting for the same team. I look forward to good things from GM and especially Cadillac.
http://www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=5692&sid=17- 8&n=158
About the Sixteen, it took them 8 months to develop the V-16, it is already developed, handbuilt, that is how they would be if it was built. It has already gone on a cross country roadtrip, in a Tahoe with a streched hood.
The Mercedes V-12 engines may have awesome numbers, but I can get way over 1000hp if I twin turbo the XV-12. I don't see what all the rage is about the Mercedes V-12s, they would make less than almost every other competitors if they didn't turbo/supercharge.
They look great.
One has and in service date of June '02 and the other has a date of 12/14/2001!
That is either a typo or it was one of the pilot cars or executive cars because they did go on sale to the public until Jan. 2, 2002.
http://www.davisnet.com/drive/products/carchip.asp
BTW, I'm getting the Check Coolant Level message again.
http://home.attbi.com/~madones/Grill01.jpg (250K)
http://home.attbi.com/~madones/Grill02.jpg (325K)
Careful, for those with slow connections. The pics are kinda large.
Looking to buy a CTS soon but need some help.
1. have any of you seen the car in white diamond? I can't seem to spot one anywhere, but really like the color. If white isn't for the CTS I'm thinking of going with the blue onyx or just black.
2. How much post-negotiating could I get a standard automatic trans for? The website says about 32. I'm hoping to knock off atleast 1.5-2 grand off the book pricing.
http://cgi.techtv.com/mediamodule?action=view&version=2003011- 7150038&video_src=/technews/2003/tl030117c&width=320&- height=240&vidsection=2100118&add_date=1042790400&sta- rt=&end=&duration=&bitrates='
Rich
Link:
http://www.imakenews.com/autospies/e_article000120609.cfm
Way to go! Those ads better be good to compete with the expected beer and hamburger commercials. What other types do we usually see on Super Ads, besides cars, beers & burgers?