MT: Powerage: With Luxury Sport Sedans More Powerful Than Ever, These Three Bridge The Gap

[Bruce Nunnally]

The Goldilocks of the trio is the Cadillac CTS V-Sport. It’s neither too soft nor too stiff; it’s just right. On our road loops, the CTS expertly balances ride quality with handling prowess. The magnetorheological shocks ride well over poor roads and help the V-Sport rip around corners at speed. The nice, meaty steering wheel offers up plenty of road feedback and excellent turn-in. “I can’t believe how far Cadillac has come from waterbed cornering and Cool Whip steering,” Loh said. “There’s nothing soft or light about this beast; everything is thick and requires a bit of manhandling, from the thick-rimmed steering wheel to the, erm, erect shift lever.

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[Cadillac Jim]

Interesting article. I suppose that there was not a BMD M-series or Mercedes AMG that met the criteria, or that would compare well with the Cadillac CTS-VSport, Lexus GS-F, and Audi S6 4.0T. Also interesting is that the GS-F performed better in acceleration and figure 8 testing but did not compete for normal use driveability and was priced with the CTS-V with which it could not compete at all.

A pretty clear message is emerging with articles like this.

[Bruce Nunnally]

With a tune the lf3 apparently becomes a 500+ hp powerplant so there is that advantage as well.