"There is no doubt about when people began racing automobiles. It was the day they made the second one." - Richard Petty
All Throttle, No Bottle
I'm dropping out to create a company that starts with motorcycles, then cars, and forty years later signs a legendary Brazilian driver who has a public and expensive feud with his French teammate.
I love the car. It seems to meld classy and sporty very well much like the M5 and the AMG line mercedes. Some people may still think that Cadillac is an old person brand, but this new car screams performance. I look forward to getting a face to face look at one.
I think other performance sedans still have an edge in practicality, I'm not sure many prestige performance car customers want to be crawling through a roll cage each morning...
Horsepower wins races. Torque pulls trailers.
http://www.nuerburgring.de/fileadmin/webcam/webcam.jpg <Live cast from the 'Ring.
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Andreas Preuninger, Manager of Porsche High Performance Cars: "Grandmas can use paddles. They aren't challenging."
The sarcasm is almost palpable in that comment.
Almost.
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An RS4 or an M3 is much more classy
It's just a honest expectation - when any car is being driven 10/10ths around the Ring it's only a legal requirement.
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From: Cadillac Drivers' Log
May 14, 2008
The Video You've Been Waiting To See
By Ed
We just came back from Germany. As promised, here's the video of John Heinricy's sub-8 minute lap of the Nurburgring's Nordschleife.
To clarify, the car had no performance or operational modifications outside of what we intend to offer in production. We did have a couple of customary safety precautions, as the first goal of our testing is always to keep drivers like John safe. The car had a harness bar upon which a 6-way racing safety belt system was mounted. We also had a fire supression unit on board. These things add a little bit of weight to the car, certainly not helping performance any. Stock tires, too.
We had a chance to mount some cameras on the car and had the benefit of a beautiful day. Enjoy.
"As I walk through the valley of rice I shall fear no turbo, for torque art with me and the enemy is fat."
It's very fast no doubt but it's still a pre-production model which can have setup changes that could compromise its real world driving qualities.
However giving that margin, looks like it can be faster than an M5 on a racetrack but don't forget the M5 lacks 50hp compared to it...
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