my neighbor has the CTS sedan with awd. it's a nice looking car. he likes it. the interior looked real nice too.

it's one of my favorite cars GM made in the last decade...

I drove the sedan CTS-V (manual) and had the opposite reaction. When I stepped on the gas, it felt like I was ripping a hole in space/time!

It's basically America's M5.

I know it's not a cts-v, but today My friend & I went for a test drive in a new 6-speed mustang 5.0 and I gotta say I was not that impressed with it. After driving it, it just made me realize how great the Z really is & made me appreciate it even more.

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That is just the CTS Coupe, which came out this year. The CTS-V is four door for now as far as I know.


I won't say that, but Cadillac losses it value real quick, I think within the first year. If I'm going to pay that amount of money I want a car that can hold its value.

No they have a coupe that is an SC

Reviving the dead here, but I can attest to the comments of the OP. I traded my 370Z for a CTS-V Wagon. No question the Vagon is much faster than the Z. I did get the Recaros and the manual transmission which if FAR better than the crappy auto tranny they put in the CTS-V. But it's absolutely a luxury car over a sports car. The exhaust has a mild rumble since the sound deadening is so effective and there's no hiding it's a heavy car in the corners. It's what I'd call an 'autobahn burner'. It's an absolute freight train on highway trips and can do triple digit speeds effortlessly. When you pass a car on a two lane road in a fraction of a second and look down to see you're doing 130mph about 5 seconds later, you appreciate the benefits of a large displacement blown V8. I've been driving it a minimum of 60 miles a day since May when I traded in the Z.

And after all that...

I just told my wife and father today that I miss my Z. It was a much more fun car. The CTS-V is great, practical, and super fast, but it just doesn't stir my soul like the Z did.

^Sweet!!!

I'm surprised at that, there was one at Sebring in October that impressed the hell out of me. I assumed they felt very sporty by the way it got around the track.

Once again... two different cars. In the end, it is really all about you. Not the car.

Don't get me wrong, the CTS-V will amaze the daylights out of you the first time you drop the hammer and see how it can go like a bat out of hell. I've never felt like I need more power in the V but I did in my Z.

There were a few things about the Z that I miss. I had the Stillen CBE and some high flow cats which made the car a blast to drive. The sound was perfect. The steering in the Z is some of the best I've ever experienced. Frankly, I think the Z's steering feel trumps that of the M3 and the new Porsches I've had a chance to drive. The V has artificial weighted steering that doesn't compare. It can grip in the corners but you always know you're piloting a giant and not a gymnast.

I think the Vagon is a perfect every day driver kind of car. It'll cost you a fortune as a track day car because it will vaporize tires and brakes with its weight. If I had the Z still, the Vagon would be my daily driver and the Z would be my weekend fun toy. I need the utility of the Vagon given my 7 month old daughter who needs to ride in the back and the dog that goes in the way way back. Also, the Vagon is a tank and does amazingly well in accidents. It's the perfect balance of utility, sport, speed, and family car. But I now understand that paying more for a car doesn't mean it will give more pleasure. In fact, I think that the more I pay for a car, the more critical I am of the car and its flaws. If I ever drop $130k on a 911 GT3, I will critique the hell out of it and be very unhappy with any shortcomings. And then I'll just say I miss my Z again.

Living in Naples has been interesting though. In the 8 months I've been here, I've seen 3 SLS AMGs, 2 Ferrari 599s, 2 458s, a McLaren 12C Alpha (6 in the world), innumerable Rolls and Bentleys, Lambos out the wazoo, and a total of 0 other V-wagons. Either I have poor taste or it's just a rare car.

The next 4 months will amaze you even more! When the snowbirds are here the super car double or triple around Naples. I'm in all of the top neighborhoods around Naples for work all the time and it never stops amazing me how many garage full of crazy cars there are in that town. Just Port Royal alone is mind boggling!

Ok - just have to point out one thing. It is NOT a 50k car, they start at 64k and go to 72. The 50k was for a 2011 which is now essentially 3 years old.

So - basically 2x the price. and NOT 2X the car.

:)

I think that's a really good summation of the car's driving feeling - on paper it can produce some really spectacular numbers, especially in comparison to the Z, but it does without feeling completely natural, if that makes sense. Perhaps the same analogy can be said of going from any small car to a bigger one, though; for example, going from my friend's S2000 or my Civic into the Z, and the Z feels much bigger.

Also congrats on the V-Wagon; it is indeed a pretty rare (and pretty) sight!

Why isn't it 2x the car?