09 V rumour thread...get ur 09 rumours here...yeah baby - Page 27

v84life · #**391** (**permalink**) 06-20-07, 01:14 AM

Can anybody blow up a shot at the wheel area......

mbiker97_old · #**392** (**permalink**) 06-20-07, 09:13 AM

The 6 pistons were only on 1 of the mules, which were also 2 piece rotors and looked way bad ass. The rest had the same brake setup that we currently have and I believe will be the production brakes.

**The Tony Show** · #**393** (**permalink**) 06-20-07, 09:37 AM

Here you go- I tweaked the contrast a little to enhance some of the detail.

**JimmyH** · #**394** (**permalink**) 06-20-07, 01:01 PM

I dont understand why the current CTS did not have AWD. The SRX shares its platform and it has awd.

v84life · #**395** (**permalink**) 06-20-07, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by The Tony Show

Here you go- I tweaked the contrast a little to enhance some of the detail.

Thank you Tony.... Those look like possible Porsche or Mercedes calipers..Hmmm On the side shot of the car it appears that our front calipers are on the rear of the car.... Interesting they are working on ceramics for the Vette so why not trickle them down to the V. I hope so at least as a option..

annie · #**396** (**permalink**) 06-20-07, 01:43 PM

I think all you guys that do not believe the 600 bhp clam are forgetting that bob Lutz ,a high ranking figure in GM basically called out BMW .He basically said that the current M5 will get owed by the new CTS-V and if the new on is only slightly better it will get slapped also. When you are dissing a 12.4 car (R&T Feb 2006) you better not have a 12.2 car and if you expect to blow the doors of the replacement of the 12.4 car you better have at least an 11.9 car. I think the easiest way to figure out a good estimate for the CTS-Vs power would be to take its estimated weight and figure out how much horspower it would need to backup Bobs boastfully claims with a stick or auto box. I for one believe that Cadillac will make the CTS-V only slightly slower than AMG's bi turbo v12s witch i see running 11.5s on street fire and yo tube full weight (4500lbs +).

thebigjimsho · #**397** (**permalink**) 06-20-07, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by v84life

Thank you Tony.... Those look like possible Porsche or Mercedes calipers..Hmmm On the side shot of the car it appears that our front calipers are on the rear of the car.... Interesting they are working on ceramics for the Vette so why not trickle them down to the V. I hope so at least as a option..

Well, the current V has Brembo 4 pots that are common with other cars such as the STi. That worked so well that they're probably gonna repeat the issue with 6 pots...

jasaero · #**398** (**permalink**) 06-20-07, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmyhauser

I dont understand why the current CTS did not have AWD. The SRX shares its platform and it has awd.

Our car is about 2 inches narrower than the SRX, STS, and new CTS. That 2 inches of extra witdh is apparently needed to fit the mechanicals to the front wheels.

RamAir02 · #**399** (**permalink**) 06-20-07, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jasaero

Our car is about 2 inches narrower than the SRX, STS, and new CTS. That 2 inches of extra witdh is apparently needed to fit the mechanicals to the front wheels.

Damn they should've sacrificed the extra two inches! I'd say my biggest complaint about the current V is that at some angles (especially from straight ahead or behind) the car looks too narrow.

jasaero · #**400** (**permalink**) 06-20-07, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by RamAir02

Damn they should've sacrificed the extra two inches! I'd say my biggest complaint about the current V is that at some angles (especially from straight ahead or behind) the car looks too narrow.

Well that is fixed with the new one. And my understanding is that the new V will have an even wider stance with wider tires moving that stance out even farther with all new fender flairing. Not to mention it will be lower than the standard CTS. Should be a pretty mean looking car in person. The new normal CTS looks pretty hunkered in person. The V will be even more so.

trukk · #**401** (**permalink**) 06-20-07, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by RamAir02

Damn they should've sacrificed the extra two inches! I'd say my biggest complaint about the current V is that at some angles (especially from straight ahead or behind) the car looks too narrow.

Had our car been 2" wider, we would have had an SC N* vs. god's gift to pushrods LSX. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN

Those 2" are the reason a N* won't fit in the current sigma based CTS.

-Chris

ylwjacket · #**402** (**permalink**) 06-20-07, 03:57 PM

More info from Edmunds, FWIW:

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=121300

**The Tony Show** · #**403** (**permalink**) 06-20-07, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by RamAir02

Damn they should've sacrificed the extra two inches! I'd say my biggest complaint about the current V is that at some angles (especially from straight ahead or behind) the car looks too narrow.

My wife is always saying that an extra two inches makes anything better, which is funny because I never thought she was into cars that much.....

jasaero · #**404** (**permalink**) 06-20-07, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ylwjacket

More info from Edmunds, FWIW:

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=121300

Yeah. I had read this earlier. Anyone here know how perceptible the S/C wine is on the STS-V?? That is a similar setup and I am wondering if it is designed to hush the wine one normally hears from an S/C?? I have never heard an STS-V to know, but this S/C setup is supposed to be similar, except applied to the LS3.