"The manual isn't as fast — "The reason you see John wave at the beginning of the video," another anonymous source told us, "is because (ride and drive engineer) Aaron Link is right behind him in a manual-transmission CTS-V." Link, an excellent driver in his own right, simply couldn't keep up with Heinricy and throughout testing, the automatic has proven to be the hot setup for this car. "There's video of Aaron's run, and he's incredibly busy" an insider told us. "Meanwhile, John barely moves.""
The 20-somethings will be happy in two years when we sell our used ones.
Burnouts 'R Us — Unrelated to the run around the 'Ring, but good to know is that epic burnouts have been part of the new CTS-V's engineering all along. In both manual or automatic transmission modes it will be possible, said our confidante, "to annihilate the tires like John Force if you want."
This is why I've always preferred automatics.. I don't want to be "incredibly busy" when I'm driving - especially racing.. I do understand that other people love just that, however...
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"The manual isn't as fast — "The reason you see John wave at the beginning of the video," another anonymous source told us, "is because (ride and drive engineer) Aaron Link is right behind him in a manual-transmission CTS-V." Link, an excellent driver in his own right, simply couldn't keep up with Heinricy and throughout testing, the automatic has proven to be the hot setup for this car. "There's video of Aaron's run, and he's incredibly busy" an insider told us. "Meanwhile, John barely moves.""
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This is why I've always preferred automatics.. I don't want to be "incredibly busy" when I'm driving - especially racing.. I do understand that other people love just that, however...
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So they were a generation late...
i guess the thing that has scared me on the slushbox is that the smg in the m5 is so bad. maybe this setup is better, and it could (gasp) actually be fun. i had an x5 with auto-stick, and that was actually fun to shift, then put back into sport mode when i was otherwise occupied.
i have had fun with this manual though. guess we'll have to see how this auto looks and works.
