Cadillac STS-V Series ForumForum specifically for Cadillac STS-V series discussions. With 469 horsepower, this is the most powerful production Cadillac ever made.
im hearing the STS-V is somewhere around 77k, if im correct. id say thats a damn good bargain. if you compare it to mercedes costs and bmw. the STS-V is only a couple tenths slower. big deal, and a lot will hafta do with the driver anyways!!! i think its a lot hotter looking than any of those over rated german crap boxes everyone raves about so much...why even bother coming other this forum if you all support the german made cars.
shit...id choose a caddy over a lexus, bmw, or mercedes any day!
as far as the sts-v vs. the cts-v..the STS-v should have a more aggressive launch if you can feather the throttle from off the line and hook those tires up, its supercharged. its such even numbers im seeing as far as 1/4mile times. it will have a lot to do with whos driving the car that will make the person win.
This wheel hop you talk about, is it like where the rear axle jumps around and kind of bounces also under accleration? If it is, then my '95 Buick Roadmaster had wheel hop also. Like the CTS-V, the Roadmaster had a limited slip differential.
The wheel hop only happens when the car is under power.
It's bad enough that it will destroy the rear diff or axles if you don't back out of the power. I've heard that the STS-V doesn't have wheel hop like the V, it might have some but it wont be as bad (although I doubt there's another car in the world that suffers from the severe hop that the CTS-V has).
Hell, if someone's gonna spend $100, they're 'typically' willing to spend $120+ so why not an S65 AMG...
List price for the S65 is $165,000+. Did you mean the S55, which has an MSRP of $111,000?
That's a huge difference over the STS-V and the new M5. There's a $34,000 price difference between the STS-V and an S55, while the S65....
Compared to the M5 which has an MSRP of $81,200 (I actually thought it was more), the S55 is $30,000 more.
The big difference is in how the cars are optioned, the STS-V is loaded at $77,000, while the M5 starts at $81,200, and I'm willing to bet that the $111,000 is the base price for the S55.
List price for the S65 is $165,000+. Did you mean the S55, which has an MSRP of $111,000?
That's a huge difference over the STS-V and the new M5. There's a $34,000 price difference between the STS-V and an S55, while the S65....
Compared to the M5 which has an MSRP of $81,200 (I actually thought it was more), the S55 is $30,000 more.
The big difference is in how the cars are optioned, the STS-V is loaded at $77,000, while the M5 starts at $81,200, and I'm willing to bet that the $111,000 is the base price for the S55.
The Mercedes S Class is not a direct competitor with the STS. It is much roomier and has more prestige. Now the E55 is much closer.
If someone is willing to pay $80,000 for a car then $1,250,000 is not out of the question. Gentlemen meet the new Bugatti Veyron. 1,001 horsepower and a top speed of 253mph. That ought to shut 'em up.
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