2009 Cadillac CTS-V gives you 556hp to play with!

2009 Cadillac CTS-V

Thanks to its 6.2 litre supercharged V8 engine, the Cadillac CTS-V clocks in at just under 556 horsepower on the power scale, placing it right under the 580hp Audi RS6 in the race for the most powerful factory D-segment sedan. That’s of course if you discount the Brabus E V12 based on the W211 E-Class, producing 640 horsepower from its S-Class-sourced V12 engine.

You may wonder how Cadillac ended up with names like the CTS and DTS when it used to have proper wordy names such as the DeVille, Seville and Eldorado. Well, those names are still alive today actually. DTS stands for DeVille Touring Sedan while the CTS you see here actually replaces the Catera, so CTS actually stands for Catera Touring Sedan. The STS is the Seville Touring Sedan.

This is based off the second generation CTS, and the V at the end of its name denotes it belongs to the V-Series of high performance Cadillacs, which also include the STS-V sedan and the XLR-V hard top convertible.

0 to 100km/h only takes 3.9 seconds with this car, and Cadillac claims a sub-8 minute lap time around the Nurburgring circuit. Manual shifting via steering wheel shift buttons is available via a hardy 6-speed automatic transmission that has to handle 748Nm of torque, but for the full manual experience complete with clutch and all a 6-speed manual is also available.

The CTS-V also features what it calls the world’s fastest reacting suspension – Magnetic Ride Control shocks sourced from Delphi, who also supplies its MagnaRide adjustable magnetic suspensions to Audi.

Look after the jump for more hi-res images.

PHOTO GALLERY: 2009 Cadillac CTS-V
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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history.

 

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  • Kevin Lee (Member) on Oct 22, 2008 at 12:44 am

    american car madness!

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  • kahing (Member) on Oct 22, 2008 at 12:44 am

    A 6.2, supercharged V8 is seriously a dent in a pocket, unless one earns like RM 10,000 a week. LoL. But the horsepower is such a turn-on. Oooooo la la

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  • w_lighter (Member) on Oct 22, 2008 at 1:18 am

    As usual the design of american car is butt ugly….

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  • raptorclans (Member) on Oct 22, 2008 at 7:31 am

    Actually I find the design of this particular one pretty cool… :P

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  • nmh (Member) on Oct 22, 2008 at 8:15 am

    old exterior….new interior, why not the whole thing is new…how bout quality

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  • droll (Member) on Oct 22, 2008 at 9:10 am

    what? what an ugly looking thing! and it’s 6.2L supercharged yet it only produces 556bhp???? A supercharged engine should be making more bhp than it’s cubic capacity!

    but, yeah, this is one insane machine.

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  • nonadoes (Member) on Oct 22, 2008 at 9:12 am

    a slight similarity with the new honda accord dont you think?
    aihhh..more v8 engine, thought they are the one stopping us from chopping the trees? what they’ve done to help then?

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  • db8 (Member) on Oct 22, 2008 at 12:42 pm

    ferrari also using dat kind of suspension
    but still its a US car..im not interested

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  • knight_templar (Member) on Oct 22, 2008 at 12:49 pm

    our roads are plagued with too many beemers. Ppl who drive them either think they’re cool or have misguided mentors who try to make them cool. Now put this baby on our roads and i bet those beemer drivers will shit bricks onto their leather seats. Yes i’d go for this baby anytime just to be different from the conventional ‘Toyota’ mentality of Bolehlanders. Just stick a 7.62 mm GAU-17/A gatling gun on the roof and aim for the beemers buntut.

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    • would-kill-for-exclusivity on Aug 07, 2010 at 9:39 am

      agreed agreed agreed

      there is nothing worse than buying a million dollar car and than seeing a fleet of it owned by the hotel for airport taxis.

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  • ALPINA BMW (Member) on Oct 22, 2008 at 2:16 pm

    our roads are plagued with too many beemers. Ppl who drive them either think they’re cool or have misguided mentors who try to make them cool. Now put this baby on our roads and i bet those beemer drivers will shit bricks onto their leather seats. Yes i’d go for this baby anytime just to be different from the conventional ‘Toyota’ mentality of Bolehlanders. Just stick a 7.62 mm GAU-17/A gatling gun on the roof and aim for the beemers buntut.

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    and the audi rs4 will aim you back

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  • Nozzydive (Member) on Oct 22, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    Those that owned this must be those that owned a petrol station.

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  • kei9 (Member) on Oct 22, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    1st time seeing Alpina BMW typing long comments. *rolleyes*

    Still cadillacs for me are a tad too angular and ugly.

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  • torque (Member) on Oct 22, 2008 at 4:31 pm

    Yup! The Americans REALLY knows to find a way to depleted more oil rig in the world! Yeeeeeeeeehaaaaa….

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  • ALPINA BMW (Member) on Oct 22, 2008 at 7:07 pm

    kei9 said,

    October 22, 2008 @ 3:45 pm

    1st time seeing Alpina BMW typing long comments. *rolleyes*

    Still cadillacs for me are a tad too angular and ugly.
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    i did not write a long comment, i just answered him.this car looks pretty good except from side view. i wonder how aerodynamic is the shape though and whether it will do well in the ncap test.

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  • would-kill-for-exclusivity on Aug 07, 2010 at 9:43 am

    i would import one in India if I could.

    I’d kidnap my boss just for a wheelspin in the red one.

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