Friday, February 27, 2009

High-performance Cadillac CTS-V coupe spied on the road

A piece of tape covers what looks like the CTS-V badge on the door.
A picture of A piece of tape covers what looks like the CTS-V badge on the door.
A piece of tape covers what looks like the CTS-V badge on the door.
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Spied: Cadillac CTS-V coupe



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Despite the rash of bad news coming from General Motors over the past several months, the engineering corps is still hard at work. And we've got a glimpse of a car we would love to have in our garage--the Cadillac CTS-V coupe.

Cadillac's redesigned CTS coupe is set to launch in fall 2010, and it would add some Eldorado-esq panache to the Caddy stable.

Despite news that GM has reassigned its swat team of go-fast engineers, it looks as if a V-Series version of the CTS coupe is alive and well.

Here's why: In these recent spy shots, look at the lower door panels--there's tape covering up exactly where the performance badge goes. And the grille looks like the mesh setup found on the V-Series. And the back exhaust pipes are rather large.

This evidence is more than enough to convince us that GM still has a need for speed.

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