egypt123

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Top Gear review of an '04 V. Some of it's their typical "poor U.S. build" blabber, and they do talk about the poor differential, but they also say some good things about it. It's still a good watch, regardless.

FYI: Sometimes the video loads, sometimes it doesn't...

http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/cadillac

Crowned Customs

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Love that show

mitchntx

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"Shaaaad-up!"

LOL

4doorvetteLV

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I love that show but they revealed the identity of the Stig recently. That mystery was a key component of the show's popularity IMO.

SScamaro2001

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i love this show. he does rip on it pretty hard but that's what happens when u are used to driving $100,000+ cars. what does the V actually stand for on our cars? I have heard velocity but that doesn't seem right. I just thought it was for like V8.

Syclone354

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Ive watched that one a million times! Love it. I have all 15 seasons of Top Gear downloaded, my favorite show (and only tv I watch since I dont have cable/satellite/etc)

There was also a special where they came to the US Last year I think, they drove the new ZR1, CTS-V, and Dodge Challenger from San Fransisco to Boneville Salt Flats.

tweeter81

CTS-V = C-Series Touring Sedan - Velocity

M-1028

I always thought the V stands for the roman numeral 5. All the V cars do 0-60 in under 5 secounds. Just my .02

Stepside

The shape of the V, for anyone who has taken a course in Physics, is the symbol for Velocity.

OiReLaV

I see what your saying. However, in most physics equations, a lower-case v is used for velocity, like projectile motion equations. V can also describe Volume.

LOL, just giving ya a hard time!!

SScamaro2001

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fair enough. thanks for the clarification

liqidvenom

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i thought cts = Catera Touring Sedan. like the dts= deville touring sedan, sts= seville touring sedan

i have no idea what the V really means.

KamaSutra

"boooong!" "boooong!" "new booooong!"

Remo

There was a poster of a CTS-V at my local dealer. It showed a CTS-V with the word Victory under it. I always thought thats what the V stood for.

Found this: http://www.mpt.org/motorweek/reviews/rt2324a.shtml

jasonk

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It is Velocity, however with the V beating up on all the top euro cars lately, the mags seem to replace with Victory.... kinda lame though doesnt sound near as cool as velocity though

liqidvenom

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you have anything from gm saying that? for all we know it could stand anything.

zinner

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I thought V meant 0-60 in under 5 seconds as well.

KamaSutra

V = Velocity

Bob Lutz was quoted saying that while the car was still being developed.

liqidvenom

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link?

Cadzilla

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I believe the V is a throwback to the old school Caddies, 30's 40s 50s, which had emblems with the V under the shield. just my guess







edit: here's more

The new V-Series logo both harkens back to Cadillac's rich heritage as a pioneer in high-performance "V" engine technology and also conveys the dynamic posture that will characterize the V-Series models. The new V-shaped logo for V-Series models employs the same colors - black against gold, red, silver and blue, on a platinum background - as the Cadillac division's redesigned "Wreath & Crest" logo.

While its colors are meant to depict the 'luxury' side of Cadillac, its vertical orientation and its forward-leaning angle to the right are both meant to depict motion and performance," said Kip Wasenko, design director, GM Performance Division, who oversaw the design of the V-Series logo. "This new V-Series logo draws on the proud technological heritage of Cadillac's past emblems, but renders that heritage in a thoroughly modern and sophisticated way.

The use of the "V" designation in Cadillac sales literature dates to the beginning of the brand. V-shaped emblems started to appear on radiator grilles, trunk lids and hub caps in the 1930s, and following World War II, Cadillac's divisional emblem evolved into the well-known "V-and-crest" design which lasted, in one form or another, into the 1960s."

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The XLR-V will be the fastest Cadillac in history.

Cadillac entered the high-performance luxury arena with its new "V-Series" line of products. The first Cadillac to receive the "V-Series" designation will be the CTS, which begins production in 2003 as a 2004 model.

V-Series enhancements will include substantially increased horsepower; manual or "automatic-manual" transmission; performance-tuned suspension with StabiliTrak; larger wheels, tires and brakes; additional instrumentation; unique front grille; dual exhaust with visible tips; unique seating surfaces; and V-Series badging, both exterior and interior.

Unlike some other high-performance luxury models, Cadillac V-Series will be completely designed and engineered "in-house" in a cooperative effort with GM's recently established Performance Division.

The use of the "V" designation in Cadillac sales literature dates to the beginning of the brand. V-shaped emblems started to appear on radiator grilles, trunk lids and hub caps in the 1930s, and following World War II, Cadillac's divisional emblem evolved into the well-known "V-and-crest" design which lasted, in one form or another, into the 1960s.

The V-series is so named because Cadillac was the first company to mass-produce a V-8, as well as the first to build a V-12 and a V-16. In another first, the XLR-V will be the first Cadillac equipped with adaptive forward lighting, a system that uses sensors to determine speed and steering-wheel angle in determining how fast and how far to turn the headlamps for improved night vision.