2014 Cadillac CTS Vsport

"SonorousSpeedJoe" (SonorousSpeedJoe) 10/28/2013 at 16:20 • Filed to: Motor Trend, Cadillac, Cadillac CTS

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A 98-ft 60-0? Dafuq? I know it has Brembos, but it weighs in at just under 4,000 lbs.

feather-throttle-not-hair > SonorousSpeedJoe 10/28/2013 at 16:21

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fucking car and driver. I should have read other magazines growing up. The only braking numbers that mean anything to me are the 70-0 distances. Sigh.

jlmounce > SonorousSpeedJoe 10/28/2013 at 16:27

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Stopping distances are primarily a factor a clamping force and traction. Certainly chassis and suspension dynamics help as well. Manufacturers have started equipping "sport" vehicles with grippier summer tires, which aid in stopping distances. Combine that with bigger brakes and more clamping force and you get pretty decent stopping times. 60-0 figures look good on paper, but what you really want to see is repeatability. Can the car repeatedly haul itself down from speed? That's a truer representation of a car's braking performance.

Textured Soy Protein > SonorousSpeedJoe 10/28/2013 at 16:27

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It's probably a combination of sticky tires, well sorted-out ABS/EBD calibration, and some magical jiggery-pokery with the magnetic ride control.

Textured Soy Protein > SonorousSpeedJoe 10/28/2013 at 16:33

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As for the car overall, I like it but there's absolutely no way I would buy a car with wonky capacitive controls for everything down to the HVAC. Give me buttons dammit.

lone_liberal > Textured Soy Protein 10/28/2013 at 17:04

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Ah, the old magical jiggery-pokery. That's always the key.

feather-throttle-not-hair > Textured Soy Protein 10/28/2013 at 17:13

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Oh oh! let me guess!

You never had an N64 growing up. Instead you had an Atari Jaguar!

(for real though, this entire post was just an excuse to post a Jaguar controller. I like buttons for HVAC controls too)

Textured Soy Protein > feather-throttle-not-hair 10/28/2013 at 17:26

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I've had NES, Game Gear, Genesis, PS1, Dreamcast, PS2, PS3.

Jaguar was spectacular...ly bad.

Victorious Secret > SonorousSpeedJoe 10/28/2013 at 17:34

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Inb4 Eurowhores who say "Oh but this car sucks its American too expensive GTFAC"

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > Victorious Secret 10/28/2013 at 17:47

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Lolz it still cant handl a corner fukkin american carz suk!!!!!1!

PatBateman > Victorious Secret 10/28/2013 at 17:48

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Eurowhores: CTS is horrible, it's only for straight line performance.

Me: But the record at the 'Ring says...

EW: CTS is horrible, it's only for straight line performance.

Me: But have you compared the cars straight up, because the Cadillacs have really started to...

EW: CTS is horrible, it's only for straight line performance.

Me: But... Whatever.

Kookanoodles > Victorious Secret 10/28/2013 at 19:26

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Well, this European thinks he'd have it over any German competitor.

If he had the money, which he doesn't. At all.

Kookanoodles > SonorousSpeedJoe 10/28/2013 at 19:29

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This car really is the pinnacle of everything Cadillac have been doing recently in terms of exterior design. It's perfect.