"itschrome" (itschrome)
11/30/2017 at 21:30 • Filed to: None
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"itschrome" (itschrome)
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If GM is investing in a new DOHC v8, think we’ll see one back in the Cadillac? I hope so.
WilliamsSW
> itschrome
11/30/2017 at 21:32 |
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We had better. Cadillac should have a v8 in their flagship car
deprecated account
> itschrome
11/30/2017 at 21:32 |
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I think Johan de Nychssen said previously that the 4.2 TT was a cadillac engine.
CRider
> itschrome
11/30/2017 at 21:43 |
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Remember the Elmiraj concept? It had a 4.2TT V8 making 500/500 hp/lb-ft.
So did the Escala. GM is definitely planning a TTV8 Cadillac.
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> CRider
11/30/2017 at 21:47 |
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But fact remains that neither have production plans for the whole car...
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CRider
> 404 - User No Longer Available
11/30/2017 at 21:57 |
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They aren’t going to build those cars, but they are an indication of where GM wants to go with Cadillac. It’s plausible that a 4.x TT V8 making 500+ hp could be coming in a future car.
I also really want this to happen.
ranwhenparked
> itschrome
11/30/2017 at 21:59 |
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Hasn’t GM been saying the CT6 is supposed to get a V8 at some point? I think I had originally heard 2018, but then it didn’t happen.
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> CRider
11/30/2017 at 22:00 |
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Well I just want them to take that liftback body of the Escala, shrink it and make it the next ATS, complete with RWD and a manual. I’ll trade my 328i for it.
Milky
> ranwhenparked
11/30/2017 at 22:07 |
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The CT6 NEEDS a V8.
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ranwhenparked
> Milky
11/30/2017 at 22:12 |
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No question. Frankly, they should be a bit embarrassed that they let it on the market without one. That, and the lack of a LWB option are the only two real failings I can think of with it vs the competition.
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WilliamsSW
> ranwhenparked
11/30/2017 at 22:22 |
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The CT6 is pretty damn roomy in the back seat as is, though not as big as the LWB cars you’re referring to.
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Milky
> ranwhenparked
11/30/2017 at 22:24 |
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Even if its only the 460hp LT1 for a few years, it would have still sat nicely at the top of the range.
shop-teacher
> itschrome
11/30/2017 at 22:45 |
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I absolutely do think it will be in Cadillacs. GM wouldn’t develop an entire new engine family just for the Corvette.
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itschrome
> shop-teacher
12/01/2017 at 08:01 |
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I hope not. I mean the Northstar was born out of the DOHC 350 program for the C4 ZR1, not directly but it was the catalyst for it. so i kind of feel like there’s history to show that it only makes sense for this to lead to Cadillac getting a DOHC v8 again.
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itschrome
> ranwhenparked
12/01/2017 at 08:03 |
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I believe so but they have been quite on that front for a while.
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itschrome
> Milky
12/01/2017 at 08:07 |
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I think it’s moves like that they need to avoid. Cadillac needs to be focused on only premium engines.
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shop-teacher
> itschrome
12/01/2017 at 09:13 |
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There would be no business case for developing an entire new family of engines just to sell a few thousand Corvettes. They’ve repeatedly said that the reason the LS family of V8's isn’t in any Cadillacs, is because they aren’t refined enough. A new DOHC twin turbo V8 for Corvettes AND Cadillac, that’s a business case that makes sense.
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Milky
> itschrome
12/01/2017 at 09:36 |
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I disagree, it works for the most part in the CTS.
I also live in Detroit where dumb V8s are king. I also see quite a fair amount of fully loaded 3.0TT CT6s. I gotta imagine half of them would have paid $5k more for a V8 just because.