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Friday, February 25, 2011

2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Racer SCCA

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2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Racer SCCA

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Cadillac CTS-V Coupe Racers Show their Colors at Sebring

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The racing division of Cadillac travelled to the Sebring International Raceway for a second round of testing before the start of the Sports Car Club of America World Challenge GT season, which will mark the return of the brand with the crest to racing after a three year hiatus.

For the first time, both CTS-V Coupe racecars showed the full color scheme, decals and numbers they will wear during the 2011 season. The No. 8 car will be driven by Andy Pilgrim, while the No. 3 coupe will have Johnny O'Connell behind the wheel.

“It’s our first opportunity to get both cars on the track at the same time, in full race trim. Besides looking incredible on the track, the cars are performing at an exceptional level,” said Jim Vurpillat, Cadillac global marketing director.

“We’re getting in a lot of laps, and that’s what we need to do to get ready for the 2011 season,” said No. 8 car driver Andy Pilgrim. His teammate, Johhny O'Connell added: „With two full days of testing (Feb. 22-23), we’ll have a really good idea of how we’ll perform at the first race in St. Petersburg next month.”

The first race of the season will be on March 25-27 in St. Petersburg, Florida, followed by seven other venues in the U.S. and Canada.

By Dan Mihalascu

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Thursday, August 5, 2010

First Spin 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe

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The car nobody quite expected--not even some people at the division that builds it--has become a reality. The 2011 Cadillac CTS Coupe goes on sale in early August in a choice of rear- or all-wheel-drive configurations, to be followed soon after by a high-performance V model.

The coupe rounds out what has become a full series of available CTS body styles, accompanying the 4-door sedan and wagon that are already on the market. It started as a designer's sketch that got passed around until now-retired General Motors product "czar" Bob Lutz saw it. He decreed that it should be built as a concept to display at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show. The exterior of the production CTS Coupe is an almost-exact copy of the show car, which garnered "Most Significant Concept Vehicle" laurels in the '08 North American Concept Vehicle of the Year competition.

If anything in particular stood in the way of moving the 2-door CTS from design studio to dealerships, it was a belief that the market for coupes was "dead." Indeed, it is Cadillac's first coupe offering since the 2002 Eldorado.

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