Imbued with Corvette energy, right this moment’s Good Value or No Cube CTS-V is a mannequin that opened up a brand new door for Cadillac, introducing the model to a brand new world of fast-car fanatics. Let’s see if this one’s worth opens that door even additional.
Essentially the most pertinent query in regards to the 2001 BMW X5 we examined final Friday was, “They drove it how far?” The automobile was one thing of a puzzle as, though the advert claimed it to have practically 300K on the clock, it was in far too good of form for something that has gone that distance. And it had a handbook! A $2,950 worth sealed the deal for many of you, with many suggesting to dive it till it breaks after which simply stroll away. An awesome 72 % Good Value win was the outcome.
In 1955, singer-songwriter Charlie Ryan got here up with somewhat ditty referred to as Scorching Rod Lincoln. The track tells a narrative a couple of Lincoln-powered Mannequin A beating a Cadillac in a race up and over Southern California’s two-lane Grapevine highway, the precursor to the I5 freeway. The track has been coated many instances since by quite a few totally different artists, with particulars modified right here and there, however the one fixed in all variations is the Cadillac shedding the race. Possibly if the participant had been driving a Caddy like right this moment’s 2005 CTS-V, the track may need ended otherwise.
Cadillac launched the CTS for the 2003 mannequin yr as a smaller, tighter-handling, and extra avant-garde addition to its then-stodgy outdated lineup. Powered by a sequence of V6 engines and designed to permit the becoming of a handbook transmission, the CTS seemed and carried out like nothing else in Cadillac’s catalog.
With the CTS-V, Cadillac took issues up a notch, giving the automobile the 5.7-liter LS6 V8 out of the C5 Corvette and mating that with the six-speed Tremec handbook from the ZO6. That combo gave the automobile 400 horsepower and 395 lb-ft of torque and the power to make use of all that energy. Eager to warn unsuspecting sizzling rod Lincoln drivers and all others of what the Caddy was packing, the designers fitted the V version with a mesh grille, deeper entrance air dam, and greater, extra aggressive wheels and tires.
This CTS-V is claimed to be inventory save for a chilly air consumption (woooooosh), black-painted wheels (which present a little bit of curb rash), and a set of aftermarket LED headlamp items (with halos.) At simply over 156,000, it has about half the mileage of final Friday’s Bimmer and, no less than within the advert, seems to be simply pretty much as good. The black paint appears with out challenge, and the vendor says it’s free from dents or fading. They do warn that it’s an nearly 20-year-old automobile however promise that it has been well-maintained over that point.
The cabin seems to be… properly, such as you may anticipate of a 20-year-old product of GM. There’s an excellent little bit of crazing on the motive force’s seat leather-based, and the duvet on the shifter has worn fully by. There’s additionally some unlucky waving on the motive force’s door armrest {that a} new proprietor will possible merely have to reside with. Apart from that, it seems to be clear and has numerous buttons on the middle stack for people who miss that function in right this moment’s screen-heavy interiors.
Mechanically, it additionally seems to be to be stable. It has pretty new MOMO tires and an engine bay that proudly reveals off its Corvette fraternity together with its Ok&N consumption. The title is clear, and the value tag reads $10,900.
What do you say about this hot-rod Caddy and that $10,900 asking? Does that really feel like a good worth, contemplating the automobile’s situation and outline? Or, for that a lot, would you simply go purchase a Corvette?
You resolve!
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