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Originally Posted by Hallen  BMW makes it work because the 3 series is a well balanced car with modest power out of the box (my car is almost exactly 50-50 weight distribution). Add more power and stiffer suspension, wider fenders with bigger tires and you have an M3.
A CTS is a brick out of the box... it is a typical American sedan. It is built to wow you with gobs of power. To make it into a race car you need to balance the weight and get the suspension right. These are things the BMW has out of the box. It is much easier to get more power out of an engine and go racing with a balanced car than it is to balance an ungainly car. The WC CTS-V proves that. Look what they had to do to it to race it.
Don't get me wrong. I like the direction that Cadillac is trying to take. I just wish they would concentrate more on making a balanced, light weight car instead of a stylish, unbalanced beefcake. But then again, the latter is always what Cadillac has built. |
I am really talking about the new CTS, which is an all new car. The CTS is also between the size of a 3-series and a 5-series and it's weight reflects that. In all seriousness, go drive one. The are not setting any new ground, but have caught BMW...really, they have.
I just really don't see the sense in making a race car (albeit easier to make) that no one buys. I'll drop it now.
