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Motor Trend Tests, Loves The 2014 Cadillac CTS Vsport: Video

You could watch this 9-minute video review from Motor Trend on the 2014 Cadillac CTS Vsport, but you could also just sum things up by taking the host’s word for it when he says: “the Cadillac CTS Vsport, what a car!”

Motor Trend found the Vsport’s handling characteristics to be nothing short of surprising. But then they would, as this new car is lighter than a BMW 550i (or anything else in its segment) and it has the same e-differential you’d find in the C7 Corvette. Not to mention, it posted one of the most impressive stopping rates the magazine ever recorded for a sedan. The Germans might want to re-think their next move, especially with the next-generation CTS-V on the way soon enough.

So what else did Motor Trend have to say about the 2014 CTS Vsport? Scroll below to find out in the latest episode of Ignition.

Sam loves to write and has a passion for auto racing, karting and performance driving of all types.

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  1. Again, CUE is the weakest part of the CTS offence.

    The sooner GM puts a faster chip in that thing, the better.

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  2. Will the cue is not that bad…Have you gotten in the back seat.!!.!.!… There some thing to talk about were the 5 inch longer . Not in the back seat. And head room . Got alot smaller..

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  3. So.. I guess you don’t get in the back seat… There is no leg room and the head room got small to….the cue is not the only thing that need to be fixed… I like the cue system… I had a good time ….IN THE FRONT SEAT…. Forget the back seat… Its a mid size car…but buick has alot of leg room ..so does my BMW 535ix… So what happen to the extra 5 inch longer..?

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  4. Would make Bob Lutz proud?

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  5. great accolades for cadillac, keep up the good work !

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  6. This is a complete, and continuing, screw up by Akerson & co. If there is one thing that bevy of people he brought in from telecommunications land should have done well right off the bat, it’s the “infotainment” system. Yet review after review after review for the past couple of years always state CUE as the “but…” in otherwise very good to great reviews (e.g., “The CTS-V drives unbelievably well, but…”

    Few people are going to buy or not buy a car b/c of the infotainment system, so it’s not the biggest deal in the world, but when you’re the challenger to BMW/Mercedes/Audi/Lexus, you don’t need to give people ANY excuses not to buy your vehicle. They need to fix this, pronto, and I don’t get the sense that they are. It seems like it slowly is getting a bit better, but my guess is 2-3 years from now, we’ll continue to hear about how it’s slow to respond / distracting / etc. It’s not MyFordTouch bad, but it’s not good.

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    1. Yeah, it is $60,000 car! It shouldn’t have infotainment issues/excuses. . .

      They should make the processor faster/responsive and reconfigure the haptic feedback buttons to be more responsive instead of touchy and overbearing. . .

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  7. Does anyone know where this was filmed? It looks like my parent’s neck of the woods (Palm Springs/Mojave Desert), but I don’t know of any track like that out there.

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    1. This was at Hyundai’s secret proving grounds in California.

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  8. I think that there should be Active Fuel Management in this TTV6. The Lambda/Theta SUVs/CUVs should get the 4.3L Ecotec3 V6 instead of changing every single 3.6L to AFM. Can you imagine how fast a Terrain/Equinox would be with a 4.3L? TFL Car did a Terrain Denali 0-60 test (@1 Mile Above Sea Level) and it was already fast (It took 9.4 seconds, which is really about 6.5-7 seconds at sea level)! The 3.6L has 272lb-ft. The 4.3L has 305lb-ft! I am thinking somewhere around 6.1 seconds. Towing would go up too, probably about 4,000K lbs!

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  9. Well I suppose this is a victory for Cadillac. As they are, without a doubt, the top luxury brand America produces. However, if they don’t dramatically improve the CUE system soon, Cadillac is going to remain behind the competition. Believe you me: a good infotainment system is an integral part of a true luxury car these days, along with a plethora of technologies exclusive to the brand. And while Cadillac is making great strides in this regard, they still have a ways to go in order to fully be on par with the Germans, and the Japanese for that matter.

    Nevertheless I must give credit to whom it is due. The engineers at Cadillac are spending a great deal of time delivering an exhilarating driving experience: making their cars handle just as well, or in some cases, better than the competition. Hopefully they can maintain the pace.

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  10. When the Germans first came out with their infotainment systems back in the day, in particular BMW’s iDrive, no one liked them. Give Cadillac time.

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