So. This is one of those situations where we say people should really understand the mission of the car they are buying, because car companies tune a car to match its mission. In the case of the CT5-V is that of a performance car, and as Car and Driver’s recent lightning lap testing shows, the CT5-V turns out to be a legit performance car.
Sure, it’s a luxury performance car, but it is a performance car. It’s not just the CT5 with the most non-Blackwing horsepower. The engine and all of it’s constituent parts are supposed to perform and behave like such parts for a performance car. For a CT5 with a V-6 where everything is tuned to feel and sound more like a luxury vehicle, see the CT5-550T.
It has the same engine but detuned a bit on power and is meant to sound more like a car wit a more traditional luxury while still being sporty.
While a traditional luxury car’s engine is meant to be more composed and —- if you will —- gentlemanly in its behavior, a performance luxury car like the CT5-V an engine is designed to sound a bit more like a bad boy instead of a gentleman.
That pop-pop-pop you hear under harder acceleration is considered desirable in a performance car. This just basically just means your engine is tuned more for performance and fun aural amusement than an engine tuned for more exclusively luxury use. In other words, this is a feature not a bug.
There are performance car fans who would be very jealous of you when yo drive by and your engine begins to crackle and pop like that. Performance car guys who can’t afford a CT5-V who hear you going by while that engine makes that popping sound probably thinks “why can’t I be more like that guy?”
But if an engine acting like a naughty boy displeases you see if your dealer will let you trade it for a 550T whose engine still sounds great and sporty, but is a bit better mannered under hard acceleration.
Failing that, you can use the My Mode to set your steering, brakes, suspension, and engine to perform the way you want them to. Put everything in sport except the engine. There is either a tour mode or stealth mode for your V-6 engine that would alter the exhaust manifolds to make your engine behave a bit more prim and proper if that’s what you desire.
Or leave everything as is, and know that performance and sports car junkies know you got a cool sounding car.
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