I’m about to drive a trusting friend’s immaculate E30 Touring. It’s a drive that I hope will answer a few burning questions. First, I’m eager to know if 1990s BMWs fall in the sweet spot between classic thrills and modern(ish) capabilities. This question stems from my recent drive of a 1963 Porsche 356. It was… Continue reading Comparison: 1994 BMW E30 Touring vs 2014 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon are Beauty and the Beast
We are about to do something ridiculous: compare two cars with no reason to go head to head. Though the 1M and CTS-V were contemporaries, they were never competitors. One was a lithe Skunkworks sports car, while the other was a plus-sized ass hauler. It didn’t make any sense to pit the Bimmer against the… Continue reading Comparison: 2011 BMW 1M vs 2014 Cadillac CTS-V is Apples to Oranges
They say familiarity breeds contempt, but that isn’t the case with my CTS-V wagon. The V has been mine for over four years, and I’m still loving it and determined to hold on to it for as long as I can! (Read my other long term CTS-V posts here, here and here.) Yet, my relationship… Continue reading Long Term: 2014 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon Isn’t For Sale
Beep!...Beep!...Beep! Click. Ugh. You turn off your alarm clock and grope around on the bedside table for your glasses and phone. Getting up this early seemed like a good idea yesterday, but your kids woke you up twice overnight, and now you are wishing for more sleep. You roll out of bed and groggily start… Continue reading Long Term: CTS-V, GT S, M3 or Model 3—Choose Your Own Adventure
As an owner of a second-generation CTS-V, I am intensely curious about the current generation CTS-V. How much better is the massively powerful LT4 engine? Is the new car still steeped in driving feel and involvement? Does the new chassis hide the big car’s weight and make it dance like a sports car? Everything I’ve… Continue reading Review: 2018 Cadillac CTS-V is a Z06 for the Workweek
2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350, 2009 Porsche 911 Carrera S, 2014 Cadillac CTS-V wagon and 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 wagon. These four cars were my top contenders in my search for a Ford Focus RS replacement. Each car held the promise of being sonorous, tactile, and smooth: rewarding in ways the RS never was in the… Continue reading Review: 2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350
I've done my 1,000-mile break-in with the CTS-V wagon, though in this case, the break-in was of the owner rather than the car. I now feel like I have a rounded view of the super wagon. The majority of my break-in miles were urban, back and forth to school and the supermarket as I play… Continue reading Long Term: 2014 Cadillac CTS-V
My $55,000 purchase of a performance station wagon was made on 9/10ths emotion and 1/10th logic. The emotional draw is obvious: A supercharged, Corvette-derived V8 spins—and I do mean spins!—the rear wheels of the most distinctive and attractive vehicle to ever come out of Cadillac. The logic is tenuous: “Honey, there’s seating for the whole… Continue reading Long Term: 2014 Cadillac CTS-V Sports Wagon
In the last five years, there have been just two gonzo wagons sold in the USA. As a used wagon shopper that limits my searches to the Mercedes Benz E63S and the Cadillac CTS-V. Today on deck is the E63. The salesman swears that this E63 was literally driven by a little old lady from… Continue reading Test Drive: 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG S-Model 4Matic Wagon
The Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon was the first car I ever reviewed and I still remember it fondly to this day. Brutally fast, surprisingly agile, and comfortable too, the V wagon was a have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too proposition, so long as your cake was perpetually dosed by a waterfall of premium fuel. The CTS-V wagon made such an… Continue reading Test Drive: 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon
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