By Chris

One of the fun things about finally getting out there in the auto shows is that some of the rumors can either be confirmed, or dispelled. Last year at the Nurburgring some eager photographers snapped a shot of the CTS-V, which happens frequently there. Some of the shots from a long-distance lens “caught” the car with the hood open. I remember we were just outside our garage for maybe 10 minutes, yet, those shots were taken and online quickly.

From these shots tons of web speculation ensued. Some folks surmised that the car would be AWD (they now know it is not.) Others wondered if it would be naturally aspirated (nope), supercharged (bingo!), or even turbocharged (not.) Well, now all of that can be put to rest. What helped continue the speculation a bit was that ‘Ring observers noticed that our car was running awfully fast. And the sound of the car was not really characteristic of a supercharger. Most auto experts would tell you they can hear a supercharger easily. . . not in our case, apparently. And that is by design. Quite a lot of focus was put into the details of the sound, which we should take a look into via subsequent posts. Stay tuned. . .