We've shared a lot of videos and stories about track testing the CTS-V, for obvious reasons. But this isn't a race car. It's a luxury sedan (albeit a REALLY high-performing one!) That means we're striving to make it very capable and confidence-inspiring in a wide range of environments. If you've been to this blog in the past, you may have seen some of the coverage done regarding extreme winter traction testing.

A lot of that work, of course, involved the AWD system on the "regular" CTS. Even though this is the V-Series, we still went "up North" to do some of the same sorts of tests recently. These shots are from the "snow field" at our test facility in Kinross in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. While it's still cold up there even in April, these shots were actually taken a couple of months ago when they were still in the middle of winter.

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By Ed

A quick little news item here, from outside our world of testing and development.

We won't start selling the new CTS- V until this coming fall. But I'm told we actually made our first sale a few nights ago. Here's the quick story: At a major charity event in New York City, a CTS- V was part of a charity auction benefitting the Prostate Cancer Foundation. The winning bid was $75,000, submitted by Mr. Cano Ozgener. Mr. Ozgener happens to be the founder of CAO International, a top worldwide producer of premium cigars. The event was Cigar Aficionado magazine's 17th Annual "A Night to Remember," raising $1.3 million for prostate cancer research and treatment. More coverage of this event can be found at www.cigaraficionado.com. As we prepare to launch the car, it's a nice little milestone to know that a prominent customer has stepped up to be the first in line, helping a great cause in the process.

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By Ed

We've been putting up all sorts of videos lately, as you know. And, I apologize. Most of them are distinctly amateur-level. I know this because the cameraman shooting many of these is not very good. In case you're wondering, that cameraman normally is me.

Today, I thought we should really turn this over to a professional. This clip was done a few months ago by Cadillac for use at some of big auto shows around the world. I enjoy this because we had a good time hustling the car around our track the day this was filmed.

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Enjoy this short montage of footage from our recent Arizona test drives:

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Another clip featuring John Heinricy. In this video, John discusses how the CTS-V's sport mode Magnetic Ride Control setting. - Will Stewart - blog editor

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Another clip featuring John Heinricy. In this video, John discusses how the CTS-V's handling, as he takes the car through a sweeping turn. - Will Stewart - blog editor

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By Ed

As I mentioned here previously our ride trips give us a lot of real-world experience in the CTS-V. I wanted to give you a bit more of a feel for what that is like. And, also, nobody outside our team has had a chance to drive this upcoming car. So I grabbed a video camera. In the coming days we'll provide a lot of different clips attempting to provide a sense for what we're doing on the road with the car. This first clip features John Heinricy explaining some of the aspects of the car's ride and handling, particularly how the feel of the brakes was engineered.

John is my boss. But beyond that he's an SCCA champion driver and one of the industry's best-known performance experts, it's fair to say. What some folks might not realize is John's deep connection to Cadillac. He's the owner of a vintage Cadillac, has contributed engineering work on many production Cadillac cars, and has periodically been a "guest driver" in the CTS-V race car in SPEED World Challenge professional races.

Anyhow, we taped this clip and a few others while in the midst of driving the CTS-V in Arizona recently.

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