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Originally Posted by Rockefella

Now I'll allow the Europeans to enter conversation and explain to me how the CTS is a shit car.

First of all, this CTS-V is going to be a beast.

But the thing is Cadillacs simply aren't suited to European needs.

First there's the engine. The base is a 2.8-litre six cylinder when some rivals end their offerings there. That means that while it has respectable power it uses a lot of petrol. 11,8l/100km (20mpg US) to be exact and that's a lot. If you compare to the base 520i or E 200K they get 6,7l/100km (35mpg US) and 8,2l/100km (29mpg US) respectively. Considering our prices that's very relevant.

Then there's the weight. The Cadillac weights 1840kg which is a lot compared to the Mercedes-Benz (1585kg) and the BMW (1535kg). That means that despite the power advantage (40bhp over the BMW and almost 30bhp over the Benz) the CTS isn't that much faster. It's just 4 tenths of a second faster than the 5-series and 8 tenths faster than the E-class to 100km/h (62mph). And the Merc has a much higher top speed, 236km/h (147mph) versus 225km/h (140mph).

And while the E200 K costs about 3.000€ more than the CTS 2.8, the BMW is actually cheaper by about 1.000€. Couple all that to the fact that Cadillac has no brand image in Europe whatsoever and it's not hard to see why they aren't selling any.