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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #4228 on: July 21, 2026, 02:29:23 PM »
A CT6 would get my attention.
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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #4229 on: July 21, 2026, 02:34:15 PM »
I test drove a CT6 a while back when it had that Northstar engine.  For my tastes, way too big and way too floaty.  I think they did have a "V" version at some point, I didn't drive it.  I was semi-interested in a CT4 BW at one point.  Reality is for us olsters,  the Tucson works pretty well, decent room, quiet ride, OK acceleration, OK mpgs.  We drove out to Monroe, GA today and I was musing that it's a pretty OK vehicle, for us.  Just boring.

I might have gone for the BMW X1 except for its transmission.

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« Reply #4230 on: July 21, 2026, 02:45:30 PM »
Definitely big and floaty in that version.
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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #4231 on: July 21, 2026, 02:48:40 PM »
I prefer a tighter suspension at the cost of some ride comfort.  The magnaride suspension is pretty solid.  The CTS we had was very tight on curves.

My 73 Nova had an F41 suspension that was .... very hard.


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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #4232 on: July 21, 2026, 10:01:13 PM »
Report: New Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Is on the Way

The report is light on details, leaving us wondering what engine the next Blackwing might use, whether a manual transmission will continue to be offered, and when the car could arrive. Cadillac hasn’t announced a launch date for the next-generation CT5, but we expect any CT5-V Blackwing successor to arrive several months after the mainstream version launches.


If they dropped in the flat plane crank and a manual, I might have to cash in some shares ....
could get the flat plane crank but not a manual
could get the 6.7 409
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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #4233 on: Today at 08:07:33 AM »
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« Reply #4234 on: Today at 09:59:54 AM »
could get the flat plane crank but not a manual
could get the 6.7 409
My guess is they stick with something supercharged, and hopefully a manual.  

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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #4235 on: Today at 10:57:26 AM »
Don't want to dump on anyone's favorites (this isn't likely to be anyone's favorite, but maybe one you like), but on my recent vacation our rental car was a Charger. I was kind of excited about it until I popped the trunk. Tiny (for a "full sized" car). Should have taken the Altima instead. Probably goes back to the reason I'm not really a car (or truck) guy anymore: I care more about the car doing its boring job than I do about it driving fast or sounding cool. I would be perfectly happy to have the latter two, but the first--doing its job--is a gating issue for me. How dull.

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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #4236 on: Today at 11:11:16 AM »
My car has more room in the trunk than my wife's SUV has in the back.
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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #4237 on: Today at 01:04:24 PM »
Larger FWD cars will have a spacious trunk, see Impalas for an example, HUGE trunk.  Our CTS had a fairly small trunk because of AWD.  That rear diff is a space hog.

The GTI had a pretty decent rear area because of FWD for a small car.  That might be the "best" car for driving I've ever owned, not cruising on a freeeway, but driving.

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Re: Sporty Cars (and trucks too now)
« Reply #4238 on: Today at 04:31:15 PM »
My car is AWD (M-B 4Matic) and has a huge trunk. We're talking a few dead bodies.
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