{"id":572640,"date":"2010-05-20T01:19:15","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T05:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusgear.com\/archives\/41167"},"modified":"2010-05-20T01:19:15","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T05:19:15","slug":"2011-cadillac-cts-coupe-starts-at-38990-fire-breathing-cts-v-coupe-joins-at-62990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/572640","title":{"rendered":"2011 Cadillac CTS coupe starts at $38,990; fire-breathing CTS-V coupe joins at $62,990:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The captivating Cadillac enthusiasts have been waiting for, the 2011 CTS coupe, will start at $38,990 when it goes on sale in August. The coupe will be joined by a high-performance V-series version, which starts at $62,990. Prices include destination charges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Pricing was announced on Thursday afternoon, and it is one of the final mile markers as the athletic two-door downshifts toward production.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The car was first shown as a concept at the 2008 Detroit auto show, where <i>AutoWeek<\/i> gave it our Best Concept Editors&#8217; Choice Award.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The coupe draws power from General Motors&#8217; 3.6-liter direct-injection V6 making 304 <span id=\"more-41167\"><\/span> hp, and it can be paired with six-speed automatic or manual transmissions. It comes in two suspension levels: Performance wears 18-inch wheels and all-season tires; summer performance is shod in 19-inchers and, as the name implies, summer tires.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The fire-breathing V-series pumps out 556 hp from a 6.2-liter supercharged V8. It also gets magnetic ride control, Brembo brakes and 19-inch wheels with performance tires.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/focusgear.com\/files\/2010\/05\/6c92806cfc68eb7791f1511561f2992d.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"114\" border=\"0\" class=\"rss2wordpress_image alignleft\" alt=\"2011 Cadillac CTS-V\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/focusgear.com\/files\/2010\/05\/21cee2985b305557c587b8f41b3aea453.jpg\" width=\"52\" height=\"13\" border=\"0\" class=\"rss2wordpress_image alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><i>Cadillac<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The 2011 Cadillac CTS coupe will start at $38,990.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Cadillac execs have long pointed to the CTS-V coupe as one of the halos&#8211;if not the halo&#8211;for the brand&#8211;and its arrival means the brand&#8217;s revival is close to complete. The coupe is the latest evolution of the CTS, which has been a bit of a subbrand for Cadillac since it launched. The edgier styling marked a departure from traditional designs at the time, and it helped spur new momentum for Cadillac. A CTS SportWagon has also joined the line.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Clay Dean, head of GM&#8217;s design studio, told <i>AW<\/i> that the design is a separating factor in modern luxury, and he pointed to the CTS line as evidence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;It&#8217;s important&#8211;it&#8217;s almost the price of entry,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>More pricing details:<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8211; All-wheel drive bumps the price to $40,890.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8211; The performance collection is $43,430 for RWD and $45,330 for AWD. This trim level adds xenon headlamps, adaptive forward lighting, 10-way power leather seats, Bose 5.1 surround sound, USB integration and a 40-gig hard drive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8211; The premium collection is $47,835 for RWD and $49,735 for AWD. This version has interior ambient lighting, a rearview camera, heated\/vented front seats, a heated steering wheel, wood trim, Bose 5.1 surround sound with navigation and a sunroof.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For more <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><br \/>\n<span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/focusgear.com\/files\/2010\/05\/623a732c1d3720aff98a6fdfc0827786.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"204\" border=\"0\" class=\"rss2wordpress_image alignleft\" alt=\"2011 Cadillac CTS-V\" \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rss2wordpress_signature\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoweek.com\/\">Car news, reviews and auto show stories<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The captivating Cadillac enthusiasts have been waiting for, the 2011 CTS coupe, will start at $38,990 when it goes on sale in August. The coupe will be joined by a high-performance V-series version, which starts at $62,990. Prices include destination charges. Pricing was announced on Thursday afternoon, and it is one of the final mile [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-572640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}