Would you drive this?

[nissangirl74]

I saw one of these at SEMA last year and again at Barrett Jackson. This car is just crazy, sexy, HAWT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.thecarconnection.com/marty-b ... and+Blogs)

[snwbrdr435]

In before MOD

[nissangirl74]

SpectraFlair isn't some kind of Office Space joke, either. It's made of aluminum flakes encapsulated in magnesium fluoride, a "glass-like substance." It gives the paint a special sparkle.

[ThatGuyRoger]

yes...especially for free

[PEZi]

yes

[MinisterofDOOM]

In before MOD

I'll take it in wagon form, though. Thanks.

[nissangirl74]

In before MOD

I'll take it in wagon form, though. Thanks.

The coupe has the 6 speed M A N U A L.

[Razi]

Hell yes.

[Jesda]

So its like the Platinum series, but more sport than luxury.

[MinisterofDOOM]

The coupe has the 6 speed M A N U A L.

So does the wagon.
Non-V wagons are auto, but the V gets 6MT in all 3 forms.

Still too bad you can get an LLT with the Tremec 6 speed, but I can cope with that as long as the LSA gets a third pedal.

[nissangirl74]

The coupe has the 6 speed M A N U A L.

So does the wagon.
Non-V wagons are auto, but the V gets 6MT in all 3 forms.

Still too bad you can get an LLT with the Tremec 6 speed, but I can cope with that as long as the LSA gets a third pedal.

I could live with that. Especially if I can have the Black Diamond Paint.

[BusyBadger]

I'd drive it, but I do find some of the design elements odd. For a car called the Black Diamond and so seemingly set on being a black tuxedo I don't get the bright yellow calipers or the contrasting coloured interior panels. The mesh style grill looks like something an Autozone tuner would slap on and while the paint does look amazing there have been OEM tri-coats offered for years.

It's nice, but still lacks the styling coming out of Munich, Stuttgart & Zuffenhausen (I'm ignoring the ugly that is the Panamera).

[AZhitman]

I'll own one. Was reading an article the other day that said Caddy is losing their butts on the CTS-V wagon... but it's GREAT PR.

[Ace2cool]

I still like the look of the XLR better. Top up or down.

[Bubba1]

Drive, yes. Buy, no. I'd go with a simple black one. the problem with special paints is the cost/difficulty to match them should you need body work. And with so many idiots on the road, bodywork seems inevitable.

[krash]

I like it, but I like the way the sedan looks better. Would I drive one? Without question.

[scotty-2-forty]

Would you drive this?

Who the h3// wouldn't? Eh, probably Al Gore.

[DamonDread]

In before MOD

I'll take it in wagon form, though. Thanks.

Yes WAGON! Mmmmmmmm nom nom nom seksy wagon!

[scotty-2-forty]

Yes WAGON! Mmmmmmmm nom nom nom seksy wagon!

Yes, and as you know there's a lot of horizontal room in those wagons .... seksy-time ... I'm jus'ayin!

[DamonDread]

Yes WAGON! Mmmmmmmm nom nom nom seksy wagon!

Yes, and as you know there's a lot of horizontal room in those wagons .... seksy-time ... I'm jus'ayin!

Seksy wagon time!

[mmkeller]

Drive, yes. Buy, no. I'd go with a simple black one. the problem with special paints is the cost/difficulty to match them should you need body work. And with so many idiots on the road, bodywork seems inevitable.

^ this, + there is just to much chrome and brushed aluminum for my taste.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I'll own one. Was reading an article the other day that said Caddy is losing their butts on the CTS-V wagon... but it's GREAT PR.

I actually read EXACTLY the opposite. Since the engineering was already done for the sedan and wagon, the only R&D that had any actual cost on the project was extra bracing in the rear of the body and specific suspension tuning for the wagon itself. The article I read said after only 37 sales, the V-wagon will have paid for itself.

With all 3 variants of the car being identical mechanically, it was a no-brainer to translate the V into wagon form. Even the wheelbase is the same from sedan to coupe to wagon. Honda would do well to take a lesson away from this for future Accords.

[Mr1der]

The coupe has the 6 speed M A N U A L.

all of the V's have a 6MT offered. actually, it might be standard on them.

[Mr1der]

I read that to make the wagons, they'll have remade what it took to do them with I think 360 or so having been sold.

most of the hardware from the Sedan was a direct swap.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

I'll own one. Was reading an article the other day that said Caddy is losing their butts on the CTS-V wagon... but it's GREAT PR.

Hmm...Road and Track says they will have recouped their cost by selling 37 of them.
Damnit, ninjaed.

[driverdriver]

I've seen the regular coupe up close. Its very nice, especially in darker colours. It's on my shortlist when it comes time to replace the Saab.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I still like the look of the XLR better. Top up or down.

It's a damn shame the XLR never got an LS3 or LS7 under the hood

[Bubba1]

I still like the look of the XLR better. Top up or down.

It's a damn shame the XLR never got an LS3 or LS7 under the hood

...or had anything other than an automatic transmission offered. .

[Jesda]

Well, its a luxury car so putting a manual in there wouldn't really do much to help it compete with the XK and SL. It was also way overpriced from the start.