Imbued with Corvette power, today’s Nice Price or No Dice CTS-V is a model that opened up a brand new door for Cadillac, introducing the brand to a brand new world of fast-car fanatics. Let’s see if this one’s price opens that door even further.
Probably the most pertinent query in regards to the 2001 BMW X5 we examined last Friday was, “They drove it how far?” The automotive was something of a puzzle as, though the ad claimed it to have nearly 300K on the clock, it was in far too good of shape for anything that has gone that distance. And it had a manual! A $2,950 price sealed the deal for many of you, with many suggesting to dive it until it breaks after which just walk away. An amazing 72 percent Nice Price win was the result.
In 1955, singer-songwriter Charlie Ryan got here up with slightly ditty called Hot Rod Lincoln. The song tells a story a couple of Lincoln-powered Model A beating a Cadillac in a race up and over Southern California’s two-lane Grapevine road, the precursor to the I5 freeway. The song has been covered over and over since by plenty of different artists, with details modified here and there, however the one constant in all versions is the Cadillac losing the race. Possibly if the participant had been driving a Caddy like today’s 2005 CTS-V, the song may need ended in a different way.
Cadillac introduced the CTS for the 2003 model yr as a smaller, tighter-handling, and more avant-garde addition to its then-stodgy old lineup. Powered by a series of V6 engines and designed to permit the fitting of a manual transmission, the CTS looked and performed like nothing else in Cadillac’s catalog.
With the CTS-V, Cadillac took things up a notch, giving the automotive the 5.7-liter LS6 V8 out of the C5 Corvette and mating that with the six-speed Tremec manual from the ZO6. That combo gave the automotive 400 horsepower and 395 lb-ft of torque and the flexibility to make use of all that power. Wanting to warn unsuspecting hot rod Lincoln drivers and all others of what the Caddy was packing, the designers fitted the V edition with a mesh grille, deeper front air dam, and greater, more aggressive wheels and tires.
This CTS-V is claimed to be stock save for a chilly air intake (woooooosh), black-painted wheels (which show a little bit of curb rash), and a set of aftermarket LED headlamp units (with halos.) At just over 156,000, it has about half the mileage of last Friday’s Bimmer and, not less than within the ad, looks just pretty much as good. The black paint seems without issue, and the vendor says it’s free from dents or fading. They do warn that it’s an almost 20-year-old automotive but promise that it has been well-maintained over that point.
The cabin looks… well, like you would possibly expect of a 20-year-old product of GM. There’s a very good little bit of crazing on the motive force’s seat leather, and the quilt on the shifter has worn completely through. There’s also some unlucky waving on the motive force’s door armrest that a brand new owner will likely simply have to live with. Aside from that, it looks clean and has plenty of buttons on the middle stack for folk who miss that feature in today’s screen-heavy interiors.
Mechanically, it also looks to be solid. It has fairly latest MOMO tires and an engine bay that proudly shows off its Corvette fraternity together with its K&N intake. The title is clean, and the worth tag reads $10,900.
What do you say about this hot-rod Caddy and that $10,900 asking? Does that feel like a good price, considering the automotive’s condition and outline? Or, for that much, would you only go buy a Corvette?
You select!
Phoenix, Arizona, Craigslist, or go here if the ad disappears.
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