DETROIT — Bob Lutz swore the Cadillac CTS-V is the fastest four-door production sedan on the planet. On Thursday, he'll have his chance to prove it in a memorable way as a group of handpicked challengers bring competing cars to run timed laps against the Cadillac. The event takes place at the Monticello Motor Club in upstate New York.
Lutz threw down the gauntlet earlier this month, asking skeptics to apply to bring any unmodified four-door production sport sedan of their choice and run it against the CTS-V. The preliminary list of competitors, which GM selected from applications received, includes three automotive journalists and four private citizens. The latter are said to be owners of an Audi RS4, a BMW M3, a BMW M5 and a CTS-V.
Competitors will be able to start practicing on the track at 8:30 a.m. Driver meeting takes place at 11:30, followed by lunch, and a series of five timed laps per vehicle will begin at 1 p.m. The Monticello Motor Club, located a 90-minute drive from Manhattan, has a 4.1-mile road course codesigned by racing legend Brian Redman. It rents to what it calls "corporate entertainment groups seeking a five-star experience" and uses the Cadillac CTS-V exclusively for those events.
Lutz said the CTS-V went around the Nürburgring in 7:59:32 in its final testing stage, which he said was the "fastest ever for a production sedan [recently eclipsed, reportedly, by Porsche Panamera]."
Inside Line says: Gee, we wonder what will happen? — Laura Sky Brown, Correspondent
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