{"id":107,"date":"2009-01-18T09:01:04","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T01:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/?p=107"},"modified":"2009-01-18T09:05:59","modified_gmt":"2009-01-18T01:05:59","slug":"2009-cadillac-sts-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/?p=107","title":{"rendered":"2009 Cadillac STS-V"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the new CTS-V being a smashing success, Cadillac has given insiders a taste of the soon to be released STS-V.\u00a0 The verdict? Another smashing success.\u00a0 The car has almost all the performance, power, and handling of the CTS with the added luxeries and amenities expected of top of the line models. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"STS-V Front\" src=\"http:\/\/video.kbb.com\/photo\/stsv09a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"308\" height=\"231\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The STS-V puts out a bit less power than the CTS model, it&#8217;s supercharged V8 produces 469 horsepower, 81 less than the CTS-V,\u00a0 and <span id=\"ctl00_ctl00_ctl00_ContentPlaceHolderBody_ContentPlaceHolderMiddle_ContentPlaceHolderMiddle_ereview_lblUnderTheHoodDescription\">439 ftlb. of torque @ 3900 rpm<\/span>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s no slouch, reaching 60 mph from 0 purportedly under 5 seconds.\u00a0 The great benefit of having slightly less power (is that a benefit!?) is that the luxurious STS allows the driver to feel even more comfortable and relaxed while rocketing to speed on the highway.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"STS-V Interior\" src=\"http:\/\/video.kbb.com\/photo\/stsv09int.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"220\" \/>The standard features list is extensive, the only options being cross drilled rotors, a sunroof delete, and an engine block heater.<\/p>\n<p>The price for this Detroit master car starts around $83,000 MSRP, including a gas guzzler tax. The BMW M5 starts only a few grand more, although the only benefit you will gain for that money is perhaps a bit more prestige from the nameplate.\u00a0 In all actuallilty the STS-V is a truly remarkable car that stands AT LEAST equal with the M5 in almost all respects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the new CTS-V being a smashing success, Cadillac has given insiders a taste of the soon to be released STS-V.  The verdict?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[59,32,33],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto","tag-auto","tag-cadillac","tag-sts-v"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatwizard.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}