pendan

Today I drove a '16 CTS V with the Z06 engine. I was totally shocked and impressed! I could not believe the RIDE! Has anyone else drove or bought one of these bad boys?

I'd enjoy hearing your thoughts, as I am totally impressed! After driving Vettes since I was 16 ('64 327 tri power),,,I need a distance machine that my body handle.

Articles and test drives on the internet are quite positive for this 3rd generation. Since I am having trouble enjoying my C7 (distances) as much as I'd like, I thought why not a 4-door version?

Thanks, Mike

themonk

I'm curious about it too.

Harvey White

Picked one up for the wife, she has a black 2016 V. It replaced her 2013 V. Nice car, runs well, nice that they finally added the heads-up display. Several features are similar, NPP exhaust, selectable driver mode. As for the lubrication system, it has a 10 quart wet-sump oil system. As for new (for the V) features, the front parking cameras are nice as well. They also come with adaptive cruise, front collision avoidance and lane change warning (turned the lane change warning off, as it impedes the steering wheel if you change lanes without signaling). It’s a great car, especially for road trips, fast, handles well and comfortable.

spearfish25

I absolutely unequivocally cannot stand Cue. Every loaner they gave me when my Gen 2 CTSV was being serviced had that god awful system and it's horrendous.

This would kill ownership for me.

ZR-1DUDE

Cue is not very good but it is better than the earlier versions.

I wish they offered in a stick.

We have a 2012 V sedan auto and wish we had bought a stick.

D.

spearfish25

Agree. I dismissed the V3 when there was no manual option. It completely 'made' my V2.

LowFlight

Kind of a loaded question, but is it worth the money over the V2 you had?

I am thinking of getting one when my C7 Z06 vert sells, or getting the wife a V2

MacMulkin

The current generation of V-series Cadillacs is awesome!

There's a lot of reviews and tech info on them at the Cadillac V-Net:

http://www.CadillacVnet.com

pendan

Thank you for your response Harvey! I lived in Katy for 5 years back in the 90's. Enjoyed the Houston area! That's a very sweet ride your wife has. What are you driving when she has the keys pray tell?
Mike

Harvey White

I drive my 2014 C7, it is my daily driver and has 45K miles on it now. The V is her daily driver.

veni vidi vert

I just picked up a 16 CTSV, that came off of the GM executive lease program.

It had 12k miles, but so far, I have to say it's been great, the price was right, and I got a better than new warranty, and 0% for 6 years.

The ride is very nice, and while it's not on the absolute edge of performance like the C7Z, it's still outstanding.

gatti-man

My friend has one and I love the ride, interior and performance. I just can't get past the side and rear styling. I'd be interested if it came in a coupe.

MRANT212

The new V3 is an amazing car..pretty much a 4 dr Z06 with some Caddy touches. I had a 2012 V2 sedan and loved it. I was tempted to get a V3 but went with a 14 Audi S6 that was a yr old with 4K miles on it. The Audi is an amazing car but I may switch back to a V and get a V3 in a year or two.

LDB

Agree that Cue is abominable. We took a huge $$$$ loss ditching an XTS after only 6 months and 7000 miles, mostly because of the sheer misery of living with Cue. And we aren’t computer or touch screen illiterate. We use and love iPhones and iPads. It’s just Cue that’s a disgrace.

I also agree that besides Cue, they blew it by not offering either a coupe or manual tranny on the new CTSV's. So I’m keeping the 2011 manual coupe in my avatar. It has been and continues to be great.

veni vidi vert

I only spent a few hours in a V2 with the cue, but it seems to work a lot better in the V3. Looks similar, but I'm thinking they upgraded it somehow.

LDB

I haven’t driven a 2017 so I can’t categorically rule out that possibility, but since they aren’t bragging about major Cue upgrades, I think it’s unlikely. I test drove an ATSV earlier this year and none of the bad features had been fixed or even improved as of the 2016 model year. It seems slick in a brief test drive, but living with it is a nightmare. I probably wouldn’t have noticed the flaws in the ATS I test drove if I hadn’t known from my sorry XTS experience what to look for. The three worst of a long list of bad features are that your ability to over-ride the automatic AC is very limited, the sound system won’t turn off (it only mutes, so there’s no way to keep your place and have it pick up playing where it left off), and it takes multiple menu layers to do practically anything (which requires dangerous amounts of time with eyes off the road). That said, I don’t want to blast Caddy and GM too hard as I think they basically make good cars. I just wish they’d fix Cue like BMW fixed iDrive. I remember that iDrive was universally hated in its early years, but it has evolved nicely. My wife is very happy with the iDrive in her 550 that she got to replace Cue and the XTS.