Cadillac CTS V with Corvette LT4 engine.

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1658.03.05 Antoine Laumet (1658-1730) is born in the small town of Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave near Toulouse
French explorer
In 1675, he entered the army as a cadet at the age of 17.
In 1681, at the age of 23, he took the name Cadiac / The name of a village not far from his hometown of Toulouse./
In 1683, he traveled to America at the age of 25
On 25 June 1687, aged 29, he married Guyon's daughter Marie-Thérèse, aged 17, in Quebec
The marriage certificate is the first document that records your new identity. "Antoine de Lamothe, écuyer (squire), sieur de Cadillac",
The shield was associated with Baron Lamothe-Bardigues and the three "merlettes" (birds without legs and beaks) of the Virès family.
He had six daughters and seven sons.
In 1688 Antoine de Laumet Siur de Cadillac.
The coat of arms of the Lamotte family is the 3 birds and earth in the coat of arms
In 1701 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded Detroit, Michigan.
The Cadillac crest is based on his coat of arms.
Logo
The original coat of arms The crown (Couronne) symbolizes the six ancient courts of France.
The shield symbolizes the brave lineage of the noble family, inspired by the shape of shields used by warriors of the past.
The birds are merlettes, they have neither legs nor beaks, black thrushes are represented by the beakless and legless bird that could only be used by the heroic knights of the Crusades.
Three birds per field represent the Holy Trinity.
Red means courage, boldness,
Silver is an expression of abundance, the virtue of charity
Blue is a sign of knightly valor.
Today's version is the Mondrian version.
The current logo was inspired by the works of Piet Mondrian, a European artist.
To this day, the crown, together with the merlettes, is no longer included in the Cadillac crest.
On August 22, 1902, William Murphy and Lemuel Bowen, engineer Henry M. Leland founded a new company called the Cadillac Automobile Company,
It was named after the French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, Siur de Cadillac.
French adventurer Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, is said to be the ancestor of Henry Leland, the founder of Cadillac.
The crest was created in 1902, but was first used on Cadillac cars in 1905 and became a registered trademark the following year.
Cadillac was the first American car to win the UK Royal Automobile Club's Dewar Trophy by successfully demonstrating the interchangeability of warranty parts in a reliability test in 1908; this gave birth to the company's slogan: "The standard of the world".
In 1912, he won the trophy again by incorporating the starter and lighting into a production car.
1915 the first series V8 engine with 70 hp at 2400 rpm and 240 Nm of torque, which allowed his cars to reach a speed of 105 km/h.
1926 national service network.
In 1928, Cadillac introduced the first synchronized transmission
In 1930, Cadillac introduced the first V-16 engine, with 452 cubic inches (7.41 liters) and 165 horsepower (123 kW), one of the most powerful and quietest engines in the United States.
This is the 3rd generation of the CTS series, which was produced between 2016-2019.
Cadillac's slogan of the standard of the world is thanks to numerous safety and comfort innovations.
5 m long, 1.8 m wide
drive chain, gearbox, LT4 engine are taken from the C7 Z06 corvette, which has a lower top speed than the cts v
CTS-V became the most powerful Cadillac ever produced until 2022, when the CT5-V Blackwing appeared,
The "V" was chosen in honor of post-World War II Cadillacs that featured a V-shaped ornament below the crown logo, the shape itself never being recognized as a letter at the time.
The team tasked with creating the first-generation CTS recognized early on the need for a high-performance version in order to revitalize Cadillac and attract young and new customers to Cadillac.
In 2004, the first Cadillac V-series was the CTS-V, which also appeared in the film The Matrix.
The factory hood is carbon.
Its weight is 1925 kg
8-speed gearbox
6.2 V8 mechanically driven Eaton compressor
magentic ride chassis
649 hp 855nm/3600 RPM
320km/h max speed 200mph
Luggage rack 388L
Turning circle diameter 12.30 m (meters)
Air resistance 0.34
Acceleration
0 - 100 km/h 3.7 s
0 - 200 km/h 10.7 s
Braking
100 km/h - 33 m
200 km/h - 133 m
front 390mm rear 365mm discs front 6-piston / caliper / rear 4-piston Brembo saddles, which are the largest among road cars.