Ford Wishes GM Happy 100th Birthday On Side Of World Headquarters

Ford managed to be nice and save money by wishing GM a happy 100th birthday not by cake and card, but by spelling it out in lights on the side of their world headquarters in Dearborn, MI. Whether the act was that of penny-pinching or creativity, one thing’s for sure — it was a well done. We managed to get the memo sent around reminding Ford’s world headquarters staff to keep their blinds open below the jump.

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Officially Official: 2009 Cadillac CTS-V Makes 556 Horsepower Plus Full Gallery

Introducing the new Cadillac 2009 CTS-V, officially rated at 556 horsepower. It will hit 60 mph in 3.5 seconds and run the quarter mile in 12 seconds flat. For the record, the Edmunds’ Straightline Blog reports that the sport sedan’s 6.2L supercharged V8 will produce 556 hp at 6,100 rpm and 551 pound-feet of torque at 3,800 rpm. That kind of power is courtesy of the LSA engine, derived from the new Corvette ZR1’s LS9 motor and detuned for duty in the CTS-V. Fortunately, the LSA wasn’t detuned too much and the ‘09 CTS-V should be darn good competition for its German competition, specifically with BMW’s M5 relatively meager 500-hp 5.0L V10.

Official press release added after jump.
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Ever Wonder What Your Car’s Emblem Means?

Like a family crest, most Automotive emblems actually represent something important to their maker. Whether it be something historically important for the founder, ideals the brand strives towards, or a testament to someone’s ego, the symbol of each company has a history.

We stumbled across this encyclopedia of sorts that has cataloged the origins and meanings for almost every one of the worlds major automakers, and we must say, it’s pretty darn interesting. For instance Chevy’s logo has come about from…

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2009 Cadillac CTS-V Lapping The Nurburgring In Record 7:59:32

With the supercharged LS9 V8 reportedly making around 567 HP, we know that the Cadillac CTS-V is one quick sedan. But we had no idea just how fast it would be until it recently set a lap time of 7:59.32 on the Nurburgring Nordschleife. That makes it the fastest production sedan to ever be officially recorded on the German race track. And just in case you thought GM was just pulling your leg, the Cadillac has released this video showing the world what’s a sub 8 minute Nurburgring lap looks like.

New KING Of The Ring - 2009 Cadillac CTS-V Fastest Production Sedan Around Nürburgring Ever, Laps in 7:59.32

As the old saying goes, the king is dead, long live the king…Maybe meant with as much conviction as histocailly too…

In testing at Germany’s famous Nurburgring, Cadillac’s brand new 2009 CTS-V completed a lap of the legendary Nordschleife in 7:59.32. This blistering time appears to be the fastest ever publicly documented for a production sedan.

With an estimated 567 HP, tightened suspension, magnetic ride control, super-spiffy electro-mechanical rear end and a killer six speed in the Cadillac’s arsenal, John Heinricy, an executive with GM Performance Division piloted The CTS-V to it’s sub-eight-minute bragging rights. With pretty much everybody testing anything with wheels, duking it out for Nordschleife glory, we can’t help but wonder how the Germans feel about all this…

You can read all about the news on GM’s very own blog on the Cadillac CTS-V

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