CTS to get 8spd trans and twin-turbo 3.6L

Not the V-series, but the regular CTS.

http://www.freep.com/article/20130318/BUSINESS0101/130318042/General-Motors-introduces-8-speed-redesigned-CTS-sedan

I, for one, welcome our new turbo overlords.

Schwing!

If this upgrade also applies to the SportWagon version and the price stays the same as the current CTS's, I will be regretting buying my Wrangler very soon.

I personally don't understand. Unless there are packaging constraints for the V8 (uh, cause twin-turbos are easy to package...) they have a great line of LSX V8's that get decent mpg and keep with the heritage of GM. I guess the DI twin-turbo does make gratuitous peak torque even lower than a V8, but there is a reason why people like V8's and it just isn't for the power.

In reply to McTinkerson:

everything I hear points towards the CTS wagon going bye-bye.

HiTempguy wrote: I personally don't understand. Unless there are packaging constraints for the V8 (uh, cause twin-turbos are easy to package...) they have a great line of LSX V8's that get decent mpg and keep with the heritage of GM. I guess the DI twin-turbo does make gratuitous peak torque even lower than a V8, but there is a reason why people like V8's and it just isn't for the power.

Better V8s in the CTS-V, perhaps?

McTinkerson wrote: If this upgrade also applies to the SportWagon version and the price stays the same as the current CTS's, I will be regretting buying my Wrangler very soon.

Somehow I doubt the Cadillac product planners expected this particular conquest.