TCC: Driving Cadillac's Sixteen Concept

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

http://www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=5943

Driving Cadillac's Sixteen Concept
In the lap of unfinished luxury.

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To bring Sixteen to life, you simply press the ?Start? button on the dashboard. You?re immediately rewarded with a whooshing noise, almost like firing up a jet, then a deep rumble pours out from under the hood as all 16 cylinders kick into action.

With an awe-inspiring 13.6 liters of displacement, Sixteen is rated for 1000 horsepower and roughly the same amount of torque. On paper, notes Smith, that should launch the sedan from 0-60 in barely 3.6 seconds.

It?s still pretty early in the development phase to say if the engine can meet its target, and we weren?t about to test the limits on this particular New York morning. Something about having responsibility for a one-of-a-kind, million-dollar prototype tends to promote a sense of caution. But even while driving like we had an egg under our accelerator foot, the car shot out of the box as if it were an Olympic sprinter.

That immediately elicited a serious of creaks, groans and crackles from various corners. It was hard to tell whether the driveline was complaining, or the suspension. With barely two inches of travel, the prototype wasn?t exactly designed for maneuvering around NY City potholes.

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:Q

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

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[BatmanNate]

We need a drooling emoticon.

 

[EvilYoda]

mmmmm, testosterone in solid form....

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Could Caddy pull this car off? Hell, even Mercedes felt it necessary to spin off another brand to sell their Luxo-cruiser Maybach. With a few more years of massaging the Caddy name-plate, do you think they could get people to purchase a vehicle this expensive?

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Evening bump.

Edit: 4 out of the 6 posts are mine.:frown:

 

[StageLeft]

I think it's an utterly ridiculous overblown waste of money. It's like some freakish merge of super-car performance (the horsepower) along with a luxury sedan and, I'm sure, it does neither very well. Will it compare with bentley or rolls royce for comfort? No. Will it be able to take on a real supercar? No.

It's an interesting idea but a silly one.