If anyone knows CTS-Vs, it’s definitely the guys at D3 Cadillac [1]. They also know the best way to extract every ounce of grin-inducing, supercharged fun out of them – hand over the keys to some guys who really know how to drive. Tim Pak at D3 sent us over this absolutely awesome video [2], featuring two renowned professional drivers behind the wheel of D3 tuned V’s, fittingly titled “CADDY RUKUS.”
D3 handed over the keys to their CTS-V’s to Indy Car Driver J.R. Hildebrand [3], and Formula Drift Driver Tyler McQuarrie [4] and simply let them do what they do best while the cameras rolled; cause a “ruckus.” Hildebrand, the 2011 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, is piloting the white D3 “Legionnaire” CTS-V. The Legionnaire is the very same fire-breathing beast that D3 is currently campaigning in the Cadillac Challenge Series [5]. It wears one of D3 [1]’s Stage II Ultrachargers that’s bolted to the top of an all-D3 427 LSX long-block that makes somewhere around 750 horsepower and 815 pound feet of torque at the rear wheels. McQuarrie’s CTS-V is mostly stock, but you can tell that it still has no problems laying down some rubber.
Pak tells us, “We’ve worked with J.R. and Tyler on a few other projects, and we just thought it would be fun to make a video like this with the GoPro’s. A lot of the video was shot on sections of the Long Beach Grand Prix Track.”
This video [2] is great because it really captures the essence of modern-day Cadillacs, especially the CTS-V. Caddy isn’t a brand for your grandpa any more – it’s a brand for young performance enthusiasts who want a bit of sophistication to go hand-in-hand with their horsepower.
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