GM's Hot Shoe

" Piracy. Former GM championed this driver will call you you retired recently though that this is one of the cars he developed. Generated the end before I retired this is out probably the last car that went into production right before I left and it's it's one and really makes me proud to because the card does. You know everything so well -- fits really well into the high performance luxury sedan class against the AMG's and AM car or send me RS cars. All those cars tested extensively in Germany had never drink cans so we spent an awful lot of time with the -- he would have never bring in Germany to. And the results really does speak for themselves it didn't -- Was is excellent. For vehicle dynamics. So really works well on on courses like this and have a lot of hills and a lot of off camber. Turns and that kind of thing it really does well there you -- personally feel pretty good winning this I think if this guy was probably got more miles -- dragon has -- not. Gotten the best time low -- it's a good yeah probably half so I had to do rate. But I do feel good about it especially having worked so much on a day. I feel particularly good because yes I worked on but there was a big team of people doing nose job and so I can feel good for them because the kind of validates all their hard work and makes them feel proud."

" Now more impressive than this probably you do currently hold the record I guess if you can call official record 44 door sedan on the server grade which is sort of the ultimate benchmark. For a sport sedan. That you think that that that move that number really speaks. So with this -- can do."

" Well I think it does it has gotten a lot of notoriety we did it die kind of on a whim we never really went out to try to do that. But we ran the the -- is as fast as we couldn't turn out to be a record -- And this and send oasis today -- wings and flew those CT SE automatic 2000 I was yes I was -- is the automatic. The other little today. Yeah I don't Emanuel today like driving Emanuel little bit better but when I was at -- burning had been testing with the automatic all the time so I thought I'm gonna try to newscasts I candidate -- drive something that I'm familiar with them. So we did it that way that little -- here as well when they designed the CTS platform. Did they know they were gonna do this or did you have to take your car and -- to a performance car well we knew we wanted to have a V we didn't know what all parts was beyond it but the basic platform in the CTS was designed to be able to handle that kind of power and -- and handling it we're gonna put into with -- CT SB. Didn't know what all the parts are gonna be back we made sure that the basic CT SB -- CTS platform was capable of of handling that and it did was it did very well."

" Just a reminder want six point two liter supercharged VA basically the same engine from the Corvette ZR one just teaching to build a 556 -- hardly a small amount of power in at 250 horsepower more than the V6 in the CTS owners are huge jump up and now power and -- from main engines that are in a recent CTS. How much -- the difference in the suspensions London's obviously been rebuilt the action news the that the magnetic shocks as well from the court that I'll registrars the geometry and all that means this it will when you look at this next to a CTS standard. You know what percentage of the car is different."

" Well John entries identical there's no difference in -- geometry sowing the chassis it's all springs stabilizer bar -- shocks and certainly MR. Wheels and tires that kind of thing but to shocks is really the key to making -- dynamically as -- as it is. Majors in a very broad range so that you can right really good in town rough rose act and -- is that enough stamping so he can -- tracks like Monticello here and to never bring this is unbelievable how long can handle those kind of tracks on I broad range and I know it's gonna be tough for you to give me on by his stance on this when you when you test in this do you have. The M thrive -- that -- competitors at the track. -- back to back absolutely we NN and M five we had we had competitors several competitors so we we had a standard. That we use said he trying to attract we went to so we knew how we measured against that every time we went out performance aside. You know ultimately how do you think this compares to the stores -- stores that caused a bit more now I think the CT SB stands up extremely well on the performance luxury sedan category and if you look at. And all the magazine articles that have been written everything that's been written about the car. He really validates that doing talks about not just that it has straight -- power it has steering it has handling it has max landed has. Ride it has really everything and so it it's really stand out. Now we know we've got to -- coming in a couple of months 'cause they're gonna differ from the -- performance laws I think it's going to be very close very identical it's basically the same car underneath it looks dynamite I mean it looks great. Compared generically is probably better. A little bit but I think it's gonna perform almost identical to what the sedan does -- based Stifel you know I think it's the same. And so I mean what's next for this platform and you or for the company anymore you know -- seeing we've heard hints that -- conceal wagon version we're gonna beautiful wagon right down there we can -- that wagon and I think it -- going how good looking V. I just before you are retired now -- viewing. Called for Miller worked for General Motors but everybody knows interest is to know. What kind of car you drive and -- well I drive a cobalt Turbo cobalt SS terrible and I practicing very down near the Blue Line and I am not a great time when is one that I also was responsible for. So I've done little work kind of a little more power NN but it's a great car not fun to drive standard that's about pets that are the city is here yes standard it's 260 horsepower so it's less than half. You know a couple of weeks ago we had -- about -- legendary test driver on the -- and a lot of people say he has the best job in the world but you actually probably get to drive a lot more cars than they -- he's only got two model lines and I could -- and awful lot of cars for GM over the forty years I was around there -- so I I feel blessed to have having been able to do that virtually every performance car that they rebels -- I AM I've got to drive and got to attack so it's been on the degree career that we know this is one of offenses but what's your favorite. What's my -- I can pick one out hey you know when you get to test them all I gotta alarm off at. -- really large garage so I can put a lot of them in there because I can just pick OneCare."