Cadillac's reputation has never been built on sports sedans. It seems obvious, but Cadillac has always been about relaxation, about a big car that wafts down the road. Names like DeVille, Fleetwood, and Seville are what spring to mind. It's why the Escalade, an SUV-interpretation of the classic Cadillac way of moving, sells so well.

But beyond the Escalade, Cadillac has been trying to be a sports sedan company for more than a decade. For the past 15 years, the CTS has been aimed directly at competitors from Germany. While the sales numbers might not show it, this is one of the finest sports sedans you can buy, particularly in V-Sport trim.

Now, V-Sport isn't the full V package. That car has the LT4 V8 from the Corvette Z06, meaning it has 640 horsepower and 640 pound-feet of torque. It's insanely fast. The V-Sport, one step below the V, uses a 3.6 liter twin-turbo V6 making 420 horsepower and 430 pound-feet of torque. Numbers that are impressive in isolation, but are made irrelevant by the V.

In reality, the V is nearly unusable on the road. It's way too fast for your average American highway or even an above-average byway. The V-Sport brings everything into balance. The chassis tuning is spot on and the transmission, an Aisin unit, not one from GM, is excellent. It's been at the top of its class since it debuted, a better interpretation of a German sports sedan than most German companies are building.

More of you should be buying the CTS. It looks like nothing else in class and drives just as well or better than all of its competitors. Yes, the infotainment system can charitably be described as "very bad," but the rest of the car is makes a pretty damn compelling case for why you should buy a Cadillac.

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