Hennessey Cadillac CTS-V
John
Hennessey is not a man known for restraint. The owner of the eponymous
Texas-based speed shop crams hundreds of surplus horses into the
drivelines of everything he touches, whether it’s pickup trucks, aHellcat-chasing 717-hp Mustang,
or a menacing Jaguar F-type. Now, he’s promising to tune
up the 2016 Cadillac CTS-V with a tidy half-ton of
horses.
Hennessey will offer three packages for the upcoming CTS-V. The first
adds 110 new friends to the Caddy’s 640-horse stable, thanks to new
supercharger pulleys, new cylinder heads, a custom cam, an intercooler, and the
like. A midrange package offers 800 horsepower, and both of those packages come
with a three-year/36,000-mile warranty, along with “premium floor mats,”.
But
if you’re really unsatisfied with the rocket Caddy’s stock offerings, you’ll
want to open your wallet all the way and opt for the HPE1000 package. This baby
ditches the supercharger for twin turbos and brings along brand-new everything:
Aluminum pistons, a forged steel crank and rods, upgraded cylinder heads, and a
beefed-up fuel system are just the start of things, and all the requisite tuning
and fettling is included. At the half-ton horsepower level, Hennessey
offers only a one-year/12,000-mile warranty, and it says ominously that
transmission upgrades are “required.”
