Road & Track SS, R/T, GT cross country test.

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Sep 10, 2009 | 09:07 AM

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Z284ever

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Originally Posted by teal98

Charlie, you leave me to infer that the maximum engine would have been an LS3. Maybe with that, 18s, and favoring weight over styling concerns, I could see this could-have-been coming in 100-150 pounds lighter in the base configuration, or around 3700.

Given the world at that time, however, package-protecting for an LSA seems a pretty obvious thing to do.

Speaking of which, I've noticed in road tests that while the CTS V6 is a pretty chunky car compared its competitors, the CTS-V is not. It's lighter than the Jaguar XFR and Audi S6, and about the same as estimates for the E63. I wonder if the V6 CTS is carrying extra structure for the LSA.

We can speculate forever.

But had they gone with "Alpha", (actually being referred to as Kappa by some at the time, eventhough it would have been all new), it would have been smaller and lighter than the current car. Smaller and lighter by extension, also usually means more fun to drive.

As a bonus, Holden would have had a Torana, and North American buyers would also have a 3-series sized RWD sedan. I'm pretty sure Hoden was all for it, but no one else wanted to sign on.

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