Although i havent driven ths 300C, its handeling from nearly all reviews i can remember is really pretty bad. I would easily get the STS over the 300C. but if you want straight line performance, get a GTO and have good handling characteristics in addition to power.

 

The SRT-8 he is talking about isn't that bad a handler. It's biggest downfall is weight though. It's a pig. But it corners well given its size and weight.

Good article on a 3 way shootout with GTO, 300C SRT-8, and CTS-V. Good read.
http://motortrend.com/roadtests/sedan/112_0502_trio/

 

At this rate, and depending on currently proceeding negotiations, I shall answer said question in a matter of two weeks or so.

 

Road and Track - May 05 - the $55,000 Question

6th - BMW
5th - Audi
4th - M-B

3rd - Lexus
2nd - Acura
1st - Infiniti

Caddy, minus the sport suspension finished 7th.

 

Utter crap.

 

"Isn't a bad handler"?
"It's a Pig"?

Well, lets see here:

Cadillac STS V8 ($47,025)
196" length, 72.6 width
320 horsepower
6.0 seconds 0-60 mph
4026#
.86g (Car & Driver 8/04)



Chrysler 300C SRT-8 ($39,370)
196.8 length, 74.1 width
425 horsepower
4.9 seconds 0-60 mph
4160#
.90g (Road & Track 3/05)

Higher skidpad?
A mere 134 pounds heavier than the STS?

Sound like it handles a bit better than "not bad".

It doesn't sound like a pig next to the competition either, huh?

 

Unbelieveable.

Stack the Chrysler pseudo-sorta-well-not-really luxury car with the CTS-V if you must, but if folks don't get the difference between a Cadillac and a Chrysler then there is no helping them whatsoever.

 

"bad" and "horrible" were the words some here were using to describe the 300. I used it too when i said "not that bad a handler", but in a different context. For a large sedan, it is very impressive. Not better than the smaller CTS-V, but not far behind either performance wise for a good less $$$.

 

Good review Pacer. I like the humor you put into them. Funnier than sheit

However I will say my "sex on wheels" is the C6 Z06 right now...

 

well, when i said the 300C was a bad handler (i didnt know about the SRT8 so i used the next closest thing.) That much of a weight difference doesnt make that much of difference (compared to if it was 1000 lbs+ difference) I know the 300C is supposed to have very soft and mushy suspension and that is what makes it such a bad handler. if they firmed up the suspension it probably wouldnt be so bad.

 

Seems like Car & Driver didn't agree with your sentiment at all.

I know, I know... they're biased toward Foreign cars, right?

And you're, uh, not domestically biased in the least, either, right?

http://www.caranddriver.com/article....&page_number=3

 

Hilarious Good read

 

skidpad numbers dont detirmine how agile a car is in different direction turns. skidpad numbers detirmine a cars ability to hold the road in one steady direction and certain speeds. they do have some influence on each other but is detirmined a lot by how good its tires are.

 

I don't think it's fair to compare the STS V8 with the Chrysler 300C SRT-8.

The only Cadillac that can come close to the 300C SRT-8 is the STS-V

 

Your opinion of the interior is similar to what I thought after sitting in one, except the one I was in just had the base interior. I'd love to own one, but that won't happen unless GM decides to sell them for less than $10k.