Sorry to burst your bubble, but fastest lap on Nurburgring by a production sedan. I’d heard on another site that this was with the auto tranny, too.
So, while the RS6 might do all those things you claim for a car that much more expensive it had better.
RS6 handles better? Maybe not.
NurburgringTrack times:
CTS-V: 7.59s
RS6 Avant: 8.09s
Which would be an argument in favor of the RS6, if that was true.
Nurburgring lap times:
Cadillac CTS-V: 7.59.2
Audi RS6: 8:20
UPDATE: Thanks for including the Avant time as well. Still awesome. . . still not as good as the Caddy.
You may not like the finish next to an Audi, but for the price, Cadillac has built an oustanding car.
I knew about that. It’s one track, which the CTS-V was specifically set up for.
The Radical SR8 has the fastest production-car lap but you won’t find anyone saying it’s a good car.
I’d go for a Lotus Exige. The car so fast and manuverable that an Apache helicopter was unable to get a lock on it in a Top Gear test. And hell, you can find a used one in the 45grand range and still have money for a double-wide to park it in front of.
I would do a Jay Leno and customize a car that I like. His 1000 hp Olds toronadoas an example. I’d probably go with a split window vette or somethng else. Maybe a late 90’s Impala SS or Thundebird Turbo-Coupe or late 60’s build Wildcat.
I just think it’s funny that I saw the thread title and thought “Well, a Corolla is pretty likely to be running well after 100,000 miles… Or maybe a Volvo…”
If I had $100K to put toward a car, it would be a used one. Probably a toss-up between a 911 GT3 and a 575M, with the Ferrari coming out on top.
I’m surprised no one mentioned a Mercedes-Benz yet, how about an SL 500, I would thing one could be had for less than $100,000, but if you were to go for an SL55 AMG or more, you might be over budget.
What the general opinion regarding the Mercedes lineup?
Great for dentists, surgeons, retired CEOs and European mafiosos. They are bland on the outside and have the nicest interiors money can buy. They perform well, but no one who owns one would ever care to test it.
The Lotus Exige isn’t that fast.
If I was going to buy a sedan it would be the Mercedes C63 AMG. I really like the design of the W204 c-class.
Just sell the whole neighbourhood and get the the Maybach Exelero for approx $8,000,000 
The Lamborghini Estoque will be here soon, but you’ll probably need another $150k or so.
Specifically setup for? I haven’t read that before. I heard it was on stock tires with the automatic transmission. I imagine every car company does some tweaking of their cars beforehand, but I hadn’t heard that Cadillac did anything out of the norm.
Sorry… I mean the suspension (on the production version) was tuned specifically for the Nurburgring, since that’s where all the chassis setup work was done, not that they put extra bits on for the test.
According to this link (which I posted earlier) all they put on it was a harness bar and a fire suppression unit. Everything else was supposedly stock. Can you provide a link to where you’re getting this info from? (oh, and that other car manufacturers don’t do similar ‘tweaking’)