Live from the launch: Cadillac CTS-V

If you think Cadillacs are all about blinged rappers' Escalade SUVs, stretch limos and big saloons that float more queasily than a beach lilo in a swell, think again. There's one Cadillac that's spent much of its development life being hammered around the Nurburgring, and has a startling amount of power to go with it.

The CTS-V, available either as a four-door saloon or a rather startling wedge-shaped coupe, puts no less than 564bhp, a fat 464lb ft pulse of supercharged torque and explodes to 62mph in 4.4 memorable seconds.