TheCarConnection's team of spies has snagged the hot version of the next CTS-a 2009 CTS-V prototype.
This is not the run-of-the-mill (future) CTS. This prototype has a huge bubble in the hood, performance wheels and wide tires, unique (larger) exhaust pipes and-the photographer swears-an obvious supercharger sound.
Engine-wise, we've heard rumors that the CTS-V will be powered by a 4.6-liter non-supercharged V-8, while others insist (and our pictures likely show) a supercharged V-8 is in store for the hot CTS. Some even claim this will share the its supercharged V-8 with a future Corvette.
Horsepower estimates have also been all over the board, but we're guessing the CTS-V will have somewhere between 550-600 hp. Production should start in the fall of 2008, and an annual run of 7500 CTS-Vs is expected.
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