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Originally Posted by KMPrenger
Your 2nd comment about what a manufacturer would do when designing a forced induction engine for production...thats obvious. I would never think GM would just slap on turbos and call it a day. But you can bet they will be doing it on the LFX and not some new design.
Anyways, did you watch the Jay Leno garage video?
How do we even know that engine was the LLT engine? (maybe the video has a clue...I need to re-watch it!) When the Leno concept was introduced the LLT was being used for production but then we didn't hear SQUAT about that car for a year or longer until earlier this year when they finally let Leno test the car on his show
The car was definitely used for testing purposes, not something they just slapped together for show. Leno talked with a GM designer about the car and there were gauges and monitoring devices used as well, which leads me to believe the car had a greater purpose.
The article states "Cadillac is reportedly developing two new twin-turbocharged V6s, a 3.0L and a 3.6L, with the unit spotted in this prototype believed the be the former." I have read elsewhere that GM scrapped the turbo 3.0 engine in favor of the 3.6 but who knows whether or not that was accurate at all. Makes sense though, since GM is dropping the 3.0 from its small SUV's in favor of the 3.6 since it has more power and retains or improves on MPGs.
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How do we know that its the LLT, or at least 'LLT based'? Well for one thing, the 2009 press release regarding the Leno Camaro says that it uses a twin turbo version of the standard V6 from the LS and LT Camaro -which would have been the LLT.
As for GM creating that car as any sort of real prototype ... chances of that are somewhere between near 0 and 0 itself. Concept cars are scrutinized to the nth degree by engineers from other companies while they're on display. No manufacturer will ever let one of their prototypes be subjected to that, not when it would be years until it could go into production. In all likelihood it probably toured the autoshow circuit for a while, then was forgotten about by Leno and GM until recently.
Could what you are saying be true about the Leno car? Sure. It
could also be true that Jay Leno himself is a replicant from another dimension where time only moves backward. We can't prove it, and there isn't much to support such a claim, but it is at least possible. Maybe. But since that scenario is somewhat unlikely its best to just focus on whats probable, rather than whats remotely possible.
Anywho ... how about that turbocharged CTS prototype?