Only thing I've noticed about Cadillacs is that old folks own them for the first 10 to 15 years, and then after that, the resale value on them absolutely crashes and the only people driving them are ghetto folk and white trash. As it is, I'm already seeing Caddy STS's with a Northstar in them going for $1,000 on Craigslist when they hit 100k or 150k and the old-fart owner dies off, then the family ditches the car for dirt-cheap because the car has a laundry list of issues that never got taken care of while the old folks had it.
Only problem is, a lot of these old folks never change the oil or tranny fluid in them, or drive them far/frequently enough, so there's so much sludge and crap in there, dried up seals, and other accumulated problems that it'll easily take another $1,000 or more to get it back up into decent condition. Sooooo, when a Caddy like an STS or SLS with a Northstar up and pukes, nobody in their right mind wants to dish out $3,000 for a new Northstar (or however much they're going for these days) on a car that Blue Books for less than $2,000.
I can only imagine how that's all going to work out when the days come that a 400- or 500-horse Caddy motor pukes and nobody can (or wants to) afford to pay out the wazoo for a rebuild job or a swapped-in motor that's worth more than the car, itself. And considering that every wrecked CTS-V that hits a salvage company is guaranteed to have its motor/tranny yanked out ASAP for a swap into something else, it'll be hell to find a replacement motor, anyhow...
Just something to consider for the long-term.
