[DenverTaco07]

Originally Posted by HDRDTD

CTF stands for Captured Test Fleet.

When GM launches a new line of cars, they initially (before public production starts) produce a small fleet of cars that are assigned to various employees to drive for about 4,000 miles or so while taking extremely detailed notes about EVERYTHING they see, feel, hear, etc about the car.

GM then takes their observations and makes any final tweeks/changes to the car before it goes into production for the public.

When GM is done with the CTF cars, a limited number may be prepared for resale, while most of them are destroyed I believe.

CTF cars can be identified from their VIN's, as they have a different VIN series from the normal production vehicles.

ahhh...thank you!