Well the later model CTS seem to have less oil consumption issues so I think that counters your indies thoughts on the 3.6 needing to consume oil. The issue to me seems to be more about design characteristics of the 3.6 early on that made it more prone to ingest oil, whereas evolutions in later versions seem to have lessened oil consumption. More @Wikipedia
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