Video: Double Bill - C/D and MT pit Cadillac CTS-V Coupe vs. Audi RS5 vs. BMW M3
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The Cadillac CTS-V Coupe has some serious performance chops. The potent angular coupe is loaded with a blown 6.2-liter V8 capable of 556-horsepower, 15-inch front and 14.7-inch rear Brembo brakes and a Magnetic Ride Control suspension setup. Impressive stats to be sure, but does Cadillac's sleek two-seater have the goods to take on the BMW M3 coupe and Audi RS5?
Both Motor Trend and Car and Driver have obviously been pondering the same question, as the competing buff mags dusted off their camcorders and cut up a pair of comparison videos featuring the three super coupes doing a ménage à trois of the automotive kind.
Make the jump to experience both videos. In the first video, MT goes all-out with its comparison, bringing both Editor-in-Chief Angus McKenzie and the spanking new CTS-V Coupe to Germany to take on the pair of well-established Bavarian competitors. The second video shows the unique C/D approach, with no first, second or third place finishers and not a single word is uttered. C/D just let the hot coupes speak for themselves with beautiful pictures and heavenly exhaust notes.
[Sources: Car and Driver, Motor Trend]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
NinetySixVert 8:03PM (7/30/2010)
And what about the E63 AMG?
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NinetySixVert 8:05PM (7/30/2010)
Ahh, I spoke too soon. These are the coupes....my bad.
nicholiservia 8:08PM (7/30/2010)
The CTS-Coupe is a beutiful car and fortunately, you can get it with virtualy all the options the higher-end German cars have. Thing is, with 556 HP how can you go wrong???
http://www.epinions.com/content_515761540740
tariq 8:15PM (7/30/2010)
MB doesnt make a E63 Coupe. nor are there plans to.
axlewood 12:38AM (7/31/2010)
^^^ that's why he corrected himself
trustedcarsalesman 4:01PM (7/31/2010)
How can you go wrong? Moreover, how in the hell can the Caddy have more than 100 more horsepower and torque than the other two and not be signifigantly faster???
zjennings 8:46PM (7/31/2010)
First, unless you are a businessman over 50, no Cadillac is good looking. Seriously, only the face a mother could love. I know, let's take the most hideous part of a car, the grill, and make it f-ing huge! And would someone please change that horrible logo? Ugh. *enough ranting about looks*
Second, if you were listening to the video, you will hear that he says the CTS-V is much much heavier. 4,250 lb according to wikipedia (the M3 is 3,704 lb and the Audi RS5 is 3970 lb). Though the power to weight ratio does favor the CTS-V (0.13 hp/lb vs 0.12 on the M3 and RS5), my guess is that the added weight makes it slower in the corners.
zjennings 8:52PM (7/31/2010)
Oh, forgot something. It also sounds like it suffers from the Corvette shifting syndrome. That's the "Oh, wait, did you want me to change gears? Alright, I guess if I have to." syndrome. I guess we could just refer to it as an Eeyore Shift.
flashpoint 10:50PM (7/31/2010)
CTS-V versus NASSAU COUNTY HIGHWAY PATROL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGvRzVaSO7s
xenigo 7:13PM (8/01/2010)
@Flashpoint
What was the point of your video? There was no VS. police anywhere in your video. Did you accidentally edit out the high-speed pursuit? The only thing I saw were a bunch of large trucks passing you on the freeway. Way to fit the Cadillac demographic perfectly :)
Alexander 8:04PM (7/30/2010)
saw this a week ago. RS5 all day for me
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atomicshark 8:27PM (7/30/2010)
Good because I want the Caddy.
axlewood 1:51PM (7/31/2010)
and I want the M3
SPRUNKWN1 5:22PM (7/31/2010)
The front end of the Caddy already looks 5 years old...maybe because they did nothing to it sine the first V's came out? The two Germans look so much better.
Paul 8:05PM (7/30/2010)
RS5 all the way.
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BRUNO TULLIANI 8:12PM (7/30/2010)
Hell yes!!! RS5
catchmyshadow 10:28PM (7/30/2010)
The CTS is so ugly and compared to the RS5 it is even uglier.
zamafir 10:38PM (7/30/2010)
word. my god that car is THE perfect DD.
razrrick13 12:47AM (7/31/2010)
It is really too bad what they did to the rear ean of the CTS coupe, it looks horrible. It's ass is all jacked up and at some kind odd of angle. Anyways I'd take the M3 barely over the RS5. I've just heard way too many good things about it, it just decimates in comparo tests.
fpb300 3:56AM (7/31/2010)
I just wonder when will Ford have something like these cars.