Mercedes Benz C43 AMG vs Cadillac CT5 V, suprise follows. Drag and Roll Race.

Mercedes Benz C43 AMG vs Cadillac CT5 V, a suprise follows. Drag and Roll Race.
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[@degoek]

This Cadillac is wildly under appreciated awd beautiful car great power train. It’s the Cadillac for me

[@ghosttgirl9805]

Me too, I have two

[@NOLJ]

CT5V sound so good in the cabin

[@anthonyamodio9995]

i think its piped in through the speakers as well but it definitely still sounds good!

[@larryzeldin7561]

Definitely piped in

[@Ih8chew]

Great video. I really don’t understand why the CT5V is such an overlooked car in this segment. Next time throw in the TLX Type S for laughs 😂

[@mauriciomorales8863]

Amazing race, Sam. toooons of fun. what an amazing machines these caddies are! We were spinning a lot on the wet side of the tracks on the digs, but the caddie seems to have what it takes! I'd get one of those CT5Vs anytime!! I wish we could've filmed a dig switching lanes. Caddie seemed to have better traction there, but I guess that's what all is about: Real World Evidence... Thanks a lot for having us there.

[@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921]

With a starting price 13,000 dollars lower, i would take the Caddy all day long. Nobody has done this test as of yet, AND THIS SEGMENT OF LUXURY SEDANS IS HUGE to the world wide car market folks. I would have wished for a handling test, but it was still very interesting.

[@robpr315]

Thanks for the video. The CT5-V does lose a little bit of recognition because of the Blackwing but is still a great performing vehicle for the price. The Merc is supposed to be a bit quicker than the RWD CT5-V, so the CT5-V having AWD and being right there with the C43 is a testament to how much AWD helps in a dig.

[@brandenthomas9776]

And dig it does, especially in v, sport and track modes…absolute beast

[@joeoliveri9719]

You could have configured the exhaust in the CT5-V to be louder. My 2023 has "MY MODE" or "TRACK MODE" where the exhaust is even louder than "V-MODE" In fact I love that it can be controlled, when I'm leaving for work at 7am I keep the exhaust in Tour or Stealth mode until I hit the Parkway then I turn it up! Great car that I really love.

[@Ryan-cp4rh]

He wasn’t driving it in V mode? This car literally turns down the power when it’s not in V-Mode and the TC is set to race 2

[@MegaTrollolololol]

I can turn up the exhaust sound when i put my 2024 v in v mode it's adjustable

[@17MGTP]

I like the Cadi but both are great cars and I love this content!!

[@jdl92264]

Unless you're going to top-end race on the autobahn it looks like the caddy's performance is more useful in day-to-day driving.

[@derreckcaldwell8031]

I agree with You

[@wesleywalls7582]

Great showing by Cadillac!

[@2tx722]

(Correction). There's no hybrid system in the c43 AMG w205.. As stated.

[@occckid123]

I think the guy I'm the mercedes can't drive lol

[@larryzeldin7561]

That second dig race showed that

[@occckid123]

@@larryzeldin7561 lmfaooooo

[@nathanaelcole8466]

No times?! So much better posting times.

[@DMCarReviews]

All the times he posts are absolutely random...

[@ikeudechukwu5018]

They both had AWD. The CTS had more torque than the C43. But the C43 has a more aggressive shifting which is why over a longer distance, it will catch up to the CTS and then pass it.

[@saved1777]

Have u raced the 2018 cts v

[@spersexyed]

I have a 3.6 ats, very similar on paper to the ct5-v just a few hp shy at 321hp... fun car, it's "totaled" in my driveway right now due to fun. Have fun and be careful guys, think I'll get the ct6 3.0tt to replace it, cadillac is fucking amazing, and doesn't get enough recognition

[@zcat1006]

Truth! I had the first CTS- V 2004. Great car!

[@jimmytwotime8004]

Try 360

[@The_Hi_Life]

The German got them long autobahn legs!

[@liamkneeson8866]

That was a good matchup. Great video

[@lexluv9]

love the Merc but i would love love to get my hands on a very hard to find V, Blackwings and 2.0t are everywhere, the V is the goldy locks not too much or too little its just right

[@S8ER]

Definitely not the sound I associate with AMG branding. 🙃 Good video

[@MarlonAllen-dy9yv]

Good thing you dont work for AMG or have any branding rights on the car!

[@doggedlydetermined7022]

I associate AMG with my vacuum cleaner now

[@S8ER]

@@MarlonAllen-dy9yv um. Ok 👍 😂 what does that have to do with my comment?

[@yousefal-assaf2985]

​@@S8ER He is just hurt in the butt

[@gmanmurry312]

Sam, I think it would be cool if your channel had a baseline comparison car to compete with the newer generation vehicles to help show growth in companies for luxury, performance and tech, for example an older generation mercedes such as an e55 amg to really exploit the capabilities on the new vehicles.

[@Quez5k]

Just to hear that 10speed shift is porn to me lol. I love em both, but only thing I noticed with the ct5 v is I don’t think they’re tunable.

[@SamCarLegion]

they are

[@reynaldorivera743]

You can see the TQ on caddy against the Merc Good race .I take the caddy over the merc

[@JD-dd4xf]

Yeah that launch out of the hole is pretty serious. The top end of the Benz wasn't enough in the 1/4. Which is where it counts 😂.

[@steelervette]

Great comparison.

[@lsjionredlinesupercharged2049]

Caddi has better turbo response Benz has much better programming.

[@SamCarLegion]

The 10 speed in the caddy is superb

[@JD-dd4xf]

I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Give me the Caddy. Great video as usual Sam!

[@SamCarLegion]

Right on!

[@mitchherf7918]

Sam, thanks for the race. I have a new 2024 CT5-V AWD and I'm loving it. It pulls strongly off the line while sounding amazing (in Track mode). BTW, please correct the weight for the AWD CT5-V: it has a curb weight of 4144 (according the GM's fleet order guide) or about 270 lbs MORE than the C43 AMG. Given that weight handicap, the CT5-V did superbly against the much lighter Mercedes. I suspect that the CT5-Vs tranny shifts faster and responds more quickly than the C43, which further explains why the CT5-V kills the C43 on a roll. Sam, did you measure the 1/4 mile times and trap speed for both sedans?

[@drivescene6747]

The C43 won both rolls

[@tri3pleagent]

The Caddy seems to run out of juice on the top end. But id still go with the CT5V.

[@MegaTrollolololol]

my biggest complaint about my 2024 v

[@ricardoslveira2857]

Please Sam make a video of the NEW AMG C43 vs. CT5 V !!!!!

[@SM-1010]

C43 needs a driver mod, I’ve seen better launched than that

[@heinman6250]

they should've done another run, it spun and short shifted

[@SM-1010]

@@heinman6250 fr

[@kbkb671]

Two of my favorites you can have the exotics.

[@marekogarek9499]

i like gear box in Cadillac , fast and smooth

[@heinman6250]

sounds like the c43 spun in the drag race and then short shifted

[@1slowq50]

No times?

[@xxxpensive1415]

Nice

[@TheBreakfastLover]

Good race, the CT5-V is underappreciated in this segment. On paper you'd think the C43 would win the drag race. I wonder if the condition of those tires made the difference.

[@camirocz]

All wheel drive

[@justme307]

@@camirocz Looks like both cars are AWD.

[@TheBreakfastLover]

​@@camiroczthey're both AWD

[@mauriciomorales8863]

Tires on the C43 are nearly brand new (I'm the owner). if you look closer, i was spinning sideways on all the attempts as I had the wet side of the track. we had tons of fun. We tried an unofficial run after the filming switching lanes and I got better traction and the result was similar to the roll race (the C43 came ahead by 1/2 a car length). I'm not saying the caddy is bad or slow, totally opposite. I'd get one of those now instead of the C43. they are amazing and quick!

[@TheBreakfastLover]

​@@mauriciomorales8863thanks. And ideally there should be at least a 2nd drag race with lanes swapped to account for track conditions. Edmunds does this.

[@Bimmer_Bill]

C63 vs ct5 blackwing please

[@eldismemushi]

Wow I’m surprised by Cadillac wtf , I would like to try one of this

[@joeoliveri9719]

I own one and its Amazing!

[@eldismemushi]

@@joeoliveri9719 how is comparing with German car like Benz or bmw ? Or you never driven a German car

[@mikebetancourt6403]

Sam blew it off the line. C43 is better than that.

[@Ahmed___9]

Ya never raced Stinger against a c43.. hopefully we see that soon

[@drivescene6747]

C43 would win but it would be close

[@Ahmed___9]

@@drivescene6747 Kinda interesting to see coz Stinger beat that CT5 V when he raced both of em in a video he posted a while ago

[@drivescene6747]

@@Ahmed___9 yeah I don’t doubt that at all. The CT5-V is not as quick as the C43, the C43 was on the wet side of the track so it was spinning on the launch, otherwise, it would’ve demolished the CT5 V from a dig.

[@JasonMacKenzie]

One of my favourite parts of these drag races is the way Sam hilariously over explains how to do a roll race. And I mean that from the best place. I really enjoy your channel brother and it’s great to see your success!!

[@SamCarLegion]

I need them not to screw up because it costs me tons of money per minute to rent that place. And also, some people get over-excited and mess up. We do many roll races to get it right. Cheers

[@mauriciomorales8863]

I always appreciate you @@SamCarLegion for taking the time to go through those little details (so we don's screw up!). thank you heaps!!!

[@S8ER]

To be fair unless you do street racing the chances you’re familiar with roll racing is pretty low. I read “3 honks from a roll” by Madman back in the day… taught me everything I needed to know.

[@user-it6kv7cf7b]

国内买不到GTA V😢😢😢

[@chrisylink]

New Cadillacs are clean

[@ericortega5618]

Caddy for the win! 🎉

[@FullsendOffroad]

The Mercedes would have no chance against a blackwing.

[@dwaynespaw8005]

Caddy

[@KK-zm9lr]

They don’t sound the same C’mon Man!!!

[@GERONIMO326]

Caddy for the win 💪 💪

[@ricardoslveira2857]

2x1 merc!

[@GERONIMO326]

@@ricardoslveira2857 Caddy crossed the line first in the first roll race, 2nd roll race Merc won, and then Caddy obliterated it on the dig race

[@Freddy_Confetti]

Sam always thinks slow cars are fast

[@heinman6250]

because they really arent slow

[@MegaTrollolololol]

@@heinman6250 he just upset he too poor to have either one LOL

[@kahlonjatt09]

C43 needs a driver mod. 😂

[@blitzer-ln2nc]

Both sound terrible, nothing sounds like a v8

[@onYTsince2008]

IMHO, Sedans were *not* really made for "racing", they were more designed for comfort, but with a touch of sporty feel. That body of the C43 Sedan is so not made for racing lol, but the C43 coupe, that one yes.

[@latino914]

Easily take the AMG

[@mimioize1634]

Easily take the caddy over the Merc not even close

[@imagineeewowww6288]

you smoking straight d

[@robertriccobene3106]

Ya I'll take the blackwing

[@imagineeewowww6288]

you smokin straight 🍆🍆

[@lsp2314]

Is anybody going to mention that this is a CT4-V

[@mitchherf7918]

No. It's a CT5-V.

[@MegaTrollolololol]

lol bro what? it's a 5 i have the same one 🤣

[@reviewsmore2946]

Always some bozos racing

[@gcash2074]

Both sound Bad. A V6 hardly ever sounds good. But I do like the Cadillac.

[@marklloyd4153]

They sound terrible

[@MegaTrollolololol]

lol so do the words that come out of your mouth. don't be upset you're too poor to own either HAHA

[@marklloyd4153]

@@MegaTrollolololol your ignorance is showing

[@MegaTrollolololol]

@@marklloyd4153 lmao your butthurt is showing again don't be jealous 😂

[@marklloyd4153]

@@MegaTrollolololol your latent homo erotic tendencies are escaping you . I can tell from your blue collar vocabulary that you are a fat daddy bear that works at 7/11 only to use the peep hole you drilled into the wall to photograph little children and old men going to the restroom

[@speedracerjeff]

True /////AMG owners and enthusiasts don’t claim the C43… it’s not a “true” AMG to the hand built V8 purists.

[@Dirty_Dan205]

🙄 grow up

[@AmgholicToronto]

lol

[@S8ER]

@@Dirty_Dan205 That's not really a grow up thing... it's just true. The main reason is actually because the engine isn't hand built which deviates from the original AMG principles (one man one engine and all that) but some people do believe they should all be V8 as well as hand built.

[@4MATICbenz]

To be fair, the original AMG sport sedan produced and sold in numbers, the w202 C36 AMG, was not a V8..

[@yousefal-assaf2985]

​@@Dirty_Dan205 Growing up is realizing that mid performance "AMG" is just a skin...

[@g4do]

Cadillac/ general motors is wierd. The old ats v 3.5 V6 made 444 hp . This one makes less than 400 . The ct5 v blackwing makes 472 . What's going on with this wierd manufacturer?

[@ryansalazan]

Old atsv is a 3.6 v6tt vs this one which is a 3.0tt. Agreed it should make 400hp though because the other generation of this motor in the ct6 platinum made 400hp. The ct4v blackwing makes 472hp not the ct5vbw, which that makes 668hp

[@lilcam205]

You getting the cars mixed up the ATS-V is succeeded by the CT4-V Blackwing the ATS-V makes 444hp the CT4-V Blackwing makes 472hp...the CTS-V was replaced by the CT5-V Blackwing...that's the apples to apples comparisons

[@g4do]

@lilcam205 nothing you wrote changes the fact that general motors as a company is weird. Nothing they do makes sense and customers seemingly are oblivious. I can remember them selling sport rally trucks with rally stripes but no performance upgrades, charging a premium for them and customers bought it . Same with the RST trim . Same engine as base models, same suspension. They've only just now gave the public a factory supercharged Cadillac Escalade that still gets smoked by its competitors. And it's the same with every single one of their brands across the board... especially Buick . Buick competes with nothing . It exists for no reason.

[@ryansalazan]

@@g4do Actually fun fact Buick does compete with other brands. While Cadillac is meant to compete with the European sport luxury brands, Buick is meant to compete with the Japanese luxury market so against competitors like infinity Lexus and acura. I didn't know this for a while either but it makes a lot of sense now knowing that

[@g4do]

@ryansalazan buick does not compete. And just because you said it doesn't make it true. They're undersized , underpowered and don't get the gas mileage of their so called competition. And they're not as reliable either .

[@FirearmTutorials]

Man these sound like trash compared to the V8s...

[@blacksupersport8311]

That AMG sounds like 💩 I'd never waste a penny on a Mercedes they all are so unreliable.