How Does the CT5-V Blackwing Do at Laguna Seca Compared to HYPERCARS? - One Take
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The Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing is probably our favorite sport sedan of the year. It's got a monster 670HP LT4 V8, a manual transmission, ceramic brakes, and a brilliant chassis. So we took it to the legendary Laguna Seca Raceway for the Hypercar Invitational, an event targeted to seven-figure sports cars! How does the big Caddy hold its own on track with some of the most focused, exclusive cars on the market?
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How Does the CT5-V Blackwing Do at Laguna Seca Compared to HYPERCARS? - One Take
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Best TST episode yet. Thanks, Matt!
Awesome car, awesome video. Wish you could have put on screen the gear, speed, RPM.. that is a car on my wishlist.
Hypercar invitational: we’re running the fastest cars ever produced are you sure you wanna track with them?
Matt in a CT5 Blackwing with nothing to lose: fuck it, we ball
best sedan he could have brought.. so cool to see it handle that well right?
@@alexioflexio8818 indeed; it held its own against all the super cars
I heard about it on the podcast but seeing is definitely believing 😂
And I have to say, Blackwing definitely doesn't look out of place.
Lol Matt you are not bad at remembering to eat. Like come on…
How many of those other cars had a passenger as you did?
Clicked for the youtuber face. Stayed for the youtuber
i like very few american cars, especially from GM, but this car seems fantastic
When it come to their performance cars, GM has chassis and suspension (with their MRC) down. They do it better than most and even better than a few of the more expensive brands.
Let's goooooo!
That Ford GT pass was fantastic!! I love those Blackwings, I wish I could justify replacing my ATS-V with one. I just want no part of the dealer markups…
Go to the dealer. In front of their sales person, begin writing out an email to a GM Corporate rep concerning the markups.
GM will pull their reservations for halo cars after you send that email, which, the sales people will not let you do before they remove the markup.
Take a trip to Canada and buy it here. Markup is illegal here. Then just drive it back
@@carscoffeeandcannabis-634 Tariffs might be a thing.
Yea the ADMS suck ass, but I gotta feeling the black wings are gonna be seriously collectable
@@Reubachi this is 100% false for anybody reading his comment save yourself the embarrassment, I promise you there is no truth to that happening whatsoever. Unless you are in Canada, dealers are allowed (per their dealer agreements) to charge whatever they want for a vehicle and if a manufacturer tried to pull cars for dealers charging over MSRP then basically no dealers would have any cars to sell and dealers would sue the manufacturer because per their dealer agreements they are not governed by the manufacturer as to what they can sell cars for, hence why it’s called Manufacturers “Suggested” Retail Price 🤦🏻♂️
The only guy out on the track with a proper transmission...and it's in a friggin Cadillac sedan
Agreed. These hyper cars and super cars need to get back to the art of DRIVING. For me that’s manual and Gordon Murray’s T-50 is proof positive. But on a more “normal” level just look at the GT3. People want manuals!
@@m.hfitness couldn't agree more! Don't particularly care to set lap records or drag ET's, just want to have fun!
Sadly many people only care about numbers rather than the experience. But all my cars are sticks, and as long they keep producing them I’ll keep buying them. Fun>Lap times.
@@m.hfitness actual racecars are automatic 🤔
Tons of torque and a stick! So juicy!!
Being the slower car on a track with amazing machines is one of the best ways to experience them. Loved this video Matt!
One of my best automotive memories is being passed by three GT2s at WOT on the Nurburgring while driving a Rent4Ring Suzuki Swift. A simultaneously glorious and apocalyptic sound, like the gates of heaven and hell opening simultaneously.
As long as you're quick to get out of the way (like Matt), it should be fun for everyone. But some people in their Miatas or S2Ks think they're race car drivers and don't seem to want to accept that their cars are slow.
TST gets better every year love the videos and podcast! 👍
Gotta say, so glad to see temps aren't an issue. That's always my biggest concern with big power factory street cars. 700hp is nice, but not if you cant' do more then a lap without pulling over. Awesome video, it's rare to see these cars actually pushed.
This is like a Forza open class race in real life, fun to watch and I can tell Matt had fun making this one, awesome video!!
this is the content i wish you guys put out more. Or the old style driving peoples modified cars
I to miss the modified cars and stories behind them.
the Ford 9:04 gave me goosebumps
9:02 - Thank me later! That Ford GT LM flyby was impressive but the 765LT looked even faster somehow!
Incredible an Ecoboost can sound like that
It's amazing how many McLaren drivers actually drive their cars they're much more about driving their cars than Ferrari or even Porsche gt owners
💯!!!
I wouldn't say more than Porsche owners but yes most Ferrari owners don't track
"There're definitely some people here with more car, than talent"...Yeah, that's pretty scary. Like you said years ago, it's crazy that they're just selling cars like that to people and the only point for entry is money.
A buddy of mine and I have had that conversation so many times, its almost irresponsible how much car you can buy for 80k these days, let alone 400-800k.
Not everyone is born with driving talent, some people have to practice.
Some people have money to spend on cars that can eclipse their talent. I doubt they are irresponsible, they made the money by being responsible, right?
Y’all sound like a bunch of jealous Karens.
@@chuckclark6162 Lol, what makes you think having money makes you responsible? Ever heard of Paris Hilton? or Prince Andrew? Money doesn't make you responsible, or morally superior, or anything else. It just makes you rich. Money doesn't have a bearing on what sort of person you are at all.
@@chuckclark6162 So you think that Matt, a guy who owns a Countach, is a jealous Karen? 😂
@@redlion145
What makes you think that everyone with money acts like Paris Hilton or Prince Andrew? Stereotype much?
You even said it yourself, “money doesn’t have any bearing on what type of person you are.”
You are bigoted & in need of an education, sir.
Wow, what a day at the track. Gaggle of 765s and they were far from the most exotic thing there. Looked like fun and the Blackwing did great for poor tires.
Nice driving, Matt! Fun video to watch.
The Blackwing is such an AMAZING vehicle, and it’s gorgeous as well. I’m sure it will be an auction darling for many years to come. Hope many are lapped a bit as well!!
BIG RESPECT to Zack for the sound editing on this one! A lot of different noise to work through.
gees dude, you make me want to buy the cadillac blackwing now. great episode, i really enjoyed it.
PS: i was wearing Ben's helmet because i had forgotten to bring the visor on mine.. and, how often do you get to wear "the Stig's" helmet.. i took the opportunity :-D
I’d like to hear a couple examples of how some of these people got their money? If you say “ The money doesn’t always come the way you think it does”.
As usual spot on driving. Great video for anyone who does not realize that Cadillac makes fast cars. Especially today on the day when it was announced that Cadillac is joining the Andretti bid to become the 11th team in F1.
The blackwing is such an awesome sedan. How do you feel the M5 CS would have run against those other cars?
I own both. Cadillac feels lighter and more nimble. M5CS is faster on straights. As a track sedan, Project 8 is better than either one of them. M5CS is very much under tired for its size and weight. It needs 315s in the rear IMHO.
I like that the Caddy is one of the few manuals on the track that day.
Damn the Caddy can hang! Seriously smooth driving Matt! Thing would be a wicked daily
Dude. This is a great video! I would like to see more videos like this in cars like the M5 CS or even a regular M5 or Urus at a normal supercar track day etc
I think this demands a comparison to an M5 CS. That's the benchmark. I'd love to see how the CT5-V measures up.
They have been compared and that benchmark was beat by the CT5 V Blackwing…in the manual! M5 gets recognition but in reality the Cadi is a faster (around the track) better handling super sedan. But don’t take my word for it look it up.
Pretty sure Camissa did this on Hagerty (plus a Plaid)
Been done and the slower 6-speed variant of the Blackwing was faster than the CS around Willow Springs. Automatic would be the fastest sedan there.
CTS-V is the benchmark.
M5 was dethroned in 2006.
People have a hard time dealing
With a domestic beating Germans
@@WindyCity1992 I would have to disagree with you. Go watch some of the videos on the M5 CS. It beats Porsches and Lamborghinis. It's a whole other level above a standard M5.
Great experience I bet Matt! Maybe next year they will give you a Z06 so you can hang in there a little more.
Seems like the Cadillac has really good heat soak characteristics. Not sure where the other cars were in their runs, but watching them pull into the pits as you go by gives you the sense that the Cadillac has better endurance on a stint! But it probably just looks that way... 😉
Great video and this is why I would take the CTS-V Blackwing over the Plaid anyday. It's a track car that doesn't become lame brakes after a lap or 2. Such a good machine and keep these coming, also yes its not actually faster then most of these cars but some of the drivers where lacking in skill for the cars they had.
The Plaid is a great track car, it has great stock brakes, they've got a new heat display technology where you can see if you're overheating the brakes because they will catch fire. With the optional ceramics it might be fine then only the drivetrain heat managment is limiting you, and they will find a solution for that. The VW stuff and Rimac didn't really get me into EVs but the McMurtry Spéirling fan car is sick, they are planning to build a street car from it and that seems insane, nothing on the road would be able to compete with it but then again it's a single seater and it will have a stupid price tag.
@@アマ-p2l the Plaid with stock brakes sucks and is worthless after 2 laps at most. However if you want to pay the extra for carbon ceramic ones then they are good but still not supercar levels. The GT2RS for instance can lap the Nordschleife 5 times with no brake heat issues and is far faster then the Plaid. We need to see the new Ceramic brakes to see how they hold up after the multiple laps.
Matt they just showed you the blue flag because they liked your blue car! 😁
Those McLarens and Sennas are fast as hell, but they can't be enjoyed by anyone else. Meanwhile. you can ring taxi with the CT5-V!
That looks fun, I can't wait to get one myself and do the same.
I was fortunate enough to drive a gen 2 CTS-V there. Amazing experience! Thank you for this video!
I love the manual but for actual speed its the worst. And for keeping up with dual clutch/single clutch transmissions ur falling behind just on shifts.
But with Randy Pobst behind the Wheel, The Manual CT5V Beat the M5 CS Around Willow springs. But then again, u gotta be "Randy Pobst".
GM Syndrome: make awful commuter cars but make decent percormance cars
This may in fact be the only time I've watched a track video from start to finish.
I can only imagine how good a BW drives, I’ve owned a V1 and V2, and loved the way they handled, and they’ve just gotten better with the V3 and V-BW I’m sure.
Awesome video, thanks for posting.
Question - why on earth would you be required to run windows down? Trackdays in the UK require windows UP if you have them!? The last thing you want it arms flailing around outside the car in a spin or gravel etc coming in if it can be helped.
Dude... Was so extatic to see cars that were ment to be at the track... on the track doing what they were built for... enjoying the drive!
‘Zanardi line it through here’. I love you, man.
Would love to see a "tuned" 19' ZR-1 run with all these exotics!!
@9:06 I never thought I hear the sound of a turbo six spank a supercharged LS
He wasn’t even speeding with them 💀
Out of all those cars, I’d take the Ford GT LM 💯
The sounds featured in this video are outstanding, wow 😮
I wonder what speeds he was hitting on the straight? I got the test drive the CT-4 and CT-5 Blackwings on a back road at Laguna Seca when I worked for Cadillac. They both are on another level. 🏁👑🏁
This was such a fun watch. Great commentary throughout. Thanks for letting us experience this with you Matt!
The improvements Caddy has made on the real “V” series car are very impressive and it’s the chassis tuning that floors me. Like the ZL1-LE1, this thing handles and in a race from point “A” to point “B” it holds its own. The Tesla Plaid will annihilate it, but if you’re on a mountain or a back road, the Caddy will be cooling down when the Plaid shows up. Chassis, tires (they need to set it up on the computer so you can run Cup 2R tires), brakes, engine and tranny work almost as one now. This might make me trade my ‘12 V in for one of these.
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned
from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the
Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by
reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated
central gas station per city or county. Now they even want to slow down
all the gas pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From
2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as
exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox
oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no
investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even
created a new kind of crime here, called emissions and smoke crime. :-(!!!!!
Laguna! The best! I've had the privilege of driving a 992 Carrera s down the corkscrew, nothing like it!
every time you did a point by I was stoked to see what was coming past you awesome video!!🤘
Great to see you putting this video out, it's really the best to see all those great cars being driven in their proper setting!! Forget 10s drag races, THIS is where the magic is!
Awesome video! I got to drive a Miata on Laguna Seca once so it’s pretty cool to see this video. Makes you feel like you’re there! I have an 03 Corvette Z06. It’s “only” 405 hp, but weighs only 3100 lbs. I wonder if it would hang with the Caddy?
Sometime I think Cadillac changed the name from CTS to CT5 because people kept typing CT5 instead of CTS
I own a 2012 CTS-V Sport Wagon (manual transmission) and I feel the same way about that car as you do about the Blackwing. Great cars from Cadillac.
When the Blackwing is the cheapest and slowest car on the track, you know that there is serious stuff there. Props to all these supercar owners. So good to see these machines on track.
Thank God you didn't have to call it "Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca"....💲🤑💰💸
This is the best sedan with V8 in whole world. GM please don’t kill amazing combustion engine V8 cars! We don’t want EV cars unless they do 1000 miles on one charge. We like hybrid V8 tho!
Haha this is awesome to watch! Looks so fun.
Ok can’t beat race cars, but I know the caddy is a track car. I have a 2017 ATS-V. Has the mrc. Twin turbo. Very fast track car. It beat the competition on the track. The Mercedes’ just a little faster in the 1/4 mile but faster than the M3. Great comp cars they build.
Best Video yet, nice Car best Part a Proper 3rd Pedal Manual Transmission 👦🏻👍🏻🏎️🏁🚦
I don’t know if I should high five you or subscribe. New here. You said you’re heavy. Your body may be but a four door car against those you let pass is not heavy. Alpha is pretty advanced. The chassis under the CT5 is well thought out and world class. Let’s not do that! The CT5 is the last of the four door luxury high performance manuals of the world. Show some respect on Caddy’s name
You could of said anything...but forgetting to EAT,man...lol,"I pound two of these shake's",and 4egg McMuffin s
Love my CT5-V Blackwing!
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I skip 100% of the adverts as The Smoking Tire will shill anything. This one was on tv so the advert run. I am sorry you forget to eat? Like the content but the lack of authenticity in the advertising puts me off a lot. Fat dude who says he forgets to eat? What now.
Wouldn't want to run into Matt in an alleyway. He might have to give you a point-by.
What's up with your line in T2? It's a double apex, not a single apex.
Track times for the ct4 Blackwing are the same as the 5. That would be interesting to show up with.
Love how calm you remain while on track. Zero chance I'm able to just chat like that.
Frigging awesome!!
There only one car I would take over the CTV-% Blackwing and that's a 911 Turbo S
idk how many tenths you're doing whipping a 700hp sedan around leguna seca while narrating and oh yeah don't crash into million dollar machines
My work recently gave me a nice salary increase and added quarterly bonuses...might have to treat myself.
Matt it be nice to see you drive a camero ZL1 1LE with
The super cars.
You might even smoke some.
Nice film work.. man are you a lucky man! That Cadillac is something special
I'm sure it's fast, but its not great looking. It has very boxy generic styling.
What you did not mention is that you have a passenger adding to your weight.
How much $ did you spend on gas for this trip?? Gotta be at least $500
I'll probably never be able to afford this, but I really hope some people buy this and drive it.
I'd like to see someone with more talent than car jump into the BlackWing to see what happens.
At 37 no matter how Sporty Caddys get i just cant get into them there grandpa cars forever
I really need a dollar for everytime he said "point by".... I'd be rich bitch
I've driven all those cars. Senna, all day long, twice on Sunday.
Love the CT5-V Blackwing. Never understood the procedure on US track days where you have to get your hands off the steering wheel and point out that someone can overtake you. Shouldn't a turn signal be sufficient while also positioning to leave enough room for faster cars to pass? Feel like it's dangerous procedure and quite disruptive to lap times when compared to the type of track days I'm used to in Europe.
Are you comparing this tiny track to the Nurburgring?
No
Lap times are not the point of a session like this.
11:53 sounds like a freight train, wow!
Excellent video, Matt. In my next life, I want to be rich and bored.
Window down made it in watchable, crack the rear window next time
I have a zl1 in stick but I would want that caddy in a comfy automatic
Will Factor meals turn me into a fat communist with rich daddy?
Track is cool. Been there on my 750 SRAD.
That mclarens active wing was ones of the coolest views In the video
Thank you for this video. I had fun with you
That GTLM was nasty.
Dude in the Ford GT meant BUSINESS.
please stop eating microwaved food....