Judgebull

My Brother <wink> pulled up to a light with his 13 GS 436 HP MT right next to a New Cad CTS-V 556 HP jacked up in the back, BIG tires and sport wheels and red calipers. The light turned green and the GS jumped the Cad 3 or 4 car lengths out of the hole. The GS tacked up to about 4 grand and lost traction (50 F) and started fishtailing with mild wheel hop, he short shifted to second to try to regain traction but it locked up for a few hundred RPM and started spinning just like in 1st gear. Short shifted again into 3rd and it locked up real nice only to see the Cad in the rear view mirror 8-10 car lengths back so let off after travling an 1/8 of a mile. He was crusing along normally and the Cad still tring to make a run of it come fllying by like a sidewinder missle....too late it was over, no match. Should he have had the Mag ride in the GS in sport?...and let me tell you the Launch controll works like a dream....and sugestions welcome and I willl let my brother know<wink>

davidtcpa

Tell your "brother" that even if the CTS-V got traction, the Vette would still win big.

dvilin

Hard to believe the CTS was that far behind with all the problems you were having.

Kraz8s

First, did the V know they were racing? Second, no way a stock GS can outrun a V like that. My buddy has a V and I have a GS. We will line them up after I get back from Vegas to see what happens.

LFZ

I don't think either car'a performance were utilize in that race. I am very familiar with the latest gen CTSVs and they make base C6/GS feel like electric golf carts.

irok

a stock CTS-V auto will put bus lengths on a stock GS with either transmission in it with anyone that can drive in a 1/4 mile drag race.tell your brother to maybe try a little nitrous on his GS

Nosferatu

I don't worry about the CTS-V with light bolt-ons but stock an LS3 equipped Vette would lose IMO.

Steve_R

If the CTS driver was actually racing, your "brother" would have gotten his *** handed to him.

C7-Beast

I had a 2011 CTS-V and still have my 08 Corvette. Seat of the pants feel, the V was faster and my vette put down 424 at the rear wheels with my mods. I agree, the V driver didn't know your buddy was racing...

I never raced my V on the street but there were not a lot of cars that could beat me off a light to speed limit, including the GS. I had a manual.

SSTEVEGS

The factory CTS-Vs and LS3 Corvettes are pretty close in 0-60 and quarter mile times. The CTS-V coupe has a top speed of 198mph...edging out the Corvette equipped LS3.

EVILFACE

Sounds like the first time racing for both drivers.

wayback

My modded 07 is dead even with a CTS-V sedan. Think the coupe would win.

not08crmanymore

Is the only advantage the Vette has weight in this case??? How could it possibly beat the other car if both parties know there's a race going on?

smackdownC6

Cherokee Nation

EvanZR1

Stock CTS-V should make around 480-500rwhp, but also weighs about 800-1000lbs more than the Vette. Based on that I would expect them to be very close in straight line performance.

XmentalPilot

I've owned both of those cars. The fat Caddy needs every bit of the extra HP to hang with the GS, but it does!!! Driver skills being equal that "race" could have gone either way

KnightmareCS

Researched both before GS purchase. Only real problem with them is that they DRINK gas. But it's expected with the *****-to-the-wall performance given what it's carrying around.

not08crmanymore

If that were the case I could see a real close race,but the CADDY in question has 556,120 more then the GS which will (or should) make up for that kind of weight disadvantage.

JKbride

Maybe a CTS and not a CTS-V?