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      03-17-2018, 08:12 AM   #19
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I have asked this question before, where has all the HP gone in the CTS-V? It's got the most power and lightest weight, I mean sure it's probably harder to launch but even at top end it still gets murdered by others. You would think by 150mph it will catch up......

Maybe it's got massive downforce :
It has to do with it being rear wheel drive. The better a car can put down all that power with proper traction the better it is capable of utilizing all the high horsepower and torque more effective to produce quicker acceleration times. This is why AWD makes the M5, E63 produce the numbers it did.
I understand the two wheel drive problem that's why I said I'm not surprised it got beat off the line. My point was the Caddy still loses ground after 100mph when traction shouldn't be an issue. In fact the F10 M5 is almost 4 seconds faster to 300km than the Caddy (according the German test), which was why I said I have asked this question before, where are the horses?
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