# More auto food for thought **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [March 11, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/more-auto-food-for-thought/262981 "2012-03-11T16:59:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 141
**Author:** ![Skidplate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/more-auto-food-for-thought/262981/141 "2012-03-16T11:03:34Z")
> [@Opie and Anthony](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/opie-and-anthony/25815/416): > > Typical :skid response I have learned to expect from :skid. > > Simply put, no. I’d take an excellent handling, although slightly underpowerd 528 or 535 over just about any Caddy. And I’d most certainly take an M5 over a CTS-V. I think i just lost the little respect i still had left for you. i’ll point out a couple paragraphs for you: [Cadillac](http://www.motortrend.com/new_cars/01/cadillac/)’s new CTS-V currently holds the record (with a time of 7:59.32) as the fastest production sedan on stock tires around the Nurburgring Nordschleife. \*\*my comment: the BMW doesnt hold the track record IN IT’S OWN COUNTRY. Yet where it really matters, as a performance sedan, the CTS-V soundly spanks the [M5](http://www.motortrend.com/cars/2010/bmw/m5/). It’s quicker in a straight line, handles better, steers better, even rides better (credit those amazing, multitalented magnetorheological shocks). Read more: [http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/sedans/112\_0907\_bmw\_m5\_cadillac\_ctsv\_comparison/viewall.html#ixzz1pIuHa5jv](http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/sedans/112_0907_bmw_m5_cadillac_ctsv_comparison/viewall.html#ixzz1pIuHa5jv) Go ahead Cossey, read the article. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/more-auto-food-for-thought/262981)._