Can a mid-engine sports car lose to a sports sedan in any performance test? It just might if that sports sedan is the new Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing which combines decades of GM performance engineering with a supercharged V8. Sure the new C8 Corvette is a marvel of modern sports car engineering but can it handle the best sports sedan ever built by the team at Cadillac. To find out the team at Edmunds held a unique drag race known as a U-Drag. This interesting form of drag racing will test competitors’ straight-line speed, braking performance, and handling. May the best GM product win!
If you don’t know about the C8 Corvette by now sit down because things have changed since the C7. The engine now resides in the middle like a Ferrari, and there’s no manual transmission, which is also Ferrari-like if we’re still counting. Instead, you get a supercar-worthy 8-speed dual-clutch automatic from Tremec, that helps the C8 Corvette outperform almost every Corvette before it.
