Video: 2011 CTS-V Wagon vs 2011 Panamera Turbo vs 2011 X6 M

Posted: Apr 26, 2011
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2011 CTS-V Wagon vs 2011 Panamera Turbo vs 2011 X6 M

2011 CTS-V Wagon vs 2011 Panamera Turbo vs 2011 X6 M

Bored? Want to watch an interesting drag race? Well, the guys at Motor Trend are here to your rescue. The publication lined up an odd bunch to at the drag strip – including the 556-hp 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon, 500-hp 2011 Porsche Panamera Turbo and the 555-hp 2011 BMW X6 M.

Who comes on top and who comes in last? Check out the video after the jump to find out.

- By: Omar Rana


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  • Gekke Henkie

    1. The Panamera is slightly heavier than the CTS-V, but instead of choosing the more HP-comparable Turbo-S, they didn’t want to look the Cadilac as a fool, so they opted for the regular Turbo (no “S), silly.
    2. Even though it’s heavier and has less HP, the Panamera won from the Caddi. Also, the BMW is way heavier, and kept up quite well. Why? Does American cars nowadays still have way to much friction in their drivetrains and focus to much on HP (for marketing reasons) instead of torque over the full throttle-range?

  • GMfan87

    Umm, the Panamera was the only sedan in this test. Of course the AWD is going to win in a drag race. And look at the price differences. The caddy is $30k less than the Bimmer and $100,000 less than the Porsche! Put the sedan (which costs even less) up against the Porsche and the results would be much closer. Now, the Porrsche would still win, but by a smaller margin. The V is clearly the bang for the buck here. Which is typically what GM goes for. Besides, I’ll take the one that can actually get a little tail happy any day.

    Oh, and have you seen a torque curve for the LS2/LS3/LS6/LS7? It’s a torque line.

  • Robert Dollar Van Dell

    I think another thing to not is the HP per Liter that is being achieved for each of the cars. The 6.2L supercharged engine in the Cadillac is putting out the same as the 4.4 twin turbo BMW engine. The torque numbers would be good to see though considering the displacement of the Cadillac and the RWD drivetrain as well.