WATCH: CT5-V Gets Run Through The Paces - All Good Until Transmission Fails To Shift Correctly And The Brakes Catch Fire

One of the reasons Matt Farah has attracted such a strong following with his "One Take" videos for The Smoking Tire on YouTube is that he never pulls his punches during a car review. But his no-holds-barred approach makes it a gamble for any automaker to loan him a car — as Cadillac discovered last week when Farah reviewed the CT4-V and was thoroughly disgusted by Caddy's blatant cash-grab using the "V" where it doesn't belong. It's truly surprising that after such a negative review, Cadillac has now loaned Farah the CT5-V. Perhaps the execs at Cadillac thought the CT5-V would impress him; unfortunately, it sure didn't and Farah actually managed to catch the car's brakes on fire in under 10 minutes of what he called a "medium pace."


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TauronB2G - 9/15/2020 2:43:41 PM

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It’s kinda ugly and the brakes caught fire... yup a GM product.

Ccoxx - 9/15/2020 3:20:16 PM

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A crappy transmission co-developed with Ford and brakes that catch on fire - embarrassing.

dumpsty - 9/15/2020 3:22:15 PM

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a 3.0L TT-V6 & AWD. what's not to like? should be named "CT5 V-Sport or Sport-V"

if you're savvy, you can get the same engine/drivetrain on a nice used CT6 for not a lot of coin.

but the exhaust notes are pretty nice though. wouldn't have said it was a Caddy if i came in half way through the video.

MDarringer - 9/16/2020 8:45:00 AM

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The CT5 is NOT on par with quality expectations for $50K. The interior is Rentabu quality. The CT5 screams "abandoned prototype" too bad they put it into production. It's ugly. It's not a good drive. It's of mediocre build quality. It would make a passable Pontiac but it's a crappy Cadillac. This needs to be put out of production NOW.

dumpsty - 9/16/2020 1:27:22 PM

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honestly, i would (question) dudes driving "technique" overall.

ok, he slows down to enter a curve & "expects a downshift"? personally, i'd slow down to enter the curve. then 1/2 through i'd downshift to speed out of the curve. you wouldn't upshift to rocket out of a curve, no?

also, he was driving an AWD version too, which was probably working to maintain max grip while working with the magnetic suspension.

MDarringer - 9/16/2020 9:29:15 PM

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That made me curious too.

TomM - 9/16/2020 1:29:39 PM

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People who buy high end cars tend to understand that they are going to have more problems than lesser vehicles BECAUSE they are the first to get the newest features. However - the fact is - most of these problems are anomalies(Which Brakes that catch fire is likely to be). Even Rolls Royces have cars with defective parts - it is not possible to XRAY every part to see if they came out perfectly

I really liked my CT6 - and as I mentioned then - it was delivered with a defect in the belt of one of the Tires. They replaced the tire - and I had no other real problems.

dumpsty - 9/16/2020 5:19:33 PM

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I was looking to purchase a used CT6 with the TTV6 & AWD setup. All of them were nicely equipped. But then I decided to hold off a few years for used Blackwing TTV8 version. The CT6 is a misjudged & undervalued car.

MDarringer - 9/17/2020 8:36:53 PM

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Actually--yet again--TomM is NOT correct. The premium market has a lot of movement because when people get burned on poor quality, they don't come back. Audi is very bad at retaining customers.