Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing
DON’T THINK. JUST ANSWER. GREATEST supersaloon ever? You pictured an E39-generation M5, didn’t you? I know this not because of my Derren Brown-style mindreading abilities, but because BMW’s V8-powered M5 just seems to have The Right Stuff. Not too big or heavy, not too complex or highly strung, thumping soundtrack, sinister yet understated looks, deep-dish alloys, six-speed manual gearbox. It’s one of those cars that seems delivered straight from the gods. Like a 997 GTS or a Ferrari 458 Italia or a Clio 182 Trophy. You wouldn’t change a thing.
Even having experienced first-hand how utterly wonderful the very latest M5 CS is over many miles and all sorts of roads, and having marvelled at its effective yet brilliantly involving four-wheel-drive system, the E39 M5’s recipe still seems perfectly simple and perfectly realised. I wonder if the CS will ever become quite so iconic. Sadly, here in the UK there’s no way to buy a new swaggering supersaloon so configured. The new M3 Competition (longer, wider, taller and heavier than the E39, incidentally)
