Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Drags Challenger Jailbreak Then Upgrades to Charger Redeye

However, everything started a bit earlier when the channel managed to bring together two Mopars of the defunct variety – a 717-hp Dodge Challenger Hellcat Widebody (Last Call Jailbreak) and a mightier 797-horsepower 2023 Dodge Charger Hellcat Redeye Widebody. Surprisingly, the former won all three skirmishes of the unprepped quarter-mile drag variety against its more powerful sibling.

Next up, in the second video embedded below, they decided to perform an "ultimate showdown" between the Mopar victor and a General Motors foe that isn't jeopardized. So, unlike the Challenger, which went out of production in December 2023, the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing is still alive and well – General Motors will even start selling the 2025 model year, with plenty of mid-cycle facelift upgrades soon.

Anyway, the deal was the same – who could win the unprepped races? As it turns out, the former champion became the easy victim four times in a row, and the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing (dressed in satin gray instead of glossy black like the Challenger) destroyed its Mopar competition. As such, the team had no choice. Ultimately, they also organized another series of skirmishes between the less-powerful luxury mid-size sedan and the exceedingly-powerful full-size mainstream sedan.

Thus, the final video embedded below features the satin gray Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing against the purple Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye. Of course, the figures are not on Caddy's side – its 6.2-liter supercharged V8 makes 'just' 668 horsepower, whereas the 6.2-liter Hemi V8 in Dodge's engine bay rocks a stunning 797 horsepower.

On the other hand, the Blackwing showed it could easily compensate for that with an insane grip off the unprepped line, so it's going to be a brawl for the ages at the team's airstrip. This time around, it was all or nothing because they performed just one quarter-mile pass. As it turns out, the Cadillac didn't fare any less than before, and GM fans won't be disappointed to see that it destroyed the Mopar competition again.

Are you satisfied with the result, or would you have liked to see the CT5-V eat the dust of the big and brawny Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye? Also, take into consideration that the latter representative of the American muscle car sector won't be around anymore – from the 2024 model year onward, we have the new eighth-generation two-door fastback coupe and four-door Charger Daytona (EV) and Sixpack, the latter with a 3.0-liter twin-turbo Hurricane inline-six under the hood. Meanwhile, the Blackwing soldiers were undaunted for at least one more model year.