FASTEST V3 CTS-V in THE COUNTRY vs Kenne Bell GT500 & two 800+hp Hellcats!!!

Street Car Video brings out what it calls the fastest V3 Cadillac CTS-V in the country to face a Kenne Bell-supercharged Shelby GT500 and two Hellcats pushing past 800 horsepower each. A luxury sedan against dedicated muscle car hardware sounds like a mismatch on paper. Watch the full lineup to see whether the CTS-V’s supercharged LT4 can actually keep up.

Cadillac spent years fighting the perception that it couldn’t build a real performance car, and then the third-generation CTS-V showed up packing a supercharged LT4 V8 that turned that argument upside down almost overnight. Street Car Video brought what its own title calls the fastest V3 CTS-V in the country to a lineup that included a Kenne Bell-supercharged Shelby GT500 and not one but two Hellcats each pushing past 800 horsepower. On paper, the CTS-V was the outlier — a luxury sedan surrounded by purpose-built muscle cars specifically modified for exactly this kind of fight. What happened when the tree dropped is exactly why this matchup still gets shared in Cadillac and Mopar circles alike.

Why a Cadillac Belongs in This Conversation

The third-generation CTS-V’s supercharged 6.2-liter LT4 V8, shared with the Corvette Z06 and Camaro ZL1 of the same era, put out 640 horsepower straight from the factory, immediately making it a legitimate player in a straight-line fight against dedicated muscle cars. Calling this specific example the fastest V3 CTS-V in the country implies serious supporting modifications well beyond the factory tune, and Street Car Video’s channel built its reputation specifically on documenting exactly this kind of heavily built street car going up against equally serious competition on any given night.

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The Kenne Bell GT500’s Supercharger Advantage

Kenne Bell superchargers have a specific reputation within Mustang and Shelby circles for delivering more consistent, linear boost than many competing supercharger designs on the market, which translates directly into more predictable power delivery during an actual race rather than a spike that’s hard for a driver to manage cleanly. A Kenne Bell-equipped GT500 entering this lineup represents a genuinely serious build, not a simple bolt-on upgrade — exactly the caliber of competition that makes the CTS-V’s presence in this race meaningful rather than a mismatch from the start.

Two Hellcats, Over 800 Horsepower Each

Having not one but two separate Hellcats in this matchup, each pushing past 800 horsepower, underscores just how competitive this specific meet actually was that night. Stock Hellcats already produce 707 horsepower from their supercharged Hemi V8s, meaning both cars here carried meaningful supporting modifications — pulleys, tunes, or bolt-on hardware — just to clear the 800-horsepower mark cleanly. Facing that level of competition twice over in a single video is part of what makes the CTS-V’s billing as the fastest example in the country carry real, verifiable weight.

A New Camera, and a Growing Channel

The video’s own notes mention this was a test of new, higher-quality camera equipment for the channel, with the creator explicitly asking viewers for feedback while still learning how to operate the new gear properly. That behind-the-scenes detail matters for context — Street Car Video was still building its production quality at the time this was filmed, which makes the substance of the actual racing footage, rather than any cinematic polish, the real draw for viewers who found this video.

The CTS-V’s Case Against BMW’s M Cars

A recurring thread in the comments compares the CTS-V directly to BMW’s M lineup, with more than one self-described BMW fan admitting they’d take the new CTS-V over any M car currently in production at the time. That’s a notable concession within enthusiast circles, where German performance sedans have traditionally held a status Cadillac struggled for decades to seriously challenge. Videos like this one, showing the CTS-V holding its own against seriously built muscle cars, are part of what gradually shifted that reputation.

Classy and Mean, By Design

Commenters repeatedly describe the CTS-V’s appeal as combining restrained, classy styling with genuinely mean performance underneath the surface — a combination that differentiates it sharply from the more overt, flared-fender aggression of the Hellcats and GT500 sharing the track with it that night. That contrast in presentation, a car that doesn’t visually announce its 640-plus horsepower the way its competition does, is a specific part of what makes the CTS-V’s performance against this particular field land as more surprising to first-time viewers of this footage.

Why This Matchup Keeps Getting Shared

Grudge-race lineups featuring this many seriously built, high-horsepower cars in one sitting don’t come together often, and Street Car Video’s footage captured a genuinely rare convergence — a heavily built Cadillac sedan, a Kenne Bell Mustang, and two 800-plus-horsepower Hellcats all in the same meet on the same night. That rarity, combined with the CTS-V’s underdog billing against dedicated muscle car hardware, is exactly why this specific video continues to circulate in both Cadillac and Mopar-focused corners of the internet years later.

A Fair Fight on Traction, Not Just Power

The CTS-V’s all-wheel-drive-free, rear-drive layout also deserves mention here, since it means this Cadillac had to manage all 640-plus horsepower through the same two rear tires a muscle car would, without any of the traction advantage a Trackhawk-style all-wheel-drive system provides in a similar fight. That makes the comparison to the Hellcats in this video more apples-to-apples than it might first appear, since both platforms are solving an identical rear-wheel traction problem rather than one side getting a structural advantage the other doesn’t have access to.

The Value Case Nobody Expected From a Cadillac

It’s also worth putting the CTS-V’s price into context against the rest of this specific field. A third-generation CTS-V started well under six figures new, meaningfully cheaper than a heavily built GT500 with a Kenne Bell supercharger installed, and often cheaper than a Hellcat once real supporting modifications are added to push past 800 horsepower reliably. That value gap adds another layer to why this particular matchup resonated so strongly with viewers — the CTS-V wasn’t just competing on horsepower, it was arguably doing it for less money than at least two of the three cars it was lined up against that night. That combination of underdog styling, real horsepower, and a comparatively modest price tag is exactly the formula that keeps built CTS-Vs showing up in build lists right alongside dedicated muscle cars. Few other sedans on the market can make that same claim while still carrying a full back seat and a trunk.

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