you can get a slightly used ats-v for $40,000 and for literally under $1000 install a tune that takes it up to 600hp alone with nothing else. the caddy has forged internals and titanium rods, it can handle alot of power. super underrated car

I think it's cool as hell that Caddy has been able to do both very well, offer luxury and performance. Good for GM.

These dudes acted like they were SCARED to state the obvious. What is it with these auto media guys? Are they afraid of not being invited to drive future German models if they tell the truth? For $71k it was a no brainer to pick the ATS-V as the winner. The M3 interior looks like it belongs in a $25k Mazda model. Also, the ATS-V has real carbon fiber trim, not imitation trim as the one guy suggested when he was bashing the ATS interior. The funny thing about criticizing the glossy trim in the ATS is that there is similar trim offered on the center console of the C class on some models- this test car just happened not to have it.

Finally, Real car enthusiasts vote the Cadillac ATS-V a winner. All it needs is a volume knob. Why didn't the Audi A4 show up to the party?

seeing the cadillac in person is way different than seeing it on video or photo. looks incredible in person

That was a pointless drag race. Why not show the numbers instead of declaring the winners based on the drivers' reaction time being the determinant.

ATS was my pick.

Cadillac reigns Supreme. Beating the Europeans at their own Game. How do you like them apples?

The carbon fiber in the Cadillac is real and I like the shiny black plastic. What I find weird is that the new C-Class uses it also on the console as well as the E-Class. Funny thing is they love it when the Germans use it. Oh and every metal in the Cadillac is real.....so why is it cheaper? All three of these cars are great and you can't go wrong with any of them however. Still I think I would give it to the Cadillac.

The ATS automatic would have smoked the MB

Today General Motors is run by engineers, unlike in the old days when it was run by bean counters!

ATS V looks amazing..."Yeshua/Jesus is the way"

Check out all the revved up fanboys in the chat, damn. Someone get these people some ring cushions for the butt hurt they're feeling. Anyway, I'd take the Cadillac and immediately go hunting for a new exhaust setup for it.

I'll take the Cadillac. Gloss plastics and all.

"When you see a car comparo with more dislikes with 'BMW' in its title, you know the BMW lost" The E46 was really the last driver-oriented 3 series. The E90 had a sublime V8 but lacks torque & has laughably bad brakes. The F80 M3 no longer has a unique engine enjoyed by all previous M3s and sounds like crap (the fact an M-car has sound symposers is an utter sin, at least Cadillac is honest about this). Also, the M3 now is beaten in chassis dynamics by both Cadillac & Mercedes, both brands historically more known for their comfy luxo-cruisers than scalpel-sharp sports sedans. How the might have fallen... You have to be the biggest tool to say the M3 is a better sports sedan than the C63 AMG-S or the ATS-V. The C63 beats in day-to-day luxury & practicality while the ATS-V can ring rings around the M3 on the track & autocross.

Considering price/value the Cadillac deserves the credit of being the best "Bang For The Buck" 15-20 grand less is definitely more persuasive to me, plus it's design is subtly aggressive!! Great job Cadillac!

So I guess I'm the only one that noticed the ripples in the leather on the backseat of the Benz but Germans can't do nothing wrong tho. If the caddy had shown that kind of defect in it's interior it would be getting ripped to shreds.

ATS rulez! I own one and love it. Haters should drive it first then comment back.

This has to be the best car comparison on KZfaq. I love all three of these sedans and as an ATS owner I'm glad to see that the ATS-V took home the trophy.

Quite funny really what he says about the m3 cause every other car tester dont mention it understeering and most of them hate the sound of it which is the opposite to what this guy says

Are you listening Motor Trend? You can't just choose a car because you like it's interior and noise better

BMW be like "did that stupid pimp car just pass me?"

Now I like my ATS-V a little bit more!

LOL $90K for a C-Class

Yes!!!! Keep it up, Cadillac!!!!

92grand! For that money im getting a Corvette Z06!

ATS all day long, it looks awesome and sexy as well has its own original character something that the other two vehicles lucking on

The carbon fiber is real in the Caddy. And the Caddy is faster than both of those cars. A little homework, and driving skills would help in an accurate review.

benz for interior! bmw for exterior. Caddy for chassis. haha wow! i'd buy the bmw tho cuz exterior is most important to me and I love the looks of the M's. 2nd car would be the benz for me cuz interior is the 2nd most important to me.

The thing that bums me out about this video is that no matter who won the day, it was going to be universally maligned due to the rampant fanboy-ism and overwhelming sense of bias amongst those in this segment.

Finally, they got it right. Also it was about fucking time that they mentioned the dangerous set up of the German designed radio controls. They are as bad as texting while driving. Cadillac's system is by FAR the safest of the bunch. Cadillac beat the others and did it for THOUSANDS of Dollars LESS than the over-priced and over-rated German rivals. Cadillac is "WORLD CLASS" now and hopefully, it will continue to be ahead of its rivals in the future.

In person that Cadillac is gorgeous, video does it no justice. I will say, it’s bark and bite are equally felt.

Hmm, Cadillac isn't good at making real carbon fiber look like what it actual is, real carbon fiber. The same with the Alcatara.

it was cool in 2005 when topgear criticized buttons and having "too many" settings but its 2016, get used to it guys and find something else to criticize.

Excellent and very thorough review! This should be the standard of comparison reviews

Traded in a tuned Audi S8 that had brutal acceleration for the ATS-V 6MT with Lux and CF packages. Love, love, love this car! The S8 got to be boring (accept for the ungodly acceleration) and there was always the nagging fear of something breaking in the back of my mind, leading to the outrageous costs associated with any repair. It sat in the garage quite a bit. The ATS V has brought the fun back into my driving and I get it out on average once a day. Highly recommend one if you can find one.

Cadillac has said the 8sp Auto is a good as a dual clutch transmission but you chose the 6sp Manuel! Why bother! You chose the one that would not win!

Its actual carbon fiber in the Cadillacs interior. It would be one thing for Fat Jon Snow to ding the Cadillac for cheap knock off materials if it actually had them....And while the CUE system certainly lags behind the other cars tested, its not nearly as terrible as everyone makes it out to be. Once you get familiar with the system, its very easy to use. Plus, with Apple CarPlay added, 90% of my inputs are via Siri, which works flawless. The complaints about the gauge cluster are well founded, they have no business being in a $70k sports sedan competing with BMW'S and AMG's. With that said, majority of my time looking at the panel is focused on the integrated information screen which makes the dogshit cluster a bit more bearable.

Great review fellas. Love it. Still cannot get over the price of these cars. Never coud afford one.

The former test was with the CTS-V vs the Merc, Beemer and Audi. Now it's the new kid on the block, the ATS-V. Hmmm, guess that means Cadillac knew the 640 hp 2016 CTS-V would embarrass the (2) losers in this test? Just say, thank you GM!!

ats v 8 speed auto please!

Fanboys are mad haha.

Cadillac has assimilated to the German’s game and has done well and is being criminally underrated.

Keep up the good work guys!

Although i live in germany i love to drive my ATS. i will never exchange for Audi or BMW again

One thing no car review ever mentions about this comparison. The ATS-V is far, far more rare than the other two. If you get the Coupe with a 6MT, I predict this will be a car worth hanging on to. It also appears ATS-V prices have nearly stabilized so there is a good chance for ROI if that is your goal. Me? I just enjoy driving the hell out of it!!!

I laughed, as the reviewer tried to literally punch the Cadillac's CUE system to show it was slow and it worked every time!

ATS-V was a drivers error.(Drag Race) Did you notice on his last shift in the ATS-V the C63 jumped in front of him? Unless that C63 had Nitrous and Meth there's no way he could've jumped ahead that fast.

Though I am a die hard ///M fanatic, I have to say that they are 100% right in this comparison. Great unbiased review here. I would probably buy the C63 AMG, jut because its really good at the luxury, sport, and aesthetic segments, but the ATS-V is the best car here as a total package. ATS-V IMO looks aggressive, but the design of it will not last long, and will look very outdated within 5 years time. C63 AMG doesn't look anything special on the outside, and doesn't have a power/muscular shape anymore like it used to have. The M3 has the best design of the three, and will always looks good and sexy for many years.

Cadillac FTW!

Love this new show... Keep it up

The Cadillac is a 550RWHP car with exhaust and tune that is still the best car in this segment in 2019.

Europeans mock Americans for over-zealous patriotism while, in the same breath, letting their own biases clearly show through.

We are running the 6-speed manual well.. because its more fun 😂👍

Great review! I'll still take a new M3 Competition Pack, loaded to the gils with CC brakes and 6 speed manual. I really like the ATS-V and the fact I could get it with 6 speed manual. Too bad they didn't sell well (not sure why tbh) and no longer going to make them. The C63s is a great car, but price and no manual option is what places it 3rd for me.

If you gonna make a sponsored video, disclose it and write it in the title, the description and say it on camera, like the FTC says you should.

I am currently looking at the Cadillac CTS-V or ATS-V as my next car. I hear the Cadillac is working on a new interior for the ATS, I may wait for that. I really like a V8 for this kind of money though, I am old school. Also, any car that under steers is shit or is a prius. I track my cars a few times a year. Subscribed, and thumbs up I really enjoyed the review.

I know a lot of hard work went into this video but c'mon. C'mon. Guys. What are you thinking?

Lets face it, BMW has gone a bit soft around the edges and Mercedes has tightened up in the all around performance area. Now we have Cadillac coming in and pushing the ride, steering, handling, and total performance aspect. As well as edgy design. Regardless of your preference, competition is good for everyone. It raises the bar and makes for better cars. Be happy!!

The Cadillac is by far the best looking! Bad Ass!!

The ATS-V wins in almost every comparison with almost every reviewer, some of you foreign nutbag fanboys need to realize that Caddy has just uncrowned the long time champ BMW M3 and is now the car to beat, in it's first try! HAHA

Oh those flared fenders. Wow.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Articulate, knowledgable and informative. I have not seen analysis from American reviewers like this before. You seem to have covered most aspects. How the forms function is the only thing left out. Can an adult sit in the back seat? Spare tyre? Does the trunk and other storage work? Ad these parameters and your program would be indispensable to watch. Oh, and a properly done drag race would be good.

I want to read the comments, but I already know it will be filled with idiots arguing about every single fucking thing - majority being people who do not drive let alone can afford any of these cars. I'm just going to post this comment without reading them.

Well this is crap, the bimmer was drag raced by a novice. Evidently a biased/sponsored review, considering the time wasted talking about the caddy, and its tasteless boxiness. Sorry to burst your bubble roadshow, but the caddy is nothing special when placed alongside the bimmer or merc. The bimmer is definitely the most aggressive, with both the front bumper and rear diffuser, as well as the hood, then the merc's clean and subtly, but surely, styled front and rear end. The ATS-V just looks like an uprated ford focus inside (seriously, what is with those stupid trapezoidal air vents?); the bimmer, admittedly, isn't too posh, although it has a driver-focused, wraparound concept with one of the best steering wheels out there; the merc is the best looking by a fair bit, especially with the front seat design, and optional designo interior(s). Moving on to the talk about handling, there is no way that the cadillac could be better than the bimmer. That's absurd, I mean, just because you're American, you want American cars to mean something, and the video is sponsored, doesn't mean you have to lie. The bimmer is like a scalpel, as so accurately put by one of the presenters; the merc, not near there yet, but fun because of the throwability of the rear end and the sound of the V8; the ATS, not really sure, it handles cleaner than the merc, but is still awkward, and still not near the bimmer. I'll leave the track section alone, apart from saying that it helps to know the track, then how to drive a car on the track. The comment about the M3 looking like a standard 3 series is completely ridiculous. The ATS has a revised bumper, grill, bonnet and rear diffuser, when compared to the standard ATS, and a bootlip spoiler, but that's the extent of the difference. The M3 is lowered, has a new bumper, fenders, side panels, rear diffuser, bonnet, grilles, roof, and the little bootlid spoiler, but you know, it looks like a 320i right? The merc has a lot of changes to differentiate it from the standard c200, like the new bumper, grill, revised side panels, flared wheel arches, rear diffuser, and bootlip spoiler (again). I don't understand the supposed 'sagginess' of the merc's rear end, it's lower, more aggressive; then the bottom third is more aggressively styled and pronounced than on the other (c class) models. Finally, I'm going to bash the stupid cost argument: the C63 starts at $66k in the US (C63s at $73k), the M3 at $63.5k and the cadillac at $60.5k, so there's no $30k difference, only if you decide to personalise your car more. Additionally, just by doing a fairly standard build on the ATS, I got it up to $80k, same sort of build on the C63 to $84k ($91k on the C63s), and on the M3 $81k, so there's not so much disparity, right? Fun fact #1: the componentry of the M3 is 80% different/new when compared to any other 3 series (but it looks like a standard 3 series don't forget) Fun fact #2: the 'huge' 3-pointed star in the centre of the C63's grille actually means something! With mercs, the more luxurious models have the emblem raised up off the bonnet, like on the mercedes-maybach s600 for example, whilst the sportier models have the emblem in the grille, as seen on the C63, E63, A45, CLS63, etc. (sorry, it's not used for posing off)

I’m American. I like the Caddy and don’t care who knows it. It is by far best looking, and a monster to boot.

That rear spoiler on the cadillac look so funny Im gonna die xD

Caddy ATS-V .. the official car of "I couldn't afford a car I really wanted."

Cadillac is the cheapest Mercedes is the fastest (Although you did use c63 s) BMW looks the best There you go I did your job for you

They should have all either had manuals or all have automatics to make it fair.

All great cars!

I'd buy the cadillac hands down

Anyone who actually believes BMW is the Ultimate Driving Machine, is a victim of great marketing.

The saddles a bit rough but that ATS V ponie sure wins the races

What's with the colour / filters? I know nothing about camera stuff but the picture looks wrong.

5:42 "Nothing looks like cadillac on the road today"... thank god for that, its fucking ugly.

10:50 Fiddle? Did this guy forget there are 2 programmable (M1 and M2) buttons that allow you to set those functions to whatever presets you want? For example I could set all those settings to be Comfort for M1 when I'm just driving around town but when I want to have fun I have the M2 set at Sport+.

The 2nd day I owned my ATS-V Coupe w/ 6speed Manuel I got to run a BMW M3 on i10 east through New Orleans. It was close but the Caddy had the better top end. Also 3rd gear at a 60mph roll is the perfect pull zone for this car in my opinion, those long gears make this transmission.

Just because one car is faster that the other it doesn't make it better, like build quality better. Why do you think Mercedes and BMW are more expensive that the Cady?? They use much better and expensive components to build their cars, they take time developing new technology, they test their cars in extreme condtitions. You say BMW looks cheap inside, you have obviously never sat in one. When you sat in german luxury car and then compare it with american luxury car, you are out of your damn mind if you're say that american car makes you feel more special. American cars are good, I'm not saying they are not, but when it comes to build quality of the cars, no one can beat germans. At least not for now. You can say what ever you wanna say. I mean what I just said and I'm sticking to it.

I will make one of the boldest predictions to ever be proclaimed, the M3 will win.

I love my ATS, I've had two of them now.. QUE 4.0 is much improved on my 2016 plus you get Apple Car Play, the gloss plastic isn't too bad, they give you a cloth to clean the finger prints Ha! I'm sure the next interior will be vastly improved like the XT6 and XT5. They forgot to mention that you also get the pride of buying American, there's a sicker of Michigan inside the drivers door to remind you each time you get in the car..

It’s so sad they took the ATS-V model out of the line. It didn’t make sense financially, but I think it filled a very cool niche that is often overlooked in the American sports-car market, which is the overpowered V6.

BMW, the ultimate driving machine...not. Boring and the car most likely to transport you back to the 80s. And then there's Benz, the most uncivilized of the three. Nice V8 but let's face it, as it's a car built around a MB badge, kind of for those who hang the 3 pointed star around their neck on a gold chain in a disco for $90.000. The Cadillac.....Winner, the true sports car that unanimously continues to be the clear choice no matter what source or review you're looking at!

amg is the best,BMW next

The perfect sedan of these three would be a Mercedes C63 S with a stick with the driving feel and MR suspension of the Caddy

More RIVALS💯💯💯

the C63 and M3 are the better cars here the ATS-V is a low quality car these guys are dopes

This was good...until the ending summary. WTF does a saggy rear end have to do with anything here? Who the hell needs a forward-facing camera with those graphics? Seriously, stupidest rationalizations I've ever (probably) ever heard for choosing a "winner". 4G? What a waste of tech in a car, who needs it. Yes, the Caddie is an amazing drive, but it's takes MUCH more than that to win a contest like this. And the styling of the ATS-V is the most ordinary of the 3, easily, looking like a last generation Camry. The Benz looks like a million bucks. The BMW looks like half a million bucks. I was all ready to hit the subscribe button until the last 2:30 minutes.

love.

I don't know why people keep comparing the s model of the c63 with a basic m3. It' an unfair comparison moreover the drag race is pointless when the m3 is a manual.

Nobody here in europe wants a cadillac

Sorry, but the ATS-V is ugly af. Can't look at it for more than half a minute, it's simply destroying my eyes

Remember German fans, this was not even the big dog! (CTS V)

Would it been better to have had the cts v 🤔? Since the Benz was a v8 biturbo?

Garbage review. You get a less expensive manual BMW and a loaded Merc. Then do shit runs and biased reviews. Yes, I'm calling the kettle black. Do a way better job. All cars should be equally fully loaded or all base. Comparing a Manual to anything else is ridiculous and a significant disadvantage.

You can't compare a bmw or a mercedes with a cadillac. Are you serious ? 😂 bmw and mercedes are the best cars

test drove the Caddy...felt great.Just wish the engine had a bit more character, maybe catback will help that.

You guys got it right after looking at the criteria of this class. The Cadillac is the real deal

Unsubscribed after this review

Motortrend said the ats is the quickest as well. I would pick the ats over the others. They are right it is an in moment car and it is the one to own right now.