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<\/p>\n<\/div>The 2020 Cadillac CT5-V is a compact, performance sedan that competes against the BMW M340i and Audi S4.\u00a0(Photo: Henry Payne, The Detroit News)<\/span><\/p>\n When I was a kid, I imagined a button on my bike’s handlebars that would transform my two-wheeler into an asphalt-scorching race car. You, too?<\/p>\n Say hello to V-Mode in the 2020 Cadillac CT5-V.<\/p>\n I took the alluring sedan to my favorite Hell, Michigan,playground to play (and practice social-distancing). I luffed along comfortably through Livingston County, but as I approached the twisted curves of Hell, my heavy right foot began to itch. There, right out of my childhood dreams, was the V-Mode button on the steering wheel.<\/p>\n With a single press, the steering tightened in my paws, the 10-speed transmission dropped a gear\u00a0and fangs seem to grow from the Cadillac’s front grille.<\/p>\n I buried the throttle and the beast leapt forward.\u00a0WAAAUUUGGHHHH!<\/em>\u00a0roared the 360 ponies under the hood.\u00a0BRAP-BRAP!<\/em>\u00a0spat the quick-shifting tranny.\u00a0WHOOOOSH!<\/em>\u00a0went the scenery past my window.<\/p>\n The CT5-V lives up to Caddy\u2019s mantra to go big in the compact sedan class.<\/p>\n Kicking its small ATS (now renamed CT4) down market to compete in the subcompact class against the BMW 2-series, GM\u2019s luxe brand has tagged ATS\u2019\u00a0big brother, CTS, to do battle against the likes of BMW 3-series, Audi A4, Mercedes C-class, Alfa Romeo Giulia\u00a0and Tesla Model 3.<\/p>\n