The driver of the muscle car next to you turns up to the stoplight in your Cadillac sedan and turns aggressively at you. Without turning your head, release the brake smoothly and get ready to roll as you drive a 2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing. If you carry a 6.4-liter supercharged LT4 V8 with 668 horsepower and 659-pound torque, you pull away and they eat your dust.
However, this victory did not turn out to be cheap: a CT5-V Blackwing starts at $ 84,990. If you go there, you might as well know what it would be like to order the entire buffet at the Blackwing from A to Z. Cadillac Association did the work for you and calculated the cost for a fully charged CT5-V Blackwing sundae with a cherry and sprinkle on top. Dan Motor1 confirmed the cost with GM: it grand lady will refund you an additional amount of $ 40,000 plus for a total amount of $ 125,980.
The complete treatment of the CT5-V Blackwing includes a carbon-fiber aero package, upgraded brakes and automatic transmission, and more additions for looks and performance. One thing that not extra cost is a two-day driving school at Cadillac’s V-Series Academy at the Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club near Las Vegas, which would cost nearly $ 2,500 if you paid for it yourself. If you are going to spend this kind of cash on a performance car, you need to know how to make full use of it.
Those of you who have had the pleasure of driving a Cadillac CTS-V before stopping will be happy to know that the CTS-V was born again as the CT5-V Blackwing, with the same engine. My mom and I drove from Austin to Dallas in a Cadillac CTS-V in 2019 almost two years ago, and we loved the raw power and acceleration. Mom liked the way the seat belts ’embraced’ us as soon as the ignition slammed, and I couldn’t wipe the smile from my face every time the RPMs slammed. In June 2019, Motor News published an interview with the president of GM, Mark Reuss, in which he explains why they are replacing this sedan with the very shy CT4 and CT5.
“There were honestly some people who were intimidated by the cars,” Reuss said. “When we did a V-series, it was hammers. There’s some intimidation.”
The new CT5-V Blackwing is the most powerful factory Cadillac has ever made. I do not have a direct line, but I can suspect that the swing back to the charged 6.2 liters keeps pace with the Joneses. The larger Dodge Charger Hellcat, for example, has a V-8 with 617-liter output of 717 horsepower under the hood, and a Redeye of 797 hp made even more noise. But the CT5-V Blackwing has a manual gearbox advantage, which makes people jump from #rescue workers.
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