The Cadillac CT6-V actually makes even more torque than General Motors initially claimed, according to our colleagues over at Cadillac Society.
The SAE recently got its hands on the twin-turbocharged 4.2-liter Blackwing V8 engine that will power the Cadillac CT6-V and found it produced 550 horsepower and 640 pound-feet of torque – 13 pound-feet more than GM’s original in-house estimate of 627 pound-feet. While not a massive differences, it’s nice to know that a luxury brand like Cadillac would rather provide a conservative estimate and then overachieve, rather than over promise and under deliver.
This news may be some consolation to those who ordered the 2019 Cadillac CT6-V. Despite GM debuting the car at the beginning of 2018, it has yet to deliver any of the vehicles due to emissions regulations, as we exclusively reported earlier this month. With the automaker forced to go back to the drawing board to get approval for the twin-turbocharged 4.2-liter Blackwing V8 and 4.2-liter LTA V8 engines, deliveries were pushed back until further notice. GM has now remedied the problem, however, and is expected to begin shipping cars soon.
When Cadillac debuted the the CT6-V in 2018, then-president Johan de Nysschen described the vehicle’s 4.2-liter V8 as the centerpiece of the vehicle and said it would help usher in a new chapter in Cadillac’s performance legacy.
“Cadillac V-Series is the embodiment of our passion to deliver an exhilarating driving experience without compromises,” said de Nysschen. “The all-new CT6-V provides the perfect balance of performance and luxurious refinement.”
As we reported previously, all 2019 model year CT6-V sedans have been spoken for, while the orders books for the 2020 CT6-V closed back in August. It’s not clear if GM will produce a 2021 Cadillac CT6, with the future of the vehicle dependent on GM’s ongoing contract negotiations with the UAW.
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Source: Cadillac Society
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Cadillac’s CT6 has come a long way since it was introduced and essentially borrowed a page from the Germans as the base car with the Chevrolet LTG 275 hp 2.0L DOHC-4v 4-cyl turbo was capable of matching acceleration numbers of a V8 powered LS 470 or some BMW 5-series; but the only problem was that Americans couldn’t get their brain around paying over $50K for a Cadillac with a 4-cyl engine and hopefully now in it’s CT6-V configuration equipped with a proper Blackwing Twin Turbo 4.2L DOHC-4v V8 making 550 hp and 650 lb-ft of torque will feel better and accept this Cadillac.
That’s all well and good for this mythical car that, outside of a few car magazines, no one has driven, no one has seen, and no one can buy, which will be made in a factory that will not exist after January 2020.
This Cadillac is a great car, in my opinion !
I sure hope GM keeps it around with the 3.6 NA., the 3.0TT, and the 4.2 Blackwing !!
It is a beautiful vehicle !!!!
Get to pushing it GM, you finally got it where it should have been from the start for the US market, don’t kill it now.
An absolutely wonderful car! I’m now leasing my second CT6 (2016 and 2019), and my third Cadillac sedan. BTW, I’m only 41 years old for those of you out there thinking Cadillacs are only for the retired set. GM killing this sedan may mean a customer like me leaving for the Germans. What we need from GM are long-term investments in making great cars even better, not killing them the moment they begin to shine. What a shame!
VSS-R chassis is still on, so is these BEV3 chassis. Next gen CT6 is still a go, and if I had to take a gest it will be build were these CT4 and CT5 will be build at.
Who cares? Does it change the fact that this product is a dead man walking? I can’t get at all enthusiastic about the CT6-V, despite looking forward to it for 10 years, knowing that GM is ending US production in four months. Besides, BMW has been underrating their engines for as long as I can remember so this is hardly a new concept.
It’s not dead man walking. 2022 Next Gen CT6 sedan. And I trying to figure out were people is getting these CT6 is dead went you just put a story out in February stating 2022 next gen CT6. There is another place to build the CT6 and Escala, in these us.
Any Buick/Chevy versions?.