2017 Cadillac CT6 Gets New Colors, Darker Finish Taillamps, CUE Updates And More
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Having only been on the market for several months, the 2016 Cadillac CT6 represents the first model year of the CT6 nameplate. But the second model year of the full-size prestige sport-luxury sedan is right around the corner, and is getting some changes and updates.
On the outside, the 2017 Cadillac CT6 loses one color — Graphite Metallic — while gaining two new ones — Phantom Gray Metallic and Bronze Dune Metallic. Both of the new hues are available at an extra charge.
2017 CT6 in Phantom Gray Metallic
2017 CT6 in Bronze Dune Metallic
In addition, the 2017 CT6 also gets darker finish taillamps. Premium Luxury trim levels equipped with available Driver Assist Package offer get “front fascia changes”, though we don’t yet know what, exactly, those will consist of.
On the inside, the sole change to the 2017 CT6 is an update to the CUE infotainment system to version 2.6.
Rounding out the changes are two new packages — a Livery Package and an LPO-level Ground Effects Package.
- RPO code: ZR3
- Complimentary 36 month/150,000 mile Professional Vehicle Protection Plan (PVPP) is be included with this option.
- To be eligible, CT6 models with the ZR3 package must be delivered to a qualified funeral director, hotel/resort or for-hire Livery operator.
- Availability:
- 2017 CT6 2.0L Turbo LTG
- 2017 CT6 3.6L V6 LGX
- Not available with 3.0L Twin Turbo V6 LGW
- RPO code: VTD (LPO-level accessory)
- Details are scarce about this LPO-level package at the time of publication.
- Availability:
- 2017 Cadillac CT6 3.6L V6 LGX AWD:
- Trim levels: base (1SB) and Luxury (1SD)
- Exterior colors:
- (G1W) Crystal White Tricoat
- (GAN) Radiant Silver Metallic
- (GB8) Stellar Black Metallic
- (GBA) Black Raven
- Not available with the LPO-level splash guards (VRV)
- 2017 Cadillac CT6 3.0L Twin Turbo V6 LGW:
- Trim level: Luxury (1SE)
- Exterior colors:
- (G1W) Crystal White Tricoat
- (GAN) Radiant Silver Metallic
- (GB8) Stellar Black Metallic
- (GBA) Black Raven
- Not available with LPO-level splash guards (VRV)
- Trim level: Premium Luxury (1SG)
- Exterior colors:
- (G1W) Crystal White Tricoat
- (GAN) Radiant Silver Metallic
- (GB8) Stellar Black Metallic
- (GBA) Black Raven
- Not available with (UGN) Driver Assist Package or LPO-level splash guards (VRV)
- Exterior colors:
- 2017 Cadillac CT6 3.6L V6 LGX AWD:
Here is the list of RPO-level changes to the 2017 Cadillac CT6:
Deletions
- Exterior color (GLJ) Graphite Metallic
New Features
- Exterior color (G7Q) Phantom Gray Metallic (available at extra charge)
- Exterior color (GMU) Bronze Dune Metallic (available at extra charge)
Changes
- Darker finish taillamps
- Front fascia changes on Platinum. On Premium Luxury, with available (UGN) Driver Assist Package
- Cadillac CUE (Info 2.6 version)
Download the 2017 Cadillac CT6 order guide.
Note that the file is in PDF file format and this version was last updated July 15, 2016.
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that bronze looks great on this car. also impressive is that they pushed almost 1,000 of these last month. Cadillac needs to offer a standard white paint for their cars along with the pearl
I think there is more room to go as far as sales volumes go. The CT6 is just ramping up production and inventory volumes.
By the end of the year we will see what the average sales volumes will be like.
Well,, it looks like some of the people at GM and Cadillac came to understand that getting rid of livery altogether was a bad idea. Also judging from this decision I feel more then ever that the CT6 is a mere XTS replacement and that something bigger and better is still on the horizon. I may of missed it but I did not see any mention of Super Cruise. Are they delaying this another year?
I do not see this as an XTS replacement. The CT6 is far better than the XTS could have hoped to be.
Good question though about Super Cruise.
I 100 percent agree the CT6 is better in every aspect. But the CT6 is what Cadillac would of liked the XTS to be from the start had they had the money and time to do it. With the XTS dead in a few years, the CT6 here to stay and the CT8 on its way, I can’t see any other thing to call the CT6 other then a much nicer replacement to the XTS. Even more so now that the CT6 is getting a livery package which is also offerd on the XTS.
The truth is the XTS was just a left over design pre bankruptcy. At that time GM plowed money into products they could get out fairly quick post bail out. The design was done they just needed the money to bring it out. They did not want to be like Chrysler in 2016 still waiting for a all new car.
The CT6 was the flag ship sedan about 5-6 years ago. Today with Mark Ruess in charge of the products and JDN in charge at Cadillac they both want something better. GM was so far along with the car by the time JDM came there was no canceling it.
As for now the CT6 will be used and promoted but it will be interesting how the line up shakes out.
The ATS, CTS and CT6 all being so close in size and with a CT8 coming I get the feeling the CT6 and the CTS may merge or some kind of shuffle will be in the mix.
GM really needs only three sedans in this area and let the SUV models to the volume and then add a small 60K V6 roadster and a couple smaller cars to compete. Note the smaller car platform is needed to to the small roadster.
The deal with Cadillac right now it is hard to gauge what they are doing as they were left with models that the present administration had nothing to do with. It is clear while they are better cars they are still in need of the details to take them to the next level.
Mark fought over things like the cost of the door handles on the CT6 before and that compromised even the CT6 from what he envisioned. But now with the full support of GM and given the time they have been given they will make some major changes here.
The success of this division will be in the standing of it’s status and image improvement. Also the profits realized. You do not measure cars in this segment like Chevys in total volume. When dealing with cars like this that realize 3-5 times the profits of a Chevy volumes are not as necessary as profits and the success of an improved image.
Why Image well that is what really sells here.
As for super cruise. I suspect that the issues at Tesla right now have the legal departments at all car MFG on notice. This may set back some of these systems and or change some of them to better deal with the issues many have not counted on.
The fact is with the way they are and the way people are the systems are not fool proof. There will be accidents and deaths.. Hell the system on my wife’s car now gets more false signals than I like.
The auto systems are like flying cars where it is possible to do it but do you really want to take on the liability of it as a company yet. Is your system to the point that there will be no bad publicity and bad legal cases that could arise.
I expect GM to be cautious as just coming off the ignition deal they have no need for any more major legal crisis
the CT8 was cancelled because it was going to be another sedan and people are in a demand for utility vehicles these days I think coupes and sedans are money losers and nobody seem to care about sedans anymore.
Where is it stated by GM the C8 was canceled?
Last I saw Cadillac has stated they are still doing a large car and several SUV models.
Of all the classes where a sedan can still make money is in the luxury class. Profit marines are high.
Sedans like the Cruze survive only on volume as profits are very low.
Most of us know better of the CT8’s fate.
Someone who constantly complain about Cadillac’s A&S becoming stale and boring, I would not respond and down vote. You are wasting your time with someone with a potential mental illness,
a lot of people know that A&S is becoming stale and it’s painful that the Ceil/Elmeraj designs never came the reality.
Rye – your mislead comments about Cadillac’s design language are becoming stale and it’s painful that you have such poor taste in automotive design.
I recommend a psychologist, psychiatrist, or a general shrink. But I’m not sure that will help you
Rye – I’m going to say this once, and only once.
First: we get it. You have beef with Cadillac’s design language. Personally, I think that many, if not most on here and in the general car buying public, will disagree with you on this, but that’s not the point because you are most definitely entitled to your own opinion. This brings me to item #2.
Second: you go around posting your opinion about Cadillac’s styling philosophy all over the place, on nearly every Cadillac related-story. At some point, your comments deliver no value to the discussion.
For instance, your comment on this story relates to Cadillac’s design language, but the story is about CHANGES TO THE 2017 CT6. This makes your comment not relevant to the story and hijacks the discussion.
So, going forward, please keep your comments here on GMA on track and focused to the story at hand.
If you want to discuss something else, I suggest you post it in our forum. Just click FORUM at the top of this page and start a thread regarding the problems you have with Cadillac’s styling.
Understood?
Hallelujah! Well said.
The styling has been evolving for a good while and is anything but stale.
If you do not like it that is fine then say so but no need to lie.
Again where is the official statement GM has killed the CT8?
The truth is that the only thing that has ever been verified by Ruess and JDN, is that there is a bigger sedan coming. Like you said GM has never said it was cancelled. I cannot understand why no one yet in the auto journalist area had not asked JDN if its true the full on flagship is dead. I know that the executives are not allowed to discuss future products, but both him and Ruess are both on record saying the car was coming. If asked again I can’t see why they would not give a answer.
As far as the CT6. I saw my first one driving around last week. I will say the car looks much better in person then in pics. Awesome and commanding looking car!
100% agree with the CT6 and it easily stands out in traffic when I first saw it in black and it was either Luxury or Premium Luxury trim. Absolutely gorgeous.
Followed the CT6 from Auto show to now. Finally ordered a 2017. Driving a first year XTS 40+thousand miles with virtually no cost after purchase. Driving the CT6 is the clincher. AWD and all the toys. Can’t wait.
I guess A&S; has as another 8 years to go before we see something Revolutionary.
The fact is you will continue to see evolutionary.
The styling is not universally hated and only hated by a few fringe folks that like to obsess over it.
They will advance the design and mold it into a future form but it will still not be mistaken for anything but a Cadillac.
The hints you saw on the Elmiraj and other cars were hints at the future where this will go.
Even if they were to build Elmiraj the car would not have appeared before 2019-2020. You do realize it takes about 5 years to build a car like that on an existing platform and it can take a coupe, more for a new platform.
You seem to mistake a show car as being production just as the Buick coupe is a show car and was not even close to production state.
You will get styling changes and the edges will soften some but there will still be the base of A&S in the car.
Hard lines and edges tend to age a car so the softer lines will help evolved the design..
what will A&S look like by 2025? ….
Better than your sorry ass I’m sure! Seriously, take a tip from Mr. Luft and let it go bro.
Can I ask why the CT6 didn’t receive the 3.6L Twin-Turbo V6 engine as an option since it’s already available in the CTS V-Sport and ATS-V models?
Also why isn’t there a CT6-L as a LWB version to help pave the way for and bridge the gap to the upcoming CT8 sedan? Personally, I think a CT6-L would add more luster and cachet to the nameplate since it’d look even more prestigious, thereby snagging more affluent customers and livery business.
I am assuming it has something to do with the upcoming 4.0TT V8… they want to do the V-Sport right for this car, and I don’t think that stuffing the 3.6 TT V6 LF3/LF4 would have been the proper way to go.
Like I said in my prior post the entire Cadillac line is up for some changes.
The CT6 was originally set to become the flag ship. Well that changed with another leadership change and $12 Billion in cash for Cadillac.
At this point they will have to make some changes as they have 4 sedans that are very similar in size.
I expect the next ATS to get more leg room and maybe a little more wheel base. I would not be suprised if the CT6 to take the middle slot and eliminate the CTS at some point. Then the CT8 would become the large flag ship.
Then we also have a large group of SUV models as well specialty and smaller models to come.
The V8 TT will be in the CT6 in the near future.
The engines right now are the key differences in the models. The V series ATS and CTS relay on different engines and I expect the Ct6 to get the new TT V8 to set it apart from the CTS.
I am not sure livery business is all that much a priority yet. It is like fleet sales and not the most lucrative segment unless you really build the cars cheap. Ford did well with the town car but it was just a larger Crown Vic. so there was money to be made at that volume on that platform.
Also resale on the town car was horrible. It made it a great used car buy but not a good new car investment.
Audi, BMW and Benz in America do little livery work. Benz does the most but it is still not really common.
Hay 67 half ton…..shut the hell up or don’t talk at all.
the BMWs and Hondas look far more interesting the the current Cadillacs….I’ve seen the ATS ELR and SRX and they all look fat, boring and uninspired…..just sayen.
did you intentionally leave out the CTS CT6 and Xt5?
That comeback really stung. By the way, it’s Hey not Hay when you’re trying to call someone out with internet bravado you keyboard warrior. Great job thumbing yourself up though.
Where’s the twin turbo V8?! And the supercruise technology?! And the V2V communication system?! And the soft-closing doors, and motorized headrests and thigh extensions?! And the motorized power sunshade for the rear passenger doors?! And the aluminum buttons and switches to replace those cheap, GM parts bin buttons and knobs?! And the leather stitched material for the hard plastic surfaces of the lower door panels?! And an actual knob for the CUE volume/climate control?! And a recalibration of the unrefined and coarse 8L45/90 8-speed automatic?! And the option to turn off the automatic start/stop function?!!
Until Cadillac addresses these flaws, the CT6 is a second rate luxury product! Even the Lincoln Continental has several of these crucial luxury features, for thousands of dollars less at that! Oh how I wish GM would cease their cost-cutting and compromising and deliver the total package; like the German competition does with their high end products!!!
Perhaps in the grand scheme of things, Cadillac will address these features one by one. However, their biggest priority is to get the critical areas correct: which includes improving appeal, expounding upon and leading the industry in a more effective way of reducing weight, and maintaining their newfound reputation for high performance!
Remember, the CT6 is not the full-fledged Cadillac flagship sedan to come. As scott3 pointed out, this car was well into its development before Johan de Nysschen came on board, so much of what we have is a product from the remnants of old GM. All things considered it’s not that bad of a car, and is in a good position against its class competition. Yes there are some areas that are below the German competition, but the CT6 as a whole does stand as a great value for those wanting a large, RWD Cadillac!
I do agree Cadillac has a lot to do to catch up to the Germans but please don’t compare the CT6 to a FWD car that’s based on a stretched Ford Fusion platform. There are several features not even offered on the Continetial like Night Vision, four wheel steering, heads up display, video cam mirror, rear video screens, quad climate control and I am sure I am forgetting a few.
I do agree with you on the first 5 lines of the first paragraph but lest be honest for a second. What features does Cadillac have the Mercedes, BMW and Audi don’t have same as for the rest of the luxury competitors. Are you telling me that the CT6 is a second rate product because it lacks few features and doodads? According to your logic, the German, Asian and British luxury competition could consider second rate because they lack features that the CT6 doesn’t. At least Cadillac has a proper large RWD luxury sedan that competes halfway to the Germans and competes toe-to-toe with the stand wheelbase from XJ, LS and G90.
Under the old GM, this is an excellent first feat for Cadillac and the car will get better during its life cycle. This car is not perfect but no car in any class is perfect and they are all excellent products but not exceptional an anyway. Each competitor does not excel in all categories. Each competitor does an excellent job being a complete package but do not best in all categories.
The CT6, S Class, 7 Series, A8, XJ, LS and G90 are excellent but not exceptional overall.
While I acknowledge some of the good features of the CT6, such as the lightweight, rearview mirror, decent handling and 4-wheel steering, the car as a whole presents itself as a budget luxury flagship! I know the real deal is coming in the form of the CT8, but the reason I pointed out that long list of features is because they’re COMMON and STANDARD features on virtually EVERY high end luxury product!!! It’s unacceptable for Cadillac to overlook these things! I know the V2V tech, the 4.5LTTV8, and “SuperCruise” are on the way, so I won’t fault them for delaying these things.
I know my rantings come off as nitpicky and all, and I apologize for this. But it bothers me when I read auto journalists and enthusiasts so easily point out these shortcomings! Some of you may see it as bias towards the Germans, but you cannot deny the truth behind what they see! It speaks to Cadillac’s lack of attention to details! I’m rooting for the brand to succeed, but I also see the competition continuing to improve! Cadillac has to keep up!!!
The ct6 looks dated. Period. Open ur eyes u blind folks. Its just a bigger cts which looks just as dated as its new big brother.
It has a good front, but the rest of the parts look old and boring. Jeez, Im getting sick of the life less tail lights, boring profile and plastic buttons inside. It does not have anything to make u say WOW. Young folks will never buy this. A&S looks good only in their concepts. The production models look horrible. If they want to keep this boring design language, fine. But at least make it to look good. Its always a waiting game when ure a cadillac’s fan.
I am a self-proclaimed automotive design expert and I hate cadillac’s styling. Even my matchbox cars have better styling. You guys can keep telling me that the styling is good or whatever, but I will never accept that, just like I will never accept Alaska or Hawaii as part of the US. Those two “states” also have terrible styling.
Only 200 years old men can like their current design language.
The CTS and Escelade are the best looking Cadillacs in the current lineup and the rest are boring and lack elegance.
Rye – you’re on a 72-hour time out for reasons outlined by me above.
Next step, and you’ll be on the permanent ban list.
Once again: please do not hijack article comment threads with irrelevant material. If you wish to share your opinion on something (like Cadillac design), feel free to do so in our forum.
the CT6 doesn’t look bad…it’s a step forward from FWD.
I learned today after driving a platinum version , that the tail lamps are different than other CT6’s . They change color rather than just being red like the others . It was a slow day at the Cadillac dealership yesterday afternoon and my salesman ask me if I wanted to take it for a spin . #ell yes ! It is a big car ( i usually am driving an SUV ) , a big black caddy that stickered at $ 88,649.00 . And that rear view mirror would take time to get used to but GM should eventually put it in all of their vehicles .
How do they change color? I mean what exactly do they change color too?
@GM PDT — are you sure about the changing of the colors? I wasn’t aware of this feature myself… went on a hunt. In the order guide, all trim levels have the same tail lamps:
UGE – Tail lamps, LED illumination, rear
There is no other tail lamp… at least in the order guide.
The CT6 is a nice car. If there is one thing I would change about it, it would be making a more powerful version of the ATS-V engine be the standard motor for the CT6 Platinum so it could stand out even more from the lower-trim CT6s.
There will be a 4.2TT V8 coming out and definitely will be available for Platinum but something tells me that engine will be offered standard on Premium Luxury and optional on Platinum just like that on the XTS V-Sport.
I don’t like the idea of the ATS-V engine being offered where Cadillac can definitely use the upcoming V8 for it.
I bought (leased) an XTS right out of the shoot in 2012 (one of the 1st 1,500 built). Loved the car and dealer service was outstanding. My lease expired before the CT6 (which I had been following) came out. So in July 15′ I “upgraded” to an Audi A8L 4litre V-8. Is it a better car than the XTS – yes it is. Can I quantify the $30K higher sticker over the XTS – no. Now that the CT6 is out, there are detail differences that Cadillac has missed on (see J’s posting above), he is spot on. But keep in mind, this is Cadillac’s first attempt at elite level flagship car and all in all I think a very admirable effort. I think they will get the details right as they move forward. I love my Audi, but it is far from perfect. And German arrogance has filtered all the way down to the dealer and their service department. There are people lined up to buy their German cars so pissing off buyers with lousy dealer and maintenance service is of little consequence to them. Cadillac dealers have to work hard for every sale and customer retention opportunity. When my Audi lease is up in summer of 18, I’m likely headed back to my local Cadillac dealer.