The Cadillac Escala Concept debuted at the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and ushered in a new era of design for General Motors’ luxury brand, but unlike many other concepts, the Escala also previewed the future of Cadillac powertrains.
GM said the Escala was powered by a dual-overhead camshaft 4.2-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine producing 500 hp – which we now know as the Blackwing V8 that will appear in the 2019 Cadillac CT6-V. Unfortunately, the CT6-V will be a single model year vehicle, with the entire CT6 lineup set to go out of production after this year.
And while the Escala appeared to be a preview of the CT6-V, we’re left wondering what other Cadillacs the Blackwing V8 will appear in. After all, the Escala was the embodiment of what’s to come from Cadillac, so the the 4.2-liter engine isn’t going anywhere after the CT6’s departure. It’s possible that a less powerful version could feature in the next-generation Cadillac Escalade. We wouldn’t be surprised to see it in a possible Cadillac CT5-V performance variant either, which is Cadillac’s forthcoming medium-sized sedan.
The Blackwing engine may serve in another rumored vehicle: the rumored mid-engine Cadillac. A leaked photo of a Cadillac key fob for what appeared to be a mid-engine vehicle surfaced in November. While not concrete evidence this vehicle is in the works, this leak could have been a sign that Cadillac will eventually utilize the forthcoming GM mid-engine platform after Chevy. If this does happen, we’d expect it to have a version of the Blackwing engine sitting midship.
Cadillac has needed another exclusive engine in its lineup for a long while, so its great to see it get one in the way of the Blackwing. The first Blackwing-powered vehicle will be a rare item, but let’s hope this engine appears more frequently in Cadillac products going forward.
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It will be a crime if they font put this motor in the Escalade. However, bonus points if they makie an even higher powered electrified version.
I hope we get 650-700 Hp in the CT5 V with all wheel drive
I will be floored if GM spends the money to develop an AWD System fo rthe CT5-V that can handle that kind of power. We all know GM is not in the business of going All In with Cadillac unfortunately. Hopefully they will surprise us.
Isn't the CT6-V AWD like the V6 versions?
A non-turbo version of the V8 should replace the 3.6 in all Cadillacs to get the production volume up closer to break-even.
It is clear that Cadilkac will use this engine in more product. The obvious models are the non transverse mounts.
The Corvette could easily take the foundation and change the heads and intake to make th3 engine their own.
It's a shame, dont take this the wrong way. It's a nice car for sure,but it looks like a Lincoln, BMW,Mercedes??? GM just failed with there new truck line up and her they go again??? they need to stand apart from the rest not blend in??? if they would speand time in truly laying out a plan for the future instead of looking for ways to beat up there vendors they could make a come back! they look to there vendor base to make money instead of building cars that sell???? they will continue to loose market share each year WATCH!!!
They look to keep cost down to keep the car from costing so much no one can afford it.
You know they have Union scale to pay and that is hard to cut back.
I don't know about Lincoln or Mercedes, Andrew, but I see BMW right off the bat with the belt-line and Jaguar/Mazda up front. There's also a little 1958 Cadillac Coupe deVille in it and undoubtedly they've drawn from other Cadillacs over the years, as Cadillac has done with their concepts lately.
You can guarantee some of these bits will see production Caddys--maybe very soon. What's not really clear is how well this car might translate to production. By that I mean you have to consider how it might look with a shorter wheelbase, a shorter hood, smaller wheels, shorter doors, larger side mirrors, more ground clearance, door handles, etc. Will the headlights pass as roadworthy, or will they have to scale them up? Then you have to worry about the bean counters...
If you go back and look at Cadillac's recent concepts, each has influenced and hinted at production cars that followed. This could sadly be all the Escala is destined for.
If Cadillac doesn't build something very close to this I suggest they stop teasing customers. It's counterproductive and ultimately reminds people that Cadillac is no longer the standard of the world.
Please understand, I have been in the auto Industry for 38 years and I know how it works. The union scale has very little to do with the direction of GM and how it makes its money. Please understand there is nothing more that would make me happy for GM to get back on the correct tracks when it comes to making money and keeping share holders happy.
When a company looks for ways to save money threw its vendors after a PO has been issued say it all! GM is always coming up with scams to make money??? to me it just does not make sense.
Make a product that people want and the rest fails into place, its not that hard. I know that the good old boy system is still alive and well, the money that is wasted just on that point alone makes me sick. I know many people that work at the tech center and they do not have a clue, they do not care about GM in the slightest??? why are they there?? So many easy problems to fix but nothing ever is done???
So I will make it simple for all top brass to understand!
1. Start fully understanding what people want to buy, GM is way off the mark at this time and only getting worse if the cars and trucks I see coming is the real deal.
2.It starts with the people that work at GM, front the front door to the back door, the people have to truly understand and be-leave in the product not just the pay check.
3. Stop bringing in parts from other countries that are not even close to the quality that is needed to make a car or truck that will last.
4. Get people in line and on the same page about GM, top Management must be engaged at every point of the process, stop the golf games, long lunch's and so on.
In closing GM must makes some big changes and fast, this business as usual will not work, closing plants and putting people out of work due to management taking the company down the wrong roads will be the down fall of the company.
You still have Time GM, wake the hell up and fast.
You demonstrate you may have worked there but you did not evolve with the industry. You speak as a line worker.
I do agree with “Get people in line and on the same page about GM, top Management must be engaged at every point of the process”. That goes for any company. Or should go for any company too few do ‘t.
Complaining about long lunches and golf is just petty ignorance.
Stop bring in parts in from elsewhere is not always an option because many are just not made here any more and if it was it would add more to the cost.
Believing in the product. Yes that is what should happen but to too many people going to the plant is just a job.
As for what people want is the most car for the money this is what has brought Hyundai up from where they were. Not a great car but not a bad car but cheaper than most. The prices of the cars have driven people to what they can afford more than anything.
GM has had major issues working as one. Nothing new and something they have improved some on but not enough.
The failure in the past was they did not cut models, did not cut divisions and did not cut plants when they needed to. Past leaders did not have the balls to do it. Also they had made such bad deals with the UAW they could not afford to close plants with workers collecting a larger percentage of their pay sitting at home.
It took someone with no balls to make this tough decision. While in the media it hurts in the long run it will pay off.
Where is it wise to keep dying models in production? Un needed plants open? Proactive vs reactive is what GM needs to be and that is what they did.
Now give this some time and we will see the rest of the plans. I wager Lordstown will be back because they have a good local to work with. Oshawa not so much as their union sealed their fate.
GM has nothing to anounce yet but they will on new product. Bids will be given to win work at these plants. When the product is ready they will announce the bids just as it went down in Wentzville and Springhill.
There is a lot that all goes into this and not just flag waving and GM/UAW propaganda. All factors are in play not just the hot button topics.
I summarized Rodger & Me and Flint Mi, to think how many foreign competition home factories had to shut-down?. I'd believe I can count it on one hand. It's not GM only that "cut n save" to profit. GM cut divisions because they gave-up in the past 40 years or so for union-busting (as foreign competition work-with thier unions) and to think a town of Flint had 80k GM workers in the late 70s ( even 50k in the early 90s) to a former shell of its self is sad. Yes, modern innovation would had killed some jobs anyway but not to the point of Wall St greed.
Actually the 2013 Cadillac ELMIRAJ which debuted at Pebble Beach in August of 2013 had the very first story around this powertrain in a 4.5 litter Twin Turbo configuration.
We don't care about this car if you not going to make it. We all don't want SUV or Cross Overs
Get the service factor under control so second owners don't have,to be towed by a ford to the repair shop.
"O" So true.
GM has ZERO CUSTOMER SERVICE.
It's one of Cadillac's biggest hurdles...
this production would be great but in these days when does GM di something great --not by demented Mary
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