2020 Cadillac CT6-V: Here’s What’s New And Different
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The Cadillac CT6-V had somewhat of a turbulent start. It was initially announced as the CT6 V-Sport for the 2019 model year, but a few months prior to launch, GM suddenly changed the name to CT6-V, a move that – at the time – confused and bewildered many, since Cadillac’s two-tier V-Series strategy didn’t come to light until a year later. But customers didn’t seem to mind: when it finally hit the market, the initial 275 pre-allocated units sold out within minutes. GM made more, and every unit made was already spoken for before the car left the factory. Now, that the CT6-V is entering its second model year, let’s have a look at what’s new for the 2020 Cadillac CT6-V.
First up, the large sedan removes the Rear Seat Package (RPO Code Y4Z), which included the following features:
- Quad-zone climate control
- Air Ionizer
- Rear seat infotainment
In other words, the 2020 Cadillac CT6-V will not be offered with this package or features.
The second change is the addition of the Driver Assist Package (RPO Code Y66) as standard equipment. Optional on the 2019 CT6-V, the package included:
Hence, all three features are added to the 2020 Cadillac CT6-V as standard equipment.
And that, ladies and gents, is all that’s new and different for Cadillac’s (currently) range-topping sedan.
About Cadillac CT6-V
Initially announced as the CT6 V-Sport before being renamed to CT6-V, the Cadillac CT6-V is the most powerful model in the CT6 sedan range. It’s powered by an all-new 4.2-liter twin-turbo V8 LTA DOHC engine, called Blackwing, with a “hot V” setup rated at 550 horsepower and 627 pound-feet of torque. The Cadillac-exclusive motor is paired to the new GM 10-speed automatic transmission driving all four wheels. Other notable features include a special tune to the Magnetic Ride Control suspension system.
In late 2018, GM announced plans to shutter the GM Detroit-Hamtramck plant where the CT6 is currently made for North America, thereby spelling the discontinuation of the CT6 in the continent’s three markets. However, this will no longer take place, as new Cadillac President, Steve Carlisle, along with his boss – GM President Mark Reuss, jointly went on record in saying that the large sedan will remain available, despite plans to shutter D-Ham. According to sources, The General is currently in the final stages of deciding whether to move production to another North American plant or to import the CT6 from China.
Meanwhile, the 2020 Cadillac CT6 in non-V form also gets several changes including the deletion of two engines. Stay tuned for a complete run-down of the changes and updates to the non-V model. In the meantime, subscribe to GM Authority for the latest Cadillac CT6 news, Cadillac news and around-the-clock GM news coverage.
Source: Cadillac Society
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I can’t believe we still don’t have the 0-60 numbers… We don’t even know how the new engine sounds…
Cadillac, ur PR team sucks.
Somewhere on the Cadillac website it says 0-60 in 3.8secs for the CT6 Blackwing, I also saw a pic of a plaque for the Blackwing engine saying 200mph*(didnt say which model though). top speed on a display somewhere with a rep standing next to it at one of the autoshows.
3.4s 0-60 was displayed at NAIAS. Makes sense when you factor in the AWD vs say, the outgoing CTS-V
They have P.R???
Cadillac’s PR team: the people who gave us these unforgettable gems of flip-floppery and unexpected redirection…
– Here’s the 2019 CT6 V-sport! … -> Oh sorry, it’s actually the CT6-V now.
– The CT6 will be cancelled after the 2019 MY… -> Oh sorry, we didn’t mean the CT6 was ‘cancelled’ – you misunderstood!
– The CT6-V will be limited to 275 exclusive units, so get ’em while they’re hot! … -> Oh, don’t worry – we’ll build more for you!
– CT6-Vs will be available in mid-2019. … -> Oh sorry, the cars were built in April/May, but August is sort of still mid-year, right?!
– Ladies & gentlemen, your new and amazing CT4/5-Vs!!! … -> Oh sorry, not impressed? These actually aren’t the V cars you were looking for…remember when we we told you about that before?
– Behold the mighty Blackwing V8TT engine!! … -> *predicted*: Behold the mighty CT4-V Blackwing, with a V6TT engine! Oh sorry, we never said that a Blackwing engine couldn’t be a V6…you misunderstood.
Taken individually, these announcements and changes could probably be swallowed and looked past by the fanbase and enthusiasts. But it’s now been a string of mismanaged messages, one after the other, and generally without any logical explanation to back up the decision. The frustration is more about what’s being left unsaid, rather than said. The arrogance is palpable, almost as though the message is,”Well, Cadillac fans, you weren’t buying enough of our cars anyway, so we don’t owe you an explanation. We’re doing what we think works for everyone else (…and our stock price).” For all the anti-JDN talk there was, I guess this is what happens when you cut the head off the Cadillac snake.
I really hope that the products kick *ss, but I would have appreciated having the expectations for these products better-managed. I don’t remember ever having so many “Huh?!? What…? Why…?!?” moments, and consecutively, with any car company.
Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, PR team!!!
Is that like any question the Customer wants answered by GM ?
If your dealer can not answer a question for you that’s it, no answer.
Even if there is an answer that GM has provided, if your dealer does not want to do the digging to get the right GM person, your done, done !!!
GM, as in GM the manufacturer of your GM vehicle, who knows one way or another all the answers to all the GM vehicle related questions simply has ZERO CUSTOMER SUPPORT !!!!
0-60 times for the V have been on Cadillac’s website for a month
Removing quad zone ac in a 100k car…..wtf?
Specifically, removed from the CT6-V trim package, but it’s probably still (optional?) in the Premium/Platinum cars. Nonetheless, you’re right – that feature belongs in a car at that price point, from a brand struggling to gain market share in the luxury segment.
They’re making it faster than a BMW M5. Who needs quad zone AC? This car has better technology than a BMW M5 and will beat it’s 2.8 second time to 60! It will also run rings around a BMW M5 on a track!
With all the retirements, forced early retirements and layoffs, it’s a wonder any of the Divisions have a clue about anything. Wait…….they don’t!
Stop hating on this car people.
The Germans are panicking!
This car is a game changer!
This CT6-V is going to knock the socks of the BMW M5.
Who agrees?
It has better technology, it’s faster than 2.8 seconds to 60 like the BMW M5 does. It has a more premium interior than the German benchmark.
This CT6-V will be the new benchmark!
I cannot wait to test drive it. I will test drive it on the same day I test drive a BMW M5 just to not let my Cadillac bias get the better of me!
WHO AGREES?
You forgot the ‘/s’ tag at the end of that. 😉
The CT6-V is ‘good’, maybe excellent, but nobody in the real world is cross-shopping the M5 and CT6-V…I expect that only happens in hypothetical scenarios laid out in a GM boardroom.
Eric, I respectfully disagree. Caddy is making huge strides lately. Their new GM is isolating the brand from the parts bin and it is paying off because Caddy is picking apart the Germans. Magnetic Ride Control for example is something the Germans are trying to copy as we speak!
The CT6-V is absolutely a BMW M5 competitor. I am going to cross-shop the new benchmark CT6-V against the BMW M5 which is now the old benchmark.
Why do you say that no one is going to cross-shop the CT6-V against the BMW M5?
I am quite disheartened because people are saying that Caddilac is not in the same league as Mercedes and BMW. Is that how you feel?
I think the the new German GM of Caddilac is going to restore the brand to it’s rightful place!
Back in the 1950s and 1960s, Caddilac was in the same league as Rolls Royce and Bentley! Why are people comparing it to Acura, Infinity and Genesis.
Mark my words, Caddilac will soon start taking Customers from BMW and Mercedes!
I am going to watch Fox News now. I am disappointed by the lack of patriotism here. Can y’all support an American brand?
President Trump is doing a great job and GM is now turning around!
Oh, so you’re one of those. Okay.
What do you mean “one of those”?
Are you anti-American?
Not at all, I just think you’re a little loco. I love Chevrolet; I’ve owned 4 of them (a 1993 Lumina, a 2001 Malibu, a 2014 Malibu, and a 2016 Malibu) and I’m 22 years old. I don’t hate GM, I sure as hell don’t hate America.
In fact, I love both – or at least I really want to. I also believe that GM not only COULD improve across the board, but NEEDS TO improve across the board to be world class. There was a time when Cadillac truly was the standard of the world – a company that created, designed, and built cars that were worthy of their motto. Cars to be looked up to, sought after, and copied by lesser companies.
Your claims that their current vehicles are world class are laughably off base, and I’m really sorry to have to say that. Sure, Cadillac has incredible engineering at their disposal – and their driving dynamics, how they handle corners, how they transfer feedback to the driver are FANTASTIC in the ATS/CTS/CT6. The problem is ergonomics, the problem is materials, the problem is outdated technology, the problem is MSRPs far above what the vehicles can actually demand, the problem is a complete lack of a coherent platform, engine, naming, marketing, or sales strategy.
I won’t even get into the politics of Trump. There’s no reason to spout that here.
Wyatt, you are a very smart and accomplished young man. I really hate to admit it because I am not as smart as you, GM is not going down the right path. You and my friends are correct.
I think I have been brainwashed by Trump and Fox News.
I looked at the BMW M5 and the CT6-V is not anywhere in the same league.
Now I find out that Trump has told more than 10,000 lies in the past 2 years.
I feel really stupid, even “stupider” than I really am.
I found out that black athletes weren’t kneeling because they hate America, but they were kneeling because our white police have been terrorising them.
I am going to church to pray for forgiveness.
I have been conned!
Karol, I can agree that Cadillac has made some significant strides in the last decade, and they definitely have some first-class engineering and technology at their disposal. GM is absolutely capable of offering a product that is objectively as good as anything out there. The driving dynamics in Cadillac cars (especially ATS/CTS, but also CT6) are consistently ranked among the best in class. Unfortunately there are other factors (e.g. interior design and materials) cited by reviewers and critics, which leave Cadillac products trailing the competition when it comes to winning subjective comparison tests. If you’re going to win conquest sales, the product needs to be not just advertised, but perceived and reviewed as ‘better’, sexier, more exciting, more impressive, more ‘cool’…quietly competent or adequate doesn’t inspire aspiration or envy.
Who is the new German GM of Cadillac of which you speak? Johan de Nysschen (who was working to extricate Cadillac from the GM parts bin) left many months ago, with Steve Carlisle (a GM insider who was promoted based on increased sales for GM Canada) taking his place as president.
The M5, especially the newest model, is a beast – 0-60 in 2.8s is on par with a Corvette ZR1. At 3.4 or 3.8s for the CT6-V, it’s not too far behind, but that’s only straight line performance. With an emphasis on track-able performance, the CTS-V was a much better comparable for the M5 in both size and purpose. The CT6 is a BIG car, over 8″ longer than the M5 and within 3″ of a 7-series or S-class. Also worth remembering is that the CT6-V was originally designed as a V-sport model, which means it was never intended to be a hard-edged sport sedan – like the M5.
The M5 also has 35 yrs. of prominent high-performance history, reputation, and name recognition behind it. An entire generation has grown up knowing that if they want an awesome go-fast sedan, the M5 is the benchmark. The CT6-V has…at this point, a decent chance of being discontinued within a year or two, or at least a questionable commitment from GM that it will survive.
In short, the M5 is more of a high-strung bad*ss that *can* be a daily driver, while the CT6-V is probably going to be more of a relaxed Q-ship with some high-performance chops. The motivations for those buyers are quite different. Look to the CT5-V Blackwing (same length, hopefully similar power) for a more logical and direct M5 competitor.
Thank you for your clear explanation! I am discouraged because it seems like Caddilac is falling behind.
Hopefully the CT5-V Blackwing can do something to make all Americans proud.
I can’t believe that we are just copying BMW. We are even copying their naming nomenclature! I am beyond embarressed about this.
Please GM, make us proud!
Ok….how many people by BMW M5’s a year?
Great car to root for, but if not enough folks don’t buy it, it won’t be made.
Camaro is becoming the poster child for that logic.
Not many people buy BMW M5s. The car is way too expensive and has too many things that go wrong with it.
Caddy is focused on speed, power and reliability and it’s really paying off now!
I am willing to be the new CT6-V becomes the new benchmark and M5 drivers start switching.
If not then Fox News has been lying to me. So far Fox is the most honest and fair channel out there.
Let us agree on 2 things, Caddy is back and Trump will win in a landslide in 2020!
Im sorry but to put the CT6-V in the same class as an M5 is simply laughable. I think the CT6-V will be a great car, but it’s not going to beat an M5. The M5 is the benchmark for large super sedans. It has a twin turbo V8 that makes more power than the CT6-V with roughly the same weight. The M5 has select-able all wheel drive so it can be turned on and off based on what driving dynamics are necessary. its been tested and is quite close to Porsche GT3 performance. Its an extremely impressive car. Also I’m not sure where the 2.8 0-60 numbers came from for the CT6-V but I find that hard to believe. That is the number for the M5 though. The advertised 3.4-3.8 sec for the CT6-V seems more reasonable. Still awesome numbers, but not M5 killer. I would say the current/previous gen CTS-V is a much better competitor for the M5.
Why is Caddy putting out a car that will get absolutely thrashed by the BMW M5?
I have done some research and I have been told that the “V” brand will be the lower end car like the BMW M550i and there will be a new Caddy Series to thrash the M cars.
When you go against the king, you have to kill him.
After carefully checking, it looks like the new CT6-V won’t even measure up to the BMW M550i!
What the hell are these guys smoking?
I am going to try my best to follow Trump and Fox News and buy American but these guys are killing us by turning out stuff that doesn’t even come close to what I have seen in the new BMW M5!
Why?
Surely they can copy that BMW M5?
I will give you one piece of advice. Stop following other people. Its great that you’re a Trump supporter and obviously a big fan of Fox News. You don’t have to mention it every post. We get it. You can also think for yourself and make decisions that you want. It might surprise you to know that many people (me included) despise Trump and Fox. However my political views have zero to do with what Cadillac and their CT6-V will be like. I’m more than willing to debate vehicles, but stop bringing politics into it.
Also it takes quite a while for vehicle models to be developed, so for them to “copy” the M5 is too little too late not to mention that the CT6-V and the M5 are different cars with different target markets. Sure some consumers will cross shop but not all.
I still appreciate the CT6-V and think it will be an awesome car but it has it’s place. It won’t be as expensive as an M5 nor will it pack the same performance so it makes sense. It will be more than capable for 95% of the population, and will get you anywhere you want to go very quickly and very comfortably.
Roy, thank you for your kind explanation.
I am sorry for talking about Fox and Trump.
I love Caddilac and I want them to succeed because if they fail it will be bad for my fellow Americans.
Please allow me to explain my state of mind whilest thanking you.
Just yesterday, I used to love Donald Trump and Fox News but I am learning very quickly that I have been lied to all these years.
I actually went to church yesterday to pray for forgiveness. I feel much better now because they had me in a spell. I have never hated anyone based on their skin color etc., yet I see now that Fox News and Donald Trump have been telling me lies such as African American athletes hate our military. I only just discovered that these players were peacefully protesting police brutality of their community.
I served my country and Donald Trump was called 5 times and declined.
If I didn’t spew my nonsense on this forum, you guys would have never shown me the error of my ways.
In the past day, I have learned that immigrants aren’t stealing our jobs, but American employers are giving jobs to the best and hardest workers who are sometimes immigrants like my grandfather.
In the past day, I have learned that I was wrong about so many things. Fox News had my head in a vice! Thank you and a couple of other people on this website for setting me straight.
I have learned that we have criminalized people en masse just because of their skin color; for example putting black kids in jail for marijuana whilst our kids use the drug at a slightly higher rate. We criminalize people here without papers when we know that we could solve that issue overnight by jailing the white people that employ them.
I don’t want a stupid wall, we could save that money and have stiff fines on employers who violate the law and also put them in jail.
I have been wrong. Donald Trump has been lying to me.
I can’t support Democrats, but me and my family of over 60 people, won’t be voting Republican in November of 2020!
PLEASE SAVE CADDILAC!
Talking about PR. They did not even show how the ambient lighting works in CT5. Its listed on their website…
What do u think. Is it the same bs like in XTS?
Or smth new?
Some dreams to come true.. Cadillac finally decided to greenlight the Blackwing V8 for usage by an actual production car as one almost thought that the Blackwing V8 was just a myth.. asking for the CT6-V to be renamed CT6 Blackwing would be pushing it.
Hold on a second, are you saying that the most expensive Cadillac on sale today won’t have Quad-zone climate control? Are they serious?
Exactly my thoughts reading that. It might seem like some silly little feature to some, but it’s just one of those things. It’s one of those “attention to detail” and “value proposition” things that most GM vehicles are sorely lacking in these days, all because somebody somewhere wants to save a few bucks.
Exactly. Beancounters are just so out of control within GM right now. It needs to Stop ASAP.
Very intrigued to see what the CT6-V will be able to do but it is not in any way a true competitor to the BMW M5.
if they send to China for manufacture then I would never buy it
Robert Blake, If it wasn’t for China GM would be gone! You must support GM and President Donald John Trump!
They are trying!
They are finally building cars that are much better than the likes of BMW and Mercedes and they need your support!
What would you buy instead?
Don’t be unpatriotic!
I don’t even understand why we need dual zone ac ,never mind quad zone, we are seating 2 feet apart in the same cabin and 4 people want different temperatures REALLY ????? Lets grow up . driving a xt5 with dual zone it was never used .
Exactly!
Luxury brands have never been a one needing, but about wanting and image. They are also about having features not available “in lesser cars.” Why else would someone pay so $100k for wheels?
Meanwhile, every single passenger in my 2016 Malibu LT has complained at some point or another that there WASN’T dual zone auto climate control. The CT6 is an incredibly expensive vehicle, currently Cadillac’s flagship sedan. Even though the CT6-V is a very specific vehicle and the only one that suffers from this removal, it’s also the most expensive vehicle in Cadillac’s lineup – it’s ridiculous that ANY available features are missing from the thing.
Given that CT6-V is stated to be “entering its second model year”, has anyone actually seen or read about the car from its first model year? I’ve seen no road tests or reviews of any kind. I was anxious to see how it performs in the real world and read the professional assessments of it but I’ve seen nothing. I actually didn’t know any had been built yet.
CT6-V production started months ago (April/May, or earlier), but all the cars are being held (officially ‘delayed’) until sometime in August. 2020 MY production will start around the same time. If there have been any test drives, the info has all been embargoed until a future date. For all the hype, and as well as it was received, I would have thought GM would be more anxious to keep the wave of good vibes going…
If it’s made in carry-out land (China) what the hell will I need to spend money on a Chicom product?, I might as well get a Lexus or Lincoln
Why would you go against Chevy and move to Lincoln? Lincolns are made in Canada and Lexus is from Japan and most are made in China.
GM is doing it’s best!
Be patriotic and support Caddy!
Let them know which features you consider important. They are listening to Customers now.
DHAM is not closing….
…until January 2020.
Moving the CT6 to Lansing has been speculated, but nothing confirmed.
Maybe I’m the only one but does it not strike you as sad that Cadillacs current flagship might be built exclusively in China? Furthermore China is not know for build quality. Even Volvo is learning this the hard way.
And they’re considering making it in China? That proves you can’t fix stupid! It’s either an American car or it isn’t. And, American car means made in the U.S.A! Why not continue to make the Impala and make the Cadillac and Chevrolet in the same plant. Like they do with the Suburban, Yukon and Escalade.
The Impala hasn’t been made in the USA for a while. Also they made the Impala and the XTS in the same plant because they were on the same platform so it made sense. The CT6 is quite different from that architecture so it wasn’t feasible.
The Impala has been made I. Detroit the last 4 years alongside the CT6.
Ahh you are correct. I work across the street from the plant in Oshawa and knew they were built there along side the XTS. I should have looked closer as I didn’t realize they were also made in Hamtramck.
The current generation Impala production was actually split between Detroit-Hamtramck (with LaCrosse/Volt/CT6) and Oshawa (with XTS). Oshawa closed last year, and Detroit-Hamtramck’s closure was delayed until January 2020, though without Volt & LaCrosse.
CT6 is the only product on the Omega platform, so it’s the odd man out. There haven’t been any future plans announced for other products on Omega, but there is an official plan to streamline things down to 4 basic platform architectures for anything that isn’t a truck. CT6 sales might have to really take off in order to justify retooling another US facility. GM will maintain production in the States if there’s a solid business case for it, but the ‘profitable’ option may be to leverage existing offshore production capacity, and profit outweighs the value of a convenient VIN starting with 1****************.
President Trump has promised that more cars will be made in the USA and I believe him!
Be a patriot and stop spreading fake news about plants closing etc.
Ok, I’ll bite…why do you believe that the recent and imminently planned plant closures are ‘fake news’? …any factual references to cite?
Fox News doesn’t lie to you, right? They reported it just like all the other media outlets: https://www.foxnews.com/us/gm-cuts-jobs-in-response-to-present-costs-future-innovation
Eric, I am sorry. I cut and pasted an apology to Roy. Fox News has been lying to me for years.
Roy, thank you for your kind explanation.
I am sorry for talking about Fox and Trump.
I love Caddilac and I want them to succeed because if they fail it will be bad for my fellow Americans.
Please allow me to explain my state of mind whilest thanking you.
Just yesterday, I used to love Donald Trump and Fox News but I am learning very quickly that I have been lied to all these years.
I actually went to church yesterday to pray for forgiveness. I feel much better now because they had me in a spell. I have never hated anyone based on their skin color etc., yet I see now that Fox News and Donald Trump have been telling me lies such as African American athletes hate our military. I only just discovered that these players were peacefully protesting police brutality of their community.
I served my country and Donald Trump was called 5 times and declined.
If I didn’t spew my nonsense on this forum, you guys would have never shown me the error of my ways.
In the past day, I have learned that immigrants aren’t stealing our jobs, but American employers are giving jobs to the best and hardest workers who are sometimes immigrants like my grandfather.
In the past day, I have learned that I was wrong about so many things. Fox News had my head in a vice! Thank you and a couple of other people on this website for setting me straight.
I have learned that we have criminalized people en masse just because of their skin color; for example putting black kids in jail for marijuana whilst our kids use the drug at a slightly higher rate. We criminalize people here without papers when we know that we could solve that issue overnight by jailing the white people that employ them.
I don’t want a stupid wall, we could save that money and have stiff fines on employers who violate the law and also put them in jail.
I have been wrong. Donald Trump has been lying to me.
I can’t support Democrats, but me and my family of over 60 people, won’t be voting Republican in November of 2020!
PLEASE SAVE CADDILAC!
People walking the streets looking for a job in 5 cities will be pleased to know their layoffs are fake news.
GM will drop the CT6 before they import it from China. There has already been a lot of unanticipated backlash from importing the Buick Envision from China while closing plants in the US.
GM- “our product profile has more holes than swiss cheese”. Love, Mary B
I’m keepin’ my 2019 CTS V until I see something from anybody better!