Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing To Get Twin-Turbo 3.6L LF4 V6
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Over the weekend, we published details on the upcoming Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing, which is slated to receive the supercharged 6.2L LT4 V8 for motivation. Now, GM Authority has learned what will power that vehicle’s slightly smaller sedan sibling, also known as the Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing.
The engine in question is the twin-turbocharged 3.6L LF4 V6. If that looks familiar, it’s because it’s the same lump found under the hood of the previous Cadillac ATS-V, the model which the Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing indirectly replaces.
Cadillac ATS-V
Cradled by the new go-faster CT4-V, the LF4 is expected to produce roughly equivalent output levels as those of the ATS-V. For reference, the ATS-V is rated at 464 horsepower and 445 pound-feet of torque.
What’s more, buyers will be able to harness all that muscle using one of two transmission options – a 10-speed automatic, or a six-speed manual, which is surely great news for those customers looking for a three-pedal option. For reference, the previous ATS-V was offered with either an eight-speed automatic or a six-speed manual.
It is believed the new go-faster Cadillac CT4-V will still utilize the Blackwing name, even though it does not equip the twin-turbo 4.2L LTA V8 engine known by the same name. Rather, the Blackwing engine is slated to go the way of the dodo with the discontinuation of the Cadillac CT6 at the end of the month.
To complement its prodigious output, the upcoming Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing will feature more aggressive body accents, a new front and rear end, wider wheels, bigger brakes, and a sharper suspension setup.
The new Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing is expected to debut alongside the slightly larger CT5-V Blackwing sometime later this year, with an on-sale date planned for 2021.
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The last time was the only time they will be bailed out. I think they feel the China market will save them. That is who they are building for as of now. The GM as anyone here over 60 yo. knew is long gone.
I keep saying this, GM went BKd with sports sedans, off-road SUVs, etc an most the current GM management still remembers the CEO had to drive from Detroit to DC for a bailout. Embarrassing, you think they want that again?.
They diversed thier portfolio in LatAm and Asia so they don’t have to rely on the US only for survival.
I want to see awesome Caddies also but GM have to be around for that to happen.
I just had a thought. So this new car is going to receive the 464hp/445tq 3.6L V6 with a 10-speed auto, which is the one GM co-developed with Ford. Seeing that this is the case and Ford has a Hybrid version of this powertrain that boosts the 3.0L V6 from 400hp/415tq to 494hp/630tq. Just using basic math, it would boost the 3.6L to 554hp/660tq. That with an AWD system, Brembo brakes and the whole nine yards would actually make it a decent car without doing too much homework. Just saying
Exactly!!!!
This is why the GM effort looks so inadequate.
They need to build it with just enough power to allow for a decent all wheel drive system and make for a superior driving experience for winter or summer.
That’s what Mercedes and BMW would do.
This will be my last Comment to this thread as I have said more than I probably should have. Pick up the latest issue or read on line of Hot Rod Magazine and the interview with Mara Berra (No relation to Yogi) you will all know what she is all about and what Car lovers like us are in for, no conception about automobiles just HOW MUCH DOES IT COST. Thanks for listening.
She is a total joke. Bureaucratic finance geek that thinks all company’s can be run from the exact same playbook. No vision, No imagination, No clue! GM is stuck in a long time slumber in a management induced coma. GM once lead from far out in front of its competitors. Where does it lead from now? Cost cutting? Outsourcing?
Theis fools have decapitated Cadillac’s car offerings by dumping both large cars at once! What now MARY, have Cadillac dealers send those buyers to all the other large prestige car makers that are keeping there large cars? Do you even know that they are keeping there large cars and not foolishly dumping them and following GM down the dark tunnel to oblivion? BOLD mary BOLD!!!!
It’s a great engine, makes tremendous power. What’s not to like?
I am so glad i am no longer a GM shareholder!!!! No confidence at all that they know where they are or where they are going………………………..
I agree
It’s totally sad
They’re stuck in neutral
Not making cars and models that people really want
Corvette can’t save them
EVs won’t save them either – because they will end up making them with lackluster performance that no one will want
Lexus engineers have been spotted testing an LC race car likely powered by the brand’s new twin-turbocharged V-8. The engine, which will likely displace 4.0 liters, is expected to replace the brand’s current 5.0-liter mill and should appear first in an LC F.
Having owned a 2019 ats v for 14,000 miles I find it amusing that someone would describe the of LF 4 as course and unrefined. You can’t even tell it’s idling it is so smooth. I’ve driven it from NY to Florida 3 times and it’s as smooth and quiet cruising at 80 mph as my 2015 Camry XLE v6. And that Lexus designed v6 is as good as a v6 gets.
The coarsness is at higher rpms. And as good as a V6 gets isn’t as good as an inline 6, which is the standard to which the ATS-V is compared.
C63 gets monster sounding V8. WHY DID THEY NOT DUMP THE **** LT2 IN?
To say that the LF 4 is coarse & unrefined is absurd. I have a 2019 ATS V and when it’s idling you can barely tell it’s running. I have 18,000 miles on it and have driven it from Florida to New York several times. Smooth and quiet cruising at 80 mph. Very similar to my 2015 Camry XLE V 6 and that is the benchmark of V 6 engines used in the Lexus ES 350 as well. Also gets 26 mpg at that speed, the Camry gets 29 or so. Not a bad trade-off for the power that you have.
It’s all relative. Compared to GM’s LTG turbo I4 the LF4 is smooth as glass, but compared to a good V8? Not so much. And compared to BMW’s S58 inline 6 twin turbo the LF4 is a coarse and unrefined turd of an engine with an oppressively low redline.
Totally disagree with Mr lithium! As I said earlier, as smooth and refined as my 2015 XLE v6 Camry, and that says all you need to know . 0-60 3.8 seconds, 12.1 in the quarter mile, 189 top speed. Brilliant steering and chassis. M3,m4,. Sorely lacking especially with their artificial feel to the steering inputs. Read any comparison and that is what you’ll see.
Forgot to add that the 6500rpm redline is hardly oppressive. That BMW inline 6 that mr lithium refers to has a 7000 rpm redline. If 6500 is oppressively low than 7000 is not much better.
Oppressive low red line . With a high red line you don’t get all your power till around a 7500 rpm red line and not much on a low end. It’s about the torque
That’s not how turbo engines work.
Just look at GM
It’s totally sad
They’re stuck in neutral
Not making cars and models that people really want
Corvette can’t save them
EVs won’t save them either – because they will end up making them with lackluster performance that no one will want
Plus given all the stuff going on with China they really need to pull out of China too
We don’t need to be funding China’s standard of living
You already said that
If I was doing these Vs I would do LT2 CT4, LT5 CT5.