The Cadillac CT5 and Cadillac CT4 sedans will not receive hybrid or battery electric powertrains at any point in their lifecycle.
According to GM Authority sources knowledgeable with Cadillac’s future product plans, the Cadillac CT5 and Cadillac CT4 will remain internal-combustion-only for the duration of their existence. That means there will be no mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid or electric versions of the two sedans at any point. This will be unsurprising for readers familiar with General Motors‘ current electrification strategy, which has seen the automaker bail out of the hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicle game to focus its engineering efforts entirely on EVs.
Cadillac’s electric vehicle product offensive will begin with the launch of the upcoming new Cadillac Lyriq crossover, which is expected to debut this year in pre-production form before going on sale in 2022. A smaller electric Cadillac crossover is also believed to be in the works and will undercut the Lyriq in price. The Lyriq is expected to have a similar footprint to the mid-size Cadillac XT5 crossover, while the smaller crossover should be about the same size as compact crossovers like the XT4.
Cadillac customers hoping for a battery-electric sedan from the American luxury manufacturer are not out of luck, though. While the automaker’s plans for electric D-segment and C-segment sedans like the CT5 and CT4 are not clear, we know the automaker is working on a large electric sedan called the Cadillac Celestiq. However, the hand-built, fully electric Celestiq will be a much more expensive product than any Cadillac that has come before it, with rumors placing its projected MSRP at around $200,000.
In addition to the two crossovers and the Celestiq, Cadillac is believed to have other battery electric products in the works, though it is staying tight-lipped on these models for the time being.
The internal combustion engine-powered Cadillac CT4 and Cadillac CT5 will stick around for the foreseeable future and help bridge the gap to the automaker’s EV lineup, so Cadillac sedan fans still have plenty of time to get themselves into either vehicle.
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At least in the interim, I don’t think Cadillac is missing out here. Electrified options don’t seem to have caught on with the sport sedan buyer yet. They probably will eventually, but not immediately. The only competitors to offer such options are BMW with the 330e, and Volvo with the S60 T8, and they aren’t exactly flying off the lot.
To clarify, I was referencing Plug-In and Mild Hybrid options. I am wrong to imply that there is no market for all-electrics.
@J Ingram
I gotcha. That makes a lot of sense and I agree with you.
Well most sport sedan buyers opt for five cylinder plus sports sedans. A four banger with some electric boost is uninspiring to many. Now if many sports cars including muscle cars received the Porsche 918 treatment the people would be more interested in hybrid sports cars.
@J Ingram
Yeah you are so correct. Tesla cannot sell any of their two Sport Sedans that they build.
Someone hurry up and tell Elon his Company needs a different Strategy ASAP.
“Electrified options don’t seem to have caught on with the sport sedan buyer yet.” Maybe for you but the world’s fastest electric sportscar is a Chevy Corvette with a 211 MPH run, and made in the U.S of A:
https://electrek.co/2019/12/24/electric-corvette-breaks-top-speed-record-genovation/.
So we can make an electric sports sedan if there are buyers willing to pay for them. Can you pay for one?
hybrids do not get GM full ZEV credits which they need to sell PUs and SUVs. having 2 different power trains also add to the cost
Surprised the CT5 is selling decent in this environment, it might be my next car or a CT4-V 2.7
The Alpha platform was fully designed in 2011/2 and appeared in 2013 with the ATS launch then CTS gen II. Clearly hybrids etc… 9-10 years ago were not the factor at GM they are today so its obvious there is no room on the platform for any modifications, even to Alpha II. If GM would toss the Omega Platform onto the trash heap, they are clearly focused on the new EV platform. There is no reason to develop any other platform further as the new EV platform will under pin perhaps every single new GM vehicle, just stretched, widened and range extensions. Clearly this is the most efficient way to mass produce vehicles in the future, if EV is the future which is still a question. As GM has about 99% of its eggs in the Chinese basket, they’re betting on our Gubment to be influenced by this. Hopefully the American market will remain market based and we’ll not all be forced into an EV. “Shut off the power = Shut off the mobility of the masses”….
Its likely Alpha’s death warrant has already been signed by the forward looking GM management. Now just the wait until they cancel the Alpha cars……
An interesting perspective, “forward looking”. This “leadership” team has largely been in place for the last 10 years and we should now be on the upper echelon of their forward thinking, yet GM seems more rudderless and confused than ever. The stock was a dog even before the virus. How does anyone measure the success of this bunch:
Product -X – resoundingly criticism: transmissions, packaging and content, style, interior quality, Cust Svc, price to value, comparisons to competition…
Stock Price – X – Stock is a dog, a 3 legged dog…
Market share – X – losing share for the last 25 years, consistently
Global Footprint Growth -X – retracting from global markets, consistently
Profits-X- Lost last year, largely due to the UAW – which is another pathetic management bust…
Not a single GM launch in the last 10 years has been met with widespread applause or critical acclaim either in the media or in sales. The Vette “was” a bright spot but build quality issues are starting to appear… Mary Barra is in way over her head and she needs to be fired. This will never happen because its not PC but she was never ‘the best fit” for this role… GM is lost and if their EV’s are anything like their current portfolio, GM as we know it won’t exist in 15 years, mark my words. Because they will continue to “cheap” the style, the content, the quality, the “jet black” crappy plastic interiors on their forward thinking EV’s and give the customer less than expected for the money. They have an established track record and there is no reason to think anything will change…
Agree with the vast majority of what you said. My FORWARD LOOKING remark is total sarcasm. I have said repeatedly the WRONG people are running (ruining) GM. GM has a incurable deseise of have nothing but fourth rate management. Nothing will change till GM management puts itself out of business.
We’re in full agreement! 100%
No big news here. CT4 and CT5 are likely not long for this world. They’ll both be canned with no more investment in either from GM. Sedans don’t sell, ya know. I know Brandon Vivian is out there telling Motor Trend that Blackwing might live on but I wouldn’t take him too seriously. He’s not going to have a product to put it in. The edict has come down from Mark and Mary that henceforth Cadillac is to become a Tesla wannabe brand so there’s no place in that future for Blackwing. I don’t see GM doing any electric sedans either. There’s the grandiose plan to build Cellistiq but if I know GM, and I think I do, the Board is talking right now about cost cutting due to COVID-19 and Cellistiq is at the top of their hit list. The future of Cadilliq will be the Lyriq, and a larger XT6 replacement perhaps called the Fantastiq and maybe a small electric called CEV2 to replace XT4 and usher in another new naming convention after someone decides the Icks (iqs) aren’t resonating. So, yeah, no news here that the surviving CT’s aren’t getting replaced; the “first ever” CT5 and CT4 are also the last ever.
I heard they’re adding “ite” to the naming and the Celestiq has been changed to “Cellulite” because all GM vehicles are ugly because the company is to cheap to give any model the resources to make them gorgeous. This company is rudderless….
So true with the ridiculous, “First Ever” stupidity, you’re exactly right every model is also the last ever… such pathetic management.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra made it clear that she was not a fan of hybrids which is why the Chevrolet Volt was discontinued for US production and sales despite it still being sold in China; thus, the only vehicles that will see electrification is the Escalade and possibly XT5 as everything else will be discontinued and replaced.
Any one of you plan to buy one?.
No. They’ll all just keep whining like an armchair quarter back.
The volume of sales for these two cars don’t justify adding a couple more powertrains to them. If you disagree, provide sales numbers for other luxury hybrid models that justify spending the r&d.
Yet Cadillac is the only maker pulling out of the car market. I would feel better if MB BMW Audi ext would start canceling things off, but they arnt. GM cant even figure out who or what Cadillac is supost to be. What Cadillac is soon to be is totally irrelevant, sedan less, blinged up Chevrolet’s. I dont understand those who think this is a good direction to go in…..
I can’t really figure out what the identity is of the ct4&5. They just seem out of place for Cadillac. I’m sure they are nice cars, but who of Cadillacs targeted demo would buy them? They are sports cars, with the base ct4 costing less than a Camry fully loaded . The ct6 made sense, a large Cadillac sedan. Then we comp the sedans to the SUV lineup and it’s night and day. Just all over the place.
They replaced the ATS and CTS where is the confusion? That is like saying you don’t understand why the German big three make lesser sedans. When clearly everyone should only buy a 7 series, S-Class, or S8 from the big three. So what do you want Cadillac to have only overpriced FWD CUVs and one SUV? Many Cadillac customers still expect Cadillac sedans. Most of the brands new buyers are females in their CUVs, so why alienate the Cadillac faithful? Car companies need to reach out to many audiences if they want to stay afloat because it is so hard to make a profit when they have long overdue unions and strict regulations breaking their backs!
Which replace the Cadillac Cimmaron and Seville so just call them that instead of all this ATS, XTS, CT4-5 and be Done with it…..
Why doesn’t GM just faze out Cadillac as a stand alone make and fold it into Chevrolet as a luxury option of everyday Chevrolet models? Think of the cost savings!!! Same platforms same engines, built in the same factories. Really thats the destiny of Cadillac now! Why have all the redundant stand alone Cadillac dealerships and infrastructure? This simplified plan will be easy for GM management to understand and explain.
No!
Cadillac today officially announced the CT5 and CT4 will be called V Blackwing
WHAT A JOKE! Name them after a dead engine………………
@Cadriver
I hear you. And one that is basically dead too.
Just makes Zero sense.
I saw that too and agree but everything about Cadillac is a joke so why shouldn’t their V cars be a joke too. The funniest thing of all is to read what Brandon Vivian had to say. They all live ensconced in frigid, rotting Detroit and still believe they’re the best. They really need to find and interstate and head west or south or east or anywhere into the real world.
Vivian said: “The Blackwing name has come to represent the very best of Cadillac performance engineering, craftsmanship and technology…..the new CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing build on the brand’s respected legacy of ultimate-performance driving experiences and elevate them even further.” Respected legacy? The Blackwing name? Nobody aside from us here even know the Blackwing name, it has no legacy. It was literally only sold for a few months. They’re so lost in the that Silos Building that GM calls home. They have no idea the rest of the world sees all of the them from Queen Mary on down as a total joke.
Vivian said: “The Blackwing name has come to represent the very best of Cadillac performance engineering, craftsmanship and technology…..
HAVE WE ALL CROSSED OVER THE RAINBOW?????? THIS IS F ING DELUSIONAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vivian . YOU CANCELED THE ENGINE YOU FOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!