Last week, GM Authority exclusively reported that the Cadillac CT6 would receive a special 120th Anniversary Edition in China to celebrate 120 years of Cadillac. This new special version of the full-size sedan has just been officially launched in the Asian country.
On June 27th, SAIC-GM, General Motors’ main joint venture in China, announced the official launch of the Cadillac CT6 120th Anniversary Edition. This exclusive version commemorates the new milestone in the history of the automotive brand – founded in Detroit on August 22nd, 1902.
The Cadillac CT6 120th Anniversary Edition will be available in China in a single configuration based on the Sport trim, boasting a luxurious cabin with specific details that represent the highest refinement available on the sedan. However, it will be priced slightly higher than the base Luxury trim, and production will be limited to just 300 units.
The Cadillac CT6 120th Anniversary Edition’s exterior maintains the same appearance introduced by the 2019 model-year refresh. Still, it adds a unique emblem with the Cadillac “Flying Goddess” icon on the D-pillar and a new paint color called Night Blue. It’s also available in White, Black, and Gray.
Meanwhile, the Cadillac CT6 120th Anniversary Edition’s interior includes a specific color scheme called Yun Gardenia and a long list of features, including the Bose Panaray 34-speaker high-fidelity audio system, the latest rear camera mirror system and the Super Cruise semi-autonomous driving system.
The Cadillac CT6 120th Anniversary Edition is now available in China exclusively through the MyCadillac app – the only place where customers can purchase the special edition limited to 300 units. Under the hood, it keeps the turbocharged 2.0L I4 LSY engine with 237 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque, matched to the GM 10-speed automatic transmission. The suggested price is 405,700 Yuan, about $60,630 at current exchange rates.
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Wish they would have given a close-up pic of that Flying Goddess on the D-pillar.
On another note, I was lucky to have been part of a Cadillac ride and drive program before the pandemic. It was there that I was able to experience the Bose Panaray 34 speaker system. 100% fantastic! I’ve been around a lot of cars with audio brands like Mark Levinson, Bowers and Wilkins, Harmon Kardon and Bose in many cars. I’ve never been that impressed with the Bose. However, that Panaray system is possibly the best I’ve ever heard.
Totally agree with you on the Panaray! Had it in my CT6 Platinum and it is far better than either of the Bowers & Wilkins I have in my BMWs! With that being said, the Bowers system in the car is superior to the system in the SUV.
Martin: Personally, I feel that is part of the difference between a car and an SUV/van. Doesn’t it really all come down to acoustics? Filling an SUV/van with sound is like pumping sound into a 55 gallon drum vs. the sedan being more like a small bucket. Not sure if that makes sense, but I’m trying to say that I feel it’s all about the interior acoustics. At the Volvo, we have both Harmon Kardon and B & W. I do think the B & W sounds better, but it’s also a $3,200 option. Anyhow, glad to know I’m not the only one who feels the Panaray was fantastic. I sure wish they would offer that system in other GM cars.
Sharpie car, make it available again..
As an American, it’s actually hurtful to see this 120th Anniversary Cadillac sold only in China. The CT6 is the car I for so long hoped GM would build. After years of cheesy transverse-engine FWD Cadillac sedans, I so wished Cadillac would get back to their archetypal product and build a big, beautiful RWD sedan with a modern V8. They finally did but it only lasted a month or two (in V8 form) and was gone. Now it’s a China-only product as is the celebratory edition and we are the people who gave Cadillac most of that 120 years of success; it certainly wasn’t China doing it in 1965. Cadillac should be marking the anniversary here with the type car that once made the name synonymous with the best from sea to shining sea.
Could not agree more wholeheartedly.
I couldn’t have said it better myself. My Dad has purchased many cadillacs for over 40 years. This is just another kick in America’s face.
I also agree !!!!
But Americans are NOT buying the type of car you just described — at least not from Cadillac.
So, they would lose money if they did it.
Don’t blame Cadillac, blame the American buyer.
ACCadd… I have been saying the same thing for years… If people still bought big sedans then the car companies would still be building them… But if there is no profit to be made the car companies will not build big sedans that almost nobody will buy then it will be discontinued anyway. Me I would love to see a modern Chevy caprice with awd!
Available in China? Have you forgotten about America? Is this part of GM going woke and pandering to China?
Maybe GM thinks it would be “pearls to the pigs!”
Bring the CT6 back to the North American market GM!
Ci2Eye… I agree with you but unfortunately it was the buying public in the USA not GM or Cadillacs fault that the CT6 is being sold elsewhere! I just don’t get it I would take the CT6 over an Escalade any day… But go figure people are still buying giant gas guzzling SUVs even though gas is at record high prices… Like they say only in America!
Chevy Man,
CT6 actually sold pretty well here in the US and that was even with the boneheaded decision to keep the XTS around competing with it at a lower price. That was a huge and often overlooked factor.
I don’t think CT6 was a failure. GM just, as always, made poor decisions regarding it. The XTS was one decision, having no V8 at launch was another, and spending essentially zero to market it was a third. I’m just a dumb car enthusiast from the Georgia pines but I’m pretty sure I could’ve made the car more successful than the never ending parade of Cadillac managers did. I think they just didn’t try because by the time the critical piece (the 4.2 V8) was finally in place for the car to succeed, Mary had decreed Cadillac to be a Tesla chaser and she was already gutting the CT6 factory for electric vans and SUVs.
I always thought the CT6 tale was a tragedy of Shakespearian proportions. The big beautiful RWD Cadillac sedan with a V8 literally made the brand famous like the little sports sedan with an inline six made BMW known worldwide. It WAS Cadillac and for so long, though the years of decline, that quintessential product was missing. Finally after many promises and long waits, there was again a V8 Cadillac sedan with 4.2 liters and an up-to-date OHC 48 valve configuration. Finally, there was a glorious Cadillac V8 again! It was mounted in the magnificent Cadillac-exclusive Omega architecture and the planets had seemingly aligned again for GM’s premier brand; they were back! But before it could even be road tested and the story told, it was killed off. Like the Fiero and Allante before it, the car was extinguished from the lineup at the moment they finally got it right. It was such a tragedy.
How many CT6’s are being sold in China?
Joe:
China sales for 2019: 22,637. 2020: 21,689
US sales for 2019: 7951. 2020: 3117
The highest sales year in the US was 2017 with 10,542.
During its entire 5 model-year lifetime on the American market, total sales were 40,477.
China total sales since introduction through 2021 is 97,011.
I love my 2020 CT6…PLEASE bring it back to the US !!!
And I quote from the article…”history of the automotive brand – founded in Detroit on August 22nd, 1902.”
And we get the crappy CT5 and CT4 as the “luxury cars” from Cadillac! Bring the CT6 back to the US market and actually market them like their competition does. We have 2-CT6’s, a 2017 Premium and a 2020 loaded Premium Luxury AWD with Super Cruise. My dealer offered to buy my 2020 back for $15K over the original sticker because he has customers begging for a full sized car that can accommodate 4 people in comfort. They don’t want a CUV/SUV or a mall crawler pickup.
Bring us the 2nd generation CT^, that is being developed and tested in the US and make a 120th anniversary model to celebrate the “history of the automotive brand – founded in Detroit on August 22nd, 1902.”
Quick Silver I also wish Lincoln would bring back the Town Car a true luxury land yacht who cares if it handles or not my father back in the day had a 1971 Cadillac Sedan DeVille what an amazing car it road nice, looked beautiful in deep baby blue paint and dark blue leather interior with REAL wood trim, and I don’t care what people say this car with snow tires on it was great in the snow… That’s when people actually knew how to drive. If Cadillac Lincoln or Chrysler ever come out with big cars again count me in and I want something special not shared with any other brand they make the way it used to be.
It’s not for me but I could see it selling in decent numbers in N.A.
Well, according to wiki, 17,715 were sold in China last year, compared to 7,951 sold here in 2019. I guess we did not support the car by buying one. Too bad.