The 2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing produces a mean, defined exhaust note thanks to its tried-and-true supercharged V8 engine. GM Authority recently had the opportunity to get behind the wheel of this high-performance luxury sedan, which provided us with the chance to demonstrate its aggressive-sounding exhaust.
Our video demonstrating the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing exhaust shows the system with the exhaust valves both opened and closed. The sedan comes standard with a dual-mode exhaust, which has internal valves that can either be fully open or fully closed, allowing the user to adjust the exhaust sound from inside the cabin. The exhaust flaps are closed in Stealth, Tour, and Wet/Weather modes and remain open in Sport or Track modes. It’s also possible to control the position of the exhaust flaps individually from the internal menus, or by switching the vehicle into V Mode or My Mode.
As our video shows, the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing already has a fairly aggressive exhaust note with the valves closed, producing a refined burble at idle and a rather loud roar under throttle. Once the valves are open, though, the car truly comes awake, producing a bass-filled V8 boom followed by a symphony of crackles, bangs and pops. Our video also demonstrates how the exhaust sounds during a low speed fly-by with the valves open while the car is in Sport mode.
This performance four-door comes standard with the supercharged 6.2L LT4 V8 gasoline engine, which is rated at 668 horsepower at 6,400 rpm and 659 pound-feet of torque at 3,600 rpm. A six-speed manual transmission comes standard, while the GM 10-speed automatic is available for a price premium. Our test vehicle used to film this video was equipped with the six-speed manual.
Check out the video embedded below to hear the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing cold start and rev in both of its available exhaust modes.
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Fabulous video showing why sound of kick-ass power will be missed in the age of electrification. Those sounds put a heartbeat, a breathing body to a car which will soon be history.
Music to my ears. Perhaps the best Cadillac on the market currently.
Sounds like a really bad tune to me. Since when is popping good. While you car waiting for a car that you will probably never get you can get some Jiffy Pop pop corn and pretend driving around.
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CT5-V BLACKWING
Think you forgot the ct6v… full sized sedan with a very unique engine.
Ct6v sounds better then this wtf…
In what universe?
Well guess you have not been around a ct6v blackwing and ct5v bw in real life and watch them run. Twin turbo spooling sounds alot more unique then the BMW popping sounds the ct5v is replicating lol.
So yes in this universe. Ct6v interior and exterior are on another level compared to the ct5v fan boi. Handles, lighting, speakers, I can keep going on. Quality…
I’m sorry but the revs and start up are meh, go listen to a ct6v cold start and spooling of the twin turbos on a push its unique and beautifully.
“Well guess you have not been around a ct6v blackwing”…
You guessed wrong. I was one of the first people outside of GM/Cadillac employees to drive both the CT6-V and the CT5-V Blackwing.
“Twin turbo spooling sounds alot more unique then the BMW popping sounds the ct5v is replicating”
Wrong again. The CT5-V Blackwing is not “replicating” anything. It’s the way a fifth gen GM Small Block sounds with a healthy amount of metal after the headers. In fact, the CT5-V Blackwing sounds very much like a Corvette C7 Z06 does. If you want to stretch (and this is a stretch), then that’s the vehicle that the CT5-V Blackwing is “replicating” by the simple nature of having the same engine.
“Ct6v interior and exterior are on another level compared to the ct5v fan boi. Handles, lighting, speakers, I can keep going on. Quality…”
Who is talking about handling or lighting or speakers or quality? We’re talking about exhaust here. Wasn’t it you who said the CT6-V “sounds better”? Also, you might want to look up who you’re talking to. There is a link to the about page at the top AND bottom of this page. Hit it.
“I’m sorry but the revs and start up are meh, go listen to a ct6v cold start and spooling of the twin turbos on a push its unique and beautifully.”
Right off the bat: there is nothing “meh” about the CT5-V Blackwing.
Now, it seems like you feel a dire need to defend the CT6-V, which is a great automobile, but it’s a completely different kind of car than the CT5-V Blackwing. As far as sounds are concerned, the CT5-V Blackwing simply sounds more raucous and lively, while the CT6-V is more subdued. Don’t let your personal feelings toward the CT6 get in the way of reality.