The 2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing is one of the last ICE-based GM sedans available in the U.S. market, offering a blend of luxury, style, and neck-snapping performance. For enthusiasts seeking even more exclusivity, Cadillac also offers the Le Monstre Edition package, which adds a selection of aesthetic upgrades as a tribute to the brand’s racing history in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It was unveiled last summer, and pricing was confirmed in March, and now they’re starting to pop up at Cadillac dealerships.
This first one we’re looking at is for sale at Cadillac of South San Francisco. It has an automatic transmission and the Precision Package, which includes increased spring rates, a beefier front stabilizer bar, revised suspension bushings, and new steering knuckles and rear toe links. The MagneRide dampers, steering, chassis control, and electronic limited-slip differential are also recalibrated for sharper performance. A $50k markup brings the asking price up to $210,450.
This next one at Lone Star Cadillac in Garland, Texas, is another automatic and has several add-ons, including the Super Cruise 1 Package, the Ultra View sunroof, and 19-inch aluminum alloy wheels with a satin graphite dark finish. Add a $30k markup, and the asking price comes to $171,109.
But don’t let dealer markups get you down. We found four CT5-V Blackwing Le Monstre examples in the most desirable enthusiast spec – the manual transmission and the Precision Package – which don’t have any dealer markup at all in their listings. They’re located at Cadillac of Novi in Novi, Michigan, Valley Cadillac in Rochester, New York, Val Ward Cadillac in Fort Meyers, Florida, and Sewel Cadillac in Dallas Texas, all of which are priced a little over $150k.
To recap, the Le Monstre Edition includes exclusive Magnus Metal Front paint, a Stormhawk Blue carbon fiber package, Royal Blue brake calipers, and racing decals, plus Santorini accents and blue seat belts, laser-etched door sill plates, and a 3D-printed manual transmission shifter medallion. Only 101 units will be produced.
As for what’s lurking under the hood, every unit of the 2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing features the supercharged 6.2L V8 LT4 gasoline engine, which is rated at 668 horsepower and 659 pound-feet of torque. Under the skin, the Cadillac CT5 rides on the GM Alpha 2 platform, while vehicle production takes place at the GM Lansing Grand River plant.
Comments
Its a sticker and stitching package
Since GM learned how to take a mediocre LeMans/Tempest and add gee gaws, doo dads, decals and bigger motor to call it a GTO, they got good at making money. This just a Malibu. What a waste of money. A quarter of a million dollars for a Chevy? This is risible.
The negative thumbs down on our comments are GM white shirts. They know what they are charging for decals.
Major,
GM has done plenty of Chevy-to-Cadillac conversions like the infamous Cimarron or today’s Escalade. They deserve to be criticized for that but the CT5 is not a Malibu, not at all. It’s a bonafide Cadillac the likes of which there should be more of. It was developed in a period when GM seemed intent on returning Cadillac to greatness with the highly-acclaimed Alpha and Omega platform cars. The former serves as the basis for the CT5 and it’s a RWD platform that’s now exclusive to Cadillac. It was designed and engineered for premium level products to deliver a superb driving experience. The Malibu rides on an updated variant of the FWD Epsilon platform now dubbed E2XX. The Epsilon is a workhorse architecture for General Motors that has underpinned many moderated priced vehicles for nearly 25 years since its inception.
The two platforms are very different and the cars they spawn are likewise quite different. As I said, GM has too often tried to build Cadillacs with Chevy parts but the CT5 is fortunately not a case of that and thus doesn’t deserve the derision of being called “just a Malibu”.
Whether this particular incarnation of the CT5 is worth $150,000 plus is another matter. I personally think not but it is for sure, a true Cadillac albeit one with an engine associated with Chevrolet. If only there were a Blackwing 4.2 TT V-8 instead of that 6.2 there would be no room at all for criticism. Nonetheless a Malibu it is not.
Idk I thought u actually did a stellar job of differentiating the differences between the two-the Joe guy in the next message is just an imbecile 😉
@Major, you just made the dumbest comment ever made on the internet. Time to wake up!
You’re right. Dumber than Senator Mike Lee’s posting.
Blue Seat belts? Woopy! I had those in my 1984 J2000 Sunbird. It was only $5k. This is messed up.
All the people above who are complaining would buy one in a heartbeat — if they could.
Stop hatin’ fellas.
You are absolutely correct. I am waiting for my DOGE dividend check.
Is the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Sedan ever going to be released in Australia
I’ll stick to my base model CT5. I don’t need a car that costs more than my house.
Not with those ugly wheels and paint
The only reason to upgrade to the blackwing is for the manual transmission!