Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing specs

@FastestLaps Can we get the 2025 Precision Package added as a separate vehicle? https://news.cadillac.com/newsroom.detail.html/Pages/news/us/en/2024/jul/0730-blackwing.html

https://images.app.goo.gl/1E9KvDyVxz7ABZ9m9
This is a facelift, should it get added?

@FastestLaps please add "Supercharged" to the engine description, and change the transmission description to "6-speed manual and 10-speed auto"

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a45765297/0-150-0-mph-speed-test-2023/
0-150-0 in 24.7 seconds, .3 seconds off a 911 gt3 rs

CEO John Hennessey

Dyno Caddilac CT5-V Blackwing Drive

Modified Dyno Caddilac CT5-V Blackwing

Stock Dyno Caddilac CT5-V Blackwing

Will be getting this in Forza tomorrow!!!

I've already enhanced my simulation work so that they reflect more and more of real-life results. Over here I got an 11.8@126 quarter-mile time for the CT5 Blackwing with a stick, and 11.5@128 for one with a box.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EGSLVU3YQNbYkc6kJ4uKGmi0ulsAT_nDnAEBa72b7kw/edit?usp=sharing

Top speeds are "over 200" according to Cadillac. Well I got near 220. This may as well be the fastest serial production sedan to have ever been made. (Top speed wise and not counting Brabuses or G-Powers)

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/GvGpqPS8g9m6HEvTYzPlRg
According to Cadillac Official. @Fastestlaps

Something new about this car. Two more laptimes. Dubai and Yas Marina.

one of the last true muscle cars alive

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https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1dr4y1u7hh
1:39 that's legit supercar's realm. That's like back in the days when CTSV made it in to 8:00 at the RING.

With gas prices at an all-time high, I traded my Chromebook in for a used Windows 98 to sense the pride of a Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing

This, but imagine my female crush driving it WITH me in the car :)))

Easily one of the greatest sedans ever made - truely amazing.

This car is a gateway to the ultra-limited Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm and Jaguar XE SV Project 8. It is much more comfortable to live with. Like seeing a country girl in a bathing suit and posting her happy moments to Facebook and Instagram where her family are watching, versus a "bad" city girl seeking attention and validation on more "casual" platforms like Twitter and TikTok — the Cadillac is far more subtle, but loaded with just about the same features.

The CT5-V Blackwing is not a true M5 rival. Think of it as more of a bridge-gap between M550i and M5 with the standard 6-speed manual. Even if you opt for the 10-speed automatic it'll compete with the M3 Competition at best, and even then, it will have a very hard time keeping up with the xDrive version.

The good thing about the CT5-V Blackwing however is that its handling actually matches or even trumps its acceleration stats, depending on how specifically you order it. In many cases, this car makes a BMW M5 CS look and feel like a Honda Odyssey. This car is everything that a Hellcat, Bentley, or Aston Martin isn't. Seriously, only a select few six-figure mid-engine supercars and certain track-day specials can best some of the Blackwing's instantly remarkable track times.

I don't know if it's just me or whatever but I think that the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing gives out that Mercedes-Porsche 500E vibe.

Neither of these are true competitors for the contemporary BMW M5 models (F90 in the Blackwing's age group, E34 in the 500E's age group).

Both of them do prove that bigger is better. The 500E is a 420E with slightly wider tires. The CT5 Blackwing takes it even further, being a CT5-V with slightly wider tires AND a completely different engine!

Both of these cars are ONLY going to SKYROCKET in value.

The M5 and modern E-Class AMG not only do engine modifications, but major body mods in general

The 500E has some Porsche 928 influence and JUST LIKE THAT 🤌👍 the CT5 BW has some Camaro ZL1 influence

The 928 and ZL1 are the 'little brothers' that are physically bigger and more brutish than the 911 930 Turbo and the Corvette C7 Z06

Chris Harris drives the Blackwing. I don't really know anything about it.

But that's good, yes!🧐

Now THIS is a woman

Here's a good song to mix with it

I did some recomputing when comparing the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing against fellow V8 (and twin-turbo V6) sports sedans, and it's actually slower in top speed (@209mph) than the CTS-V Series 3 (214mph) which uses the same engine, but what makes up for that is the extra track enhancements. Its aerodynamics are a bit worse than those of the CTS-V3's. However, it is the first Cadillac to ever lap the MT F/8 track both in under 24 seconds. Motor Trend themselves got 23.4sec at 0.89g, and I got 23.7sec in my computer at 1.01g.

2021 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing
Claimed Power: 668 hp @ 6500 rpm
Claimed Torque: 659 lb-ft @ 3600 rpm
Bore x Stroke: 103.25 mm x 92 mm
Number of Cylinders: 8
Boost Pressure: 0.7 bar
BMEP d: 12.0 bar
VE un-boost: 100.00%
VE boost: 136.97%
MPS @ Peak Power: 20 m/s
Actual Power: 738 hp @ 6520 rpm
Actual Torque: 594 lb-ft @ 3260-6520 rpm
Drivetrain: RWD; 6MT/10AT
Estimated Weight: 4052 lb
0-60 MPH: 4.0 sec
0-100 MPH: 7.6 sec
0-150 MPH: 15.4 sec
0-200 MPH: 36.3 sec
1/4-Mile (street): 11.8 sec @ 130 mph
1/4-Mile (drag): 10.8 sec @ 130 mph
Top Speed: 209 mph
Motor Trend Figure-8: 23.7 sec @ 1.01 G
Nürburgring Nordschleife: 7:06 (with carbon fiber appearance package and summer-only tires, or 105% effort over other CT5-V Blackwing units)
Top Gear Test Track (Power Lap): 1:16-1:20

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11T6iUr6uQ_TkqqFB1nPvV0malo9X5HgXlK3JZ2du1RA/edit?usp=sharing

My estimated lap times
Motor Trend Figure-8: 23.6 sec @ 0.99 G
Nürburgring Nordschleife: 7:23
Top Gear Test Track (Power Lap): 1:18

How I estimated these lap times

FIGURE-8:
((900/(30/23)x(1913x2.20462262))/0.014)/650))x.78x.95

Maximum concrete acceleration = 0.67 G
Maximum cornering acceleration = 1.32 G

NORDSCHLEIFE:
((20600m/(300km/h/(251m*0.3048m))x(1913kg/650hp)/1.32g)x0.0095x0.825

This could improve to a 7:09 on semi-slicks.

POWER LAP:
((4052lb+75kg)/650hp)x((1.75mi)x12)x.78x.75

Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing

Claimed Power: 668 hp @ 6500 rpm
Claimed Torque: 659 lb-ft @ 3600 rpm
Bore x Stroke: 103.25 mm x 92 mm
Number of Cylinders: 8
Boost Pressure: 0.7 bar
BMEP differential: 9.6 bar
VE un-boost: 110.00%
VE boost: 150.66%
Mean Piston Speed @ Peak Power: 20 m/s
Actual Power: 650 hp @ 6520 rpm
Actual Torque: 581 lb-ft @ 2935 rpm
Drivetrain: 6MT/10AT; RWD
Estimated Weight: 4052 lb
0-60 MPH: 4.1 sec
0-100 MPH: 7.9 sec
0-150 MPH: 17.0 sec
0-200 MPH: 37.4 sec
1/4-Mile (street): 11.9 sec @ 128 mph
1/4-Mile (drag, 6MT): 11.6 sec @ 123 mph
1/4-mile (drag, 10AT): 10.8 sec @ 125 mph
Top Speed: 211 mph

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13wkzDcN2n4_MPZDDv5RwCZCOLE8juWX7na5pGjBgxKU/edit#gid=0

Mainstream E-segment sports-sedans (not necessarily a dying breed), badge-engineer luxury brands counted as mainstream

Acura TLX Type S
Cadillac CT5-V and CT5-V Blackwing (successor to CTS V-Sport and CTS-V, respectively)
Chrysler 300S V8 (basically a substitute SRT for North America; a rebadged C with better handling)
Dodge Charger HEMI versions (R/T, Scat Pack, Scat Pack Widebody, Hellcat Widebody, Hellcat Redeye Widebody, Jailbreak)
Genesis G80 3.5T Sport
Honda Accord 2.0T Sport
Hyundai Sonata N-Line
Infiniti Q50 Red Sport 400
Kia K5 GT
Kia Stinger GT
Nissan Maxima SR
Toyota Camry TRD V6
Volkswagen Arteon R

Those are your choices. Not all of them are RS7/M5/E63 AMG fighters. These have around 300-400 hp or more, depending on the handling/dynamic/enhancement level (the Accord's factory rating of 252hp is not correct, it makes 306hp+).

Discontinued: Dodge Charger SRT 392 (replaced indirectly by Scat Pack Widebody), Ford Fusion 2.7T Sport and Lincoln MKZ 3.0T AWD twins, Ford Taurus SHO, Genesis G80 5.0, Infiniti Q70 5.6, Lexus GS 350 F-Sport (+ GS F), all of the crazed-up versions of the Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore/Caprice.

I would place the Buick Regal GS in the D-segment, not the E-segment — even though it's technically a Fusion Sport and MKZ rival, its back seats are too cramped for it to be considered E-segment. In terms of overall size, the Regal (aka the Opel Insignia) is more in the league of A4/3er/C-Klasse than in the league of A6/5er/E-Klasse. It's like comparing a global-body Passat to an NMS-body Passat.

0-60mph in 3.6s and ¼mile in 11.7s@124mph. VERY close to an M3C

https://www.motorweek.org/reviews/road_tests/2022-cadillac-ct5-v-blackwing