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Micks
16-04-2020, 12:37 PM
Blackwing Caddies with V8 engines and a manual gearbox set to rival M and AMG could land in Australia


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If the prospect of a powerhouse rear-drive, V8 sedan with a stick and three pedals has your interested piqued, then HSV could well deliver exactly that. Just not in the short term.

Cadillac's CT5-V Blackwing has some engineering that'll certainly have a familiar ring with traditional Holden customers.

A 6.2-litre supercharged V8 lump and a six-speed manual transmission

“They look exciting,” admitted HSV's Chris Polites of the Blackwing models, clearly having to bite his tongue. “That's all I can really say about them at this point in time.”

“They're not in our immediate term plans,” he explained. “We just launched the [Chevrolet Silverado] 1500 today so that'll keep us busy for the short

The Blackwing version of the CT5-V is set to rival the Mercedes-AMG C63 and the BMW M3 and will be offered in the US with a choice of six-speed manual or 10-speed automatic transmissions.

Rather confusingly, there was a 410kW 4.2-litre twin-turbo V8 Blackwing engine developed by Cadillac for this car, but that's purportedly not going into the flagship performance model.

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Pickles
16-04-2020, 03:28 PM
I'd love to see that in Aus, BUT, it would be BIG dollars by the time it was converted,...maybe too big?
Pickles.

Micks
16-04-2020, 04:31 PM
Agree Martin our country will be on it's @ss for many years to come, peeps won't have spare available cash to splash on these toys.

Pickles
17-04-2020, 09:36 AM
Agree Martin our country will be on it's @ss for many years to come, peeps won't have spare available cash to splash on these toys.

Agree my friend, we are most definitely in uncharted waters,...dollars only for necessities for me.
Pickles.