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.
https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/whichcar/2020/04/15/Misc/Cadillac-CT5-V-Blackwing-front.jpg
https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/whichcar/2020/04/15/Misc/Cadillac-CT5-V-Blackwing-static-side.jpg
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.
https://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/s3/digital-cougar-assets/whichcar/2020/04/15/Misc/Cadillac-CT5-V-Blackwing-front.jpg