Cadillac CT6 News
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Cadillac's CT6 lives on in China, where it's just been updated with Super Cruise.
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Cadillac ramps up CT6 discounts as price hikes loom for final model year
The 2019 Cadillac CT6 gets discounted before the 2020 base price jumps to include V6 and active safety features.
Byron Hurd -
Cadillac could be underrating the performance of its Blackwing V-8
Testers revealed that the engine's torque output may exceed what's been advertised.
Drew Johnson -
First drive review: The 2019 Cadillac CT6 is a glimpse of what could have been
The 2019 Cadillac CT6 is a tech-filled luxury sedan that shows what the automaker can do.
Joel Feder -
2020 Cadillac CT6 to cost more for its final year
For its last year in production, the 2020 Cadillac CT6 sedan has a costlier, but slimmed-down lineup.
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Cadillac CT6-V will die another day, brand bumps starting price
The Cadillac CT6's future, in general, remains in question, but the hotter CT6-V isn't dead yet. The brand announced it will build another "installment" of the cars due to high demand. Cars Direct reported on Wednesday that the Cadillac CT6-V will live again, but the next batch of 4.2-liter...
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Two General Motors sedans previously confirmed to cease North American production this year will live on a bit longer. As first reported by Reuters on Friday, GM will continue to build the Chevrolet Impala and Cadillac CT6 at the Detroit-Hamtramck plant in Michigan until January 2020. The original plan would have seen production cease this summer. When contacted, a GM spokesman told Motor Authority the company will be building 2019 examples of the Impala and CT6 until the cutoff date, with no models changes planned other than those already announced. This means GM isn't likely to offer any...
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Pricey Platinum trim could be last chance to snag CT6 with V-8
Cadillac has a new, brand-exclusive V-8 called the Blackwing that debuts in the 2019 CT6. Initially announced last November for a high-performance CT6-V model limited to just 275 units, Cadillac in January added that the 4.2-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 would also be offered in the regular CT6...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
The 2019 Cadillac CT6-V will cost you $88,790, but it's already sold out
The Cadillac CT6 bows out after the 2019 model year, but it isn't going quietly. Cadillac has developed a high-performance CT6-V powered by the brand-exclusive 4.2-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 known as the Blackwing, which will be offered for 2019 only. Owners can expect at least 550 horsepower and...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Cadillac CT6 to bow out after 2019, going out with twin-turbo V-8 glory
General Motors announced a purge to its passenger car lineup on Monday, and we have official confirmation the Cadillac CT6 sedan is part of the car cull. A Cadillac spokesperson confirmed with Motor Authority that the CT6 sedan will exit production in mid-2019. The spokesperson confirmed the 2019...
Sean Szymkowski -
GM to kill Chevy Volt, Cruze, and Impala, axe three plants; Buick LaCrosse to follow
General Motors on Monday said that it will discontinue the Chevrolet Volt, Cruze, and Impala early next year and shutter three assembly plants in the U.S. and Canada as it reduces its workforce and feeds demand for crossover SUVs and pickups rather than sedans. GM said that the assembly plants it...
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Plug-in hybrid dropped from Cadillac CT6 lineup for 2019
Cadillac's CT6 enters the 2019 model year with a series of comprehensive updates, but unfortunately it also loses its plug-in hybrid option launched just two years ago. The information was first reported on Tuesday by GM Authority and since confirmed to Motor Authority by a Cadillac spokesman. The...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Forget Cadillac's Northstar. The future is Blackwing, and it starts with the 2019 Cadillac CT6-V. Cadillac has named the sport sedan's new 4.2-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 the Blackwing, and it even comes with a unique logo. GM Authority first discovered the logo a week ago in a trademark filing made by General Motors with the World Intellectual Property Organization for both the United States and Canada. The logo recalls similar shapes from Cadillac's crest logo and the V-Series emblem itself. The filing states the logo consists of "two stylized wings comprised of six elongated geometric...
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Cadillac renames CT6 V-Sport a CT6-V as ATS-V, CTS-V bow out
Cadillac's CT6 V-Sport unveiled at March's 2018 New York auto show will be called a CT6-V when it arrives in showrooms, General Motors production development boss Mark Reuss has confirmed. “As a result of the overwhelming response the CT6 V-Sport received when revealed in early 2018...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
CT6's twin-turbo V-8 exclusive to Cadillac, says Johan de Nysschen
Cadillac in March revealed a new 4.2-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 whose first application will be in the 2019 CT6 V-Sport, where it's estimated to deliver 550 horsepower and 627 pound-feet of torque. General Motors tends to use its V-8s across its brands, so fans are already wondering when the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2019 Cadillac CT6 gets twin-turbo V-8 V-Sport, updated look
When it arrived for 2016, Cadillac’s CT6 ushered in a new naming strategy for the brand and marked the first use of the lightweight, aluminum-infused Omega platform for large, rear-wheel-drive cars at General Motors. While the CT6 was never meant to be the true flagship sedan Cadillac fans...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2019 Cadillac CT6 spy shots and video
When it arrived as a 2016 model, Cadillac’s CT6 ushered in a new naming strategy for the brand and marked the first use of the lightweight, aluminum-infused Omega platform for large, rear-wheel-drive cars at General Motors. While the CT6 was never meant to be the true flagship sedan Cadillac...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Cadillac's Super Cruise provides a glimpse into the self-driving future today
When I was a kid, "The Jetsons" promised me flying cars would be part of the future, and I would have a robot housekeeper. It’s the future, and I don’t have either of those things. Now, automakers are promising self-driving cars are the next big thing, and they will be on the road very...
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Cadillac’s self-driving system known as Super Cruise makes its debut on the 2018 CT6 on sale this fall. To mark the introduction, Cadillac on Monday kicked off a cross-country trip with 12 CT6 sedans equipped with Super Cruise. The fleet is traveling from New York to California and will cross 16 states plus the District of Columbia. (Motor Authority will be joining the fleet for part of the journey to bring you a firsthand report.) This initial version of Super Cruise is designed for single-lane, limited-access highway driving and lets you sit back and relax without worrying about...
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2017 Cadillac CT6 preview
When the CT6 went on sale in early 2016, it marked several firsts for Cadillac. The full-size luxury sedan was the first to use the new "CT" (Cadillac Touring) prefix for Cadillac’s car lineup. It was also the first to feature the brand’s new grille treatment, Omega rear-wheel-drive...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid priced from $76,090
Cadillac's CT6 Plug-In Hybrid was first shown at the 2015 Shanghai auto show but is only now making its North American debut, appearing on Wednesday at the 2016 Los Angeles auto show. The car will go on sale in the spring of 2017 with a starting price of $76,090, including a $995 destination...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
CT6 sighting in Melbourne suggests Cadillac set for Australian launch
Prior to the global financial crisis late last decade, General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] was ready to launch Cadillac in Australia. However, the crisis, and GM’s ensuing bankruptcy, put those plans on hold. Now it looks like GM could be ready again to launch Cadillac in Australia, a market...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid coming with 449 hp, 37-mile electric range
Cadillac's CT6 Plug-In Hybrid was unveiled a year ago at the Shanghai Auto Show, but full details on the sedan's advanced powertrain are only now being released. As previously reported, the CT6 borrows some components from the second-generation Chevy Volt, adapting them to a rear-wheel-drive...
Stephen Edelstein -
2016 Cadillac CT6 first drive review
Cadillac has a problem. Over the past few years it has developed and delivered a pair of sedans—the ATS and CTS—that are as good as or better than anything Europe has to offer. And yet, car sales were down last year and those cars really haven’t put a dent in the sales of the...
Kirk Bell