AWESOME!!!!! Cadillac is kind of defined by the V8 IMO, they were the first ones to offer an overhead valve V8 in 1949, which kind of started the horsepower wars of the 50's/60's IMO. Cadillac holds the record for largest displacement engine in a production car at 500 cubic inches.

I'm hoping this V8 is a lot more reliable than the last "Cadillac" V8, aka the Northstar.

Still though, this looks to be a really expensive and kind of niche product, I'd really like to see more affordable V8 engine options in the ATS and CTS, even if this means they are just warmed over truck engines. Nothing wrong with the 5.3 and 6.2 V8 truck engines IMO, they'd work great in cars and give Cadillac something to brag about, V8 power where your competition is offering 4 or 6 cylinder engines for the same price. Just saying on cheaper platforms, don't charge much of a premium, maybe like a $2000 stand alone option for the truck V8. Those that want the V8 power can have it, those that want better fuel economy can have that too with the 4 cylinder or V6. Give people some choices here Cadillac, nobody wants the same engine in a $50-60k Cadillac that you can get in a $20,000 Chevy Cruze or Malibu.

I also see no problem selling a truck engine Cadillac. Trucks are premium now days, status symbols, put some truck engines in your lower line cars. You already sell a $100,000 Escalade with a truck chassis and truck engine, no reason you can't sell a fun hotrod version of the ATS with about 400hp for 50k with a good old V8. I mean 4 years ago Cadillac, you were selling a 562hp, supercharged V8 monster CTS-V for about 60k.

 

This will not move a needle for Cadillac. They are in complete disarray and rightfully so. From the moment they've transitioned from rebadged Opel Omegas to first ever CTS they've NOT been able to produce a coherent product. And mighty Lord knows they've tried to battle on all the fronts from entry luxury, performance luxury and folding hard top coupe to flagship sedan with the newest CT6 and they have failed every single time. Why? Because building cars is not as simple as chasing trends by giving few hot features while completely neglecting everything else including some basic stuff as well.

From my tenure in automotive design one thing has stuck with me "whole is greater than the sum of its parts", I've been told that numerous times and I have experienced it as well. So did you. This is even more so evident in premium badge segment where the standard bar is raised quite high. Here on forums we might argue every flagship needs V8, this car needs this much performance, all cars should be RWD and so on but the foundation is always coherence. It's very hard to come by but it's the single reason why Cadillac is not selling, why Lincoln is not selling, why Acura took a dump while back and why Infiniti lost it's way. There is some solid feeling when you get behind the wheel of a Lexus or Audi or Bentley that you really cannot pin point your finger at what actually is but it's all parts working together to make a superior machine. Very few pieces are idle or missing while in Cadillac there are huge gaps in blue print and many gears spinning in isolation instead of synergy (figuratively of course).

Putting a modern V8 in CT6 is a quick patch and free PR from Magazine publisher but it will not solve CT6 core problem which is GM's poor culture in R&D and product design.

 

Anyone guess a price for this beast? How are Cadillac leases?

 

 

Nope, would rather save and get the AMG GT Sedan.

 

I hope that it sounds better than the 6.2L. I wouldn't be surprised if this engine worked its way into the Escalade.

 

Is this the CTS-V, or is it a step below? The numbers don't imply that it's a step below....meaning what's with "sport" being added after the V. Meaning a BMW M sport is not an M, just as a C43 AMG is not really an AMG....

 

Have you ever been to a Cadillac dealership for service (I have and do), if you are referring to this motor? I am not even sure they are going to understand what you are talking about, when you use fancy words like "math," "predicts," and "number." But it's not all bad, the Nespresso machine is pretty cool.

 

The CT6 is a much larger car than the CTS. The CTS-V is powered by a supercharged V-8 and is a factory hot-rod. It is kind of extreme for daily use for most of us. There is a CTS V Sport that has a turbo V-6 which is more of a normal sedan with good performance. Since this is identified as a V Sport, it likely is not as high performance as a CTS-V but more livable for daily use.

 

Dang, thanks, missed that...thought it was CTS.....that makes sense. I like the way these cars look, but I was looking at CT6s on eBay and rather shocked by how high the prices went...couldn't help but think for the money would rather get a BMW etc....

 

You could get a BMW (and I by all means am a BMW fan) but so many auto reviews in the past few years have favored the Cadillac sedans over the competition. I haven't read my C & D (BMW and Driver?) this month that prominently displayed the M5 in front of the CTS-V, but Ill be curious to see what they say.

 

I just saw that C&D comparison test. The order of finish was 1. BMW M5 2. MB AMG E63 3. Caddy CTS-V 4. Panamera Turbo. Their comment about the CTS-V was "the car we want to drive, but not the car we want to own"..