2019 Cadillac V-Series: The Last CTS-V, and a New CT6-V

This record's own title identifies this as the "2019 Cadillac CTS-V, ATS-V and CT6-V," and its own dek states that the last CTS-V and ATS-V years overlapped with the CT6-V, whose hand-built 4.2-liter twin-turbo Blackwing V8 was rated 550 hp. This record's own overview states that the V-Series production list gives 1,059 CTS-V sedans (6AJ69), 162 ATS-V coupes and no ATS-V sedan row for 2019, and 575 CT6-V sedans.¹

This record's own overview states that the CT6 was shown in March 2018 as the CT6 V-Sport with a new 4.2-liter twin-turbocharged DOHC V8 at a GM-estimated 550 hp and 627 lb-ft, a Hydra-Matic 10L90 ten-speed automatic, and all-wheel drive, the engine hand-built at the Bowling Green Performance Build Center. It states that the car reached market as the CT6-V, priced from $88,790 with an initial US preorder allocation of 275.^2,3

This record's own conflicts section addresses 2019 CT6-V production directly: 575 vehicles in the V-Series production list against 504 CT6-V Blackwing engines from Cadillac Society and 504 CT6-V vehicles, whose color counts also sum to 504, from GM Authority. Its treatment notes the vehicle and engine counts come from different accounting methods and different lineages, with all three shown and none preferred, and that GM Authority's figure shares the same analyst lineage as the Cadillac Society engine count rather than independently confirming it, since both trace back to the same named analyst.^4,5

This record's own prices section documents the CTS-V at $87,990 as reported by GM Authority and the CT6-V's base price at $88,790 from January 2019. This record's own options section documents priced CTS-V RPOs: the Pedestal Package at $14,600, CFZ Carbon Fiber Package at $6,250, Y40 Luxury Package at $2,500, and Y61 Advanced Security Package at $600, all priced figures as reported by GM Authority rather than the order guide itself, which the article notes carries no prices of its own.^6,6

This record's own paint section documents five CT6-V colors with their production counts: 228 Black Raven, 117 Manhattan Noir Metallic, 91 Crystal White Tricoat, 43 Satin Steel Metallic, and 25 Red Horizon Tintcoat, a set that sums to the 504 figure matching GM Authority's own CT6-V total rather than Cadillac V-Net's 575. This record's own paint section also notes a code discrepancy for Red Horizon Tintcoat, given as G9K in the article's prose but GPJ in its list, with GPJ used here as the more specific of the two readings.⁷

This record's own paint section documents five CTS-V colors, including two new for 2019, G7C Velocity Red, which replaced Red Obsession Tintcoat and was not offered with the Jet Black/Saffron interior, and GKK Wave Metallic, alongside G7E Red Obsession still listed in the May 2018 guide, G9K Satin Steel, and GBA Black Raven. This record's own interiors section documents six CTS-V trims, and this record's own engines section documents the LTA 4.2-liter twin-turbo Blackwing V8 at 550 hp and 627 lb-ft as a GM estimate at announcement, standard on the CT6-V and paired with the Hydra-Matic 10L90 ten-speed automatic this record's own transmissions section carries for the car.^8,6