2020 Cadillac V-Series: The Badge Moves to CT4 and CT5

This record's own dek states that the V badge moved to the new CT4 and CT5 as turbocharged, ten-speed, rear- or all-wheel-drive sport sedans, beside the last CT6-V. This record's own overview states that Cadillac announced the CT4-V and CT5-V on May 31, 2019 for sale in 2020, a 2.7-liter turbo four in the CT4-V and a 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 in the CT5-V, each with a ten-speed automatic and rear- or all-wheel drive, and that the announced outputs were Cadillac estimates of 320 hp and 355 hp.¹

This record's own overview states that by pricing time the CT5-V was quoted at 360 hp and 405 lb-ft, from $48,690 with all-wheel drive $2,600 extra, and that a Consumer Guide test of an all-wheel-drive CT4-V quoted 325 hp and 380 lb-ft. It states that the V-Series production list gives 803 CT4-V, 1,127 CT5-V, and 434 CT6-V for model year 2020, and that on April 15, 2020 Cadillac confirmed that Blackwing versions of the CT4-V and CT5-V were coming.^2,3

This record's own conflicts section addresses CT4-V output directly: 320 hp as Cadillac's own May 2019 estimate against 325 hp and 380 lb-ft in the later Consumer Guide specifications box. Its treatment shows both, describing the gap as a pre-launch estimate against a later published figure, with the later figure the one listed in this record's own engine table rather than the earlier announcement figure.⁴

This record's own conflicts section also addresses 2020 CT6-V production: 434 vehicles in the V-Series production list against 411 CT6-V engines from Cadillac Society and 411 CT6-V vehicles from GM Authority, whose own color counts sum to 407. Its treatment shows all three figures from different lineages, notes that GM Authority's 411 shares the same analyst lineage as the Cadillac Society engine count rather than confirming it independently, and that GM Authority's own 2020 color split sums to 407, short of its own headline total.^5,6

This record's own prices section documents a $48,690 starting price for the CT5-V with all-wheel drive at $2,600 more, and a $44,495 base price for the CT4-V against a $48,610 as-tested price for the all-wheel-drive test car. This record's own engines section documents the 2.7-liter turbo four at 325 hp and 380 lb-ft and the 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 at 360 hp and 405 lb-ft, revised up from the 355-hp estimate per Kelley Blue Book, and this record's own transmissions section documents the ten-speed automatic as the only transmission in both cars.^4,2

This record's own paint section documents nine priced CT4-V colors, from $625 options like Velocity Red and Royal Spice Metallic to the $1,225 Red Obsession Tintcoat and no-charge Summit White and Black Raven, alongside five CT6-V colors whose production counts sum to 407, four short of GM Authority's own 411 CT6-V total and 27 short of Cadillac V-Net's 434, a gap the article does not explain. This record's own specifications section documents rear-wheel drive as standard with all-wheel drive available and an EPA rating of 20/28/23 mpg for the all-wheel-drive CT4-V, and this record's own performance section documents Consumer Guide's observed 22.5 mpg over 223 miles on 9.9 gallons.^7,8