2021 Cadillac CT4-V and CT5-V: The Regular Cars' Last Year

This record's own title identifies this as the "2021 Cadillac CT4-V and CT5-V," and its own dek states that the regular CT4-V and CT5-V continued into their second year, 561 and 1,081 built, as Cadillac revealed the Blackwing versions that would follow for 2022. This record's own overview states that the V-Series production list gives 561 CT4-V and 1,081 CT5-V for model year 2021, and that its list of regular CT4-V and CT5-V production ends with this year rather than continuing into a further row, with the two body totals kept separately scoped by model.¹

This record's own overview states that MotorWeek tested a rear-drive CT4-V with the ten-speed automatic and the 325-hp, 380 lb-ft high-output 2.7-liter four, listing it from $45,890. It states that on February 1-2, 2021 Cadillac revealed the 2022 CT4-V Blackwing (472 hp) and CT5-V Blackwing (668 hp), both with a standard manual, a preview of the more powerful cars that would carry the V badge forward the following year.^2,3

This record's own engines section documents the 2.7-liter high-output turbo four at 325 hp and 380 lb-ft as a manufacturer rating with no SAE certification stated in the cited item, standard on the CT4-V. This record's own transmissions section documents the ten-speed automatic as standard, with no manual option recorded for the regular, non-Blackwing CT4-V, and this record's own prices section documents the CT4-V's base price at $45,890 as reported by MotorWeek, the only 2021 price this record carries for either car in its prices section.²

This record's own options section documents the Climate Package required for leather interiors on both the CT4-V and CT5-V, the Platinum Package required for the CT5-V's Sedona Sauvage semi-aniline interior, and three CT5-V wheel choices: 19-inch alloys in Diamond Cut/Android Satin or Satin Graphite finish with summer-only low-profile tires, and 20-inch accessory wheels in polished, dark Android gloss, or painted gloss black. None of these options carries a code, price, or install count in the brochure this record's own options section cites.

This record's own paint section documents nine colors shared across the CT4-V and the CT5-V, Black Raven, Summit White, Infrared Tintcoat, Velocity Red, Satin Steel Metallic, Evergreen Metallic, Shadow Metallic, Wave Metallic, and Rift Metallic, noting that seven of them carry an unresolved footnote marker in the brochure text that this record's own source could not resolve, possibly indicating an extra charge, and that no per-color production figure was published for the CT4-V or the CT5-V in any source read this year.

This record's own interiors section documents three CT4-V trims and four CT5-V trims, each standard trim in leatherette and the leather trims requiring the Climate Package, with the top CT5-V semi-aniline trim additionally requiring the Platinum Package on top of the Climate Package. This record's own specifications section documents an EPA rating of 20/29/23 mpg for the rear-drive CT4-V, and this record's own performance section documents MotorWeek's measured 0-60 mph time of 4.8 seconds, a 13.3-second quarter mile at 106 mph, and 106-foot 60-0 mph braking for the same rear-drive test car.²