2023 Cadillac V-Series: Anniversary and Track Editions

This record's own title identifies this as the "2023 Cadillac CT4-V, CT5-V and Blackwings," and its own dek states that the Blackwings' second year brought the 120-car CT5-V Blackwing 120th Anniversary Edition and three 99-car CT4-V Blackwing IMSA editions. This record's own overview states that for 2023 Cadillac documented eight regular-V and Blackwing configurations: the CT4-V (325 hp) and CT5-V (360 hp) with a ten-speed automatic and rear- or all-wheel drive, and the CT4-V Blackwing (472 hp, 445 lb-ft) and CT5-V Blackwing (668 hp, 659 lb-ft) with a six-speed manual or ten-speed automatic.^1,2

This record's own overview states that Cadillac announced the CT5-V Blackwing 120th Anniversary Edition on April 11, 2022, limited to 120 cars numbered with years of Cadillac history, the first, car 1902, selling for $250,000 at Barrett-Jackson with the proceeds given to the SAE Foundation. It states that the CT4-V Blackwing Track Edition was built as three IMSA editions of 99 cars each, Watkins Glen, Sebring, and Road Atlanta, 297 in all, at Lansing Grand River.^3,4

This record's own overview states that the owners' registry had not closed its 2023 columns when read, its 2023 transmission counts (CT5-V Blackwing 1,044 manual, 991 automatic; CT4-V Blackwing 827 manual, 1,283 automatic) exceeding the sums of its own 2023 color columns, so this record shows the 2023 counts as incomplete. This record's own production rows note that the announced 120-car 120th Anniversary Edition limit sits against a registry count of 121 cars carrying RPO ABQ for 2023, a discrepancy this record marks as disputed.⁵

This record's own production rows document the three IMSA editions at 99 cars each: Watkins Glen (ZLE), built October through December 2022, Sebring (ZLD), built January 2023, and Road Atlanta (ZLG), built February through March 2023, per both Cadillac Society and the owners' registry. This record's own production notes state that no 2023 model-year total for any V model was found, and that production of the regular, non-Blackwing 2023 CT4-V and CT5-V was likewise not found in any source read for the year.^4,5

This record's own prices section documents CT4-V Blackwing starting prices of $61,890 manual and $65,065 automatic, both including a $1,395 destination charge, and CT5-V Blackwing starting prices of $92,390 manual and $95,565 automatic, also including the $1,395 destination charge, the CT5-V Blackwing figures relaying a GM Authority report rather than a primary Cadillac source, with the automatic priced roughly $3,175 above the manual in both cars.^6,7

This record's own engines section documents the 2.7-liter turbo four at 325 hp for the CT4-V and the 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 at 360 hp for the CT5-V, alongside the LF4 3.6-liter twin-turbo V6 at 472 hp and 445 lb-ft for the CT4-V Blackwing and the LT4 6.2-liter supercharged V8 at 668 hp and 659 lb-ft for the CT5-V Blackwing, all given as factory advertised output. This record's own transmissions section documents the ten-speed automatic as standard on both the CT4-V and CT5-V in rear- or all-wheel drive, with the manual reserved for the Blackwing pair documented separately in the engines section above.^8,1