2022 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing First Drive Review: More Muscle, Less Fat

Cadillac, busily transforming itself into an electric luxury brand, swears the 2022 CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing are the last “V-Series” performance cars it will make with gasoline engines. If that’s true, Cadillac is going out with a bang.

I drove these astonishing sport sedans at Virginia International Raceway, a notoriously fast, gut-check road course that proved the Cadillacs’ appetite for speed. I then transferred from the track to winding country roads in Virginia and North Carolina on an audition that underlined a key takeaway for discerning performance fans: Unless you’re wedded to V8 overkill and scare-the-neighbors sound, the CT4-V Blackwing—with an ample 474 horsepower from a twin-turbo, 3.6-liter V6 engine—is the smarter, sharper-handling choice. That includes a bottom line of $59,990, or $25,000 less than the larger CT5-V Blackwing’s $84,990, which brings 668 horsepower from a supercharged, 6.2-liter V8. The CT4-V Blackwing’s base price is also $2,600 less than the weaker-performing ATS-V that it replaces. (Check back for a full, First Drive review of the 2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing). Read the full article here.