Article by:
Lawrence Ulrich
The Escalade SUV may have brought the sales, but Cadillac’s V-Series cars brought respect to an American luxury brand that was often scoffed at or counted out. They included a CTS-V that, in 2008, became the first production sedan to break the 8-minute lap mark at Germany’s fabled Nürburgring circuit.
The CT5-V Blackwing is a direct descendant of those record-setting sedans. And it’s better in key ways, instantly laying claim as one of history’s fastest and most track-capable four-doors. Oh, and it’s fun. As in wedding-blowout, conga-line, everybody-in-the-pool fun. Read the full article here.