2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Redesign, MPG, Price

2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Redesign, MPG, Price –  Take a close look at the 2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing and you’ll see a whole slew of confusing qualities. It has the price point of a sports sedan, but the wheelbase of an executive-size luxury car. The name brings expectations of past fire-breathing speed machines with V badges, but this one isn’t on the same tier of performance. However, if you take away these expectations there’s a solid car hiding underneath.

2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Redesign and Update Plan

Exterior and Interior

Being coddled and having the latest features is one of the highlights of owning a new luxury car, and Cadillac delivers on that front. In addition to performance-oriented features, this model features heated and vented seats in the front, as well as a heated steering wheel. Naturally, there’s dual-zone automatic climate control, but the HVAC system has an air ionizer as well.

There are a ton of sensors and cameras to help drivers place the car while parking. A surround-view camera array helps avoid costly mistakes. There’s also a parking assist feature that will search for a spot and automatically steer the vehicle into it. To address the slightly small rear window, the CT5-V Blackwing offers an always-on rearview camera that’s displayed in the rearview mirror. The angles are slightly wider and everything seems a bit closer than you’re used to, but it’s a nice addition to improve visibility. My favourite feature is the colour head-up display, which helps to keep your eyes on the road. Cadillac also offers a nice dual-pane sunroof to bring some natural light into the cabin.

2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Specs

Thanks to its adaptive suspension, the vehicle is pretty comfortable on the road, but there are a few other comfort-oriented highlights in the CT5-V Blackwing to point out. The front seats are pretty accommodating with plenty of adjustment. They’re also heated and cooled, though rear seats are left out of the fun. It seems like the rear-seat passengers aren’t given the same standard of care as the front seats. While the vehicle has a generous amount of legroom in the back, the headroom seems pretty limited.  2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Redesign

To be blunt, if you’re buying a performance sedan and looking for practicality, you won’t be that satisfied with the CT5-V Blackwing. There is just 337 L of storage to work with, and space feels a bit compromised thanks to massive gooseneck hinges.

Engine and Performance

Lurking in the engine bay is a 3.0L twin-turbocharged V6 engine making 360 hp and 405 lb-ft of torque. Peak power comes on nicely just past the midway point in the rev range, about 5,600 rpm, while top torque is available from 2,400 to 4,4000 rpm. Those power and torque bands are handled exceptionally well by the ten-speed automatic transmission, which seems to have a gear that puts the engine in its sweet spot for every occasion. Tackle a metered on-ramp and the CT5-V Blackwing will hit highway speeds in just about 4.5 seconds.

My biggest complaint with the motor is the noise. While cruising on the highway or around town, the exhaust drones a bit and is unbecoming of a luxury or performance car. Once you drive the vehicle aggressively, however, the noise becomes a bit more of a highlight. The exhaust burps on upshifts, the rev-matching on downshifts sounds intense, and the Cadillac begins to live up to its V-Series name. While it isn’t as burly or impressive in how it pushes your back in your seats as V cars of old, there is still a tingle of excitement that comes with these little details.

2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Fuel Economy

As impressive as the motor is, fuel economy isn’t one of its strong suits. Understandably, the all-wheel-drive version uses a bit more fuel, with estimates of 13.8 in the city, 9.4 on the highway, and 11.8 combined. That’s premium-grade gas, too. 2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Redesign

For reference, the smaller and more powerful BMW M340i xDrive, a car Cadillac cites as a rival to the CT5-V Blackwing, returns a combined rating of 10.0 L/100 km, while the BMW 540i xDrive – which is closer in size to the CT5-V Blackwing – has an expected fuel consumption of 9.5 L/100 km combined.

2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Safety Features

There’s a rear cross-traffic alert system, a forward collision alert, pedestrian detection with automatic braking, lane-change warning, and blind-spot monitoring as standard equipment. Additionally, you can get rear pedestrian alert and lane-keeping assistance. Cadillac is promising a next-generation adaptive cruise control system in 2021 models, which is a feature that’s worth waiting for.  2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Redesign

2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Price and Release Date

If it sounds like there are some weak points in the overall package of the CT5-V Blackwing the pricing helps redeem many of those complaints. The CT5-V Blackwing starts at $49,798 before the $2,100 destination charge and taxes are added. That price is for a rear-wheel-drive model, with all-wheel traction adding $2,200 to the price.

My well-equipped example featured a price of $64,483 before destination and air conditioning tax. That’s a pretty good deal, as the CT5-V Blackwing offers the best of two worlds: it’s as sporty and fun as a true sports sedan, but also spacious and comfy like an executive sedan. The pricing is very competitive.  2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Redesign