Last Hurrah of Cadillac CT6 Will Include Twin-Turbo V8 Models
Cadillac will produce the 2019 CT6 and CT6-V with the new twin-turbo V8 engine before discontinuing the model
Cadillac announced Monday that it will kill off its flagship CT6 sedan — but first, the luxury brand will produce a run of models with the eagerly awaited new twin-turbo V8 underneath the hood.
The CT6 is built at General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, which will be shut down next year along with four other GM facilities.
Before the plant closes, workers there will spend several months producing the 2019 CT6. The most notable arrival for the new model year is a 4.2-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine, designed from scratch by Cadillac’s engineers.
On the regular CT6 sedan, this engine will crank out 500 horsepower and 553 lb-ft of torque. The CT6-V high-performance model will up that power to a mighty 550 horsepower and 627 lb-ft of torque.
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Cadillac’s new twin-turbo V8 engine will live on after the death of the CT6
The twin-turbo V8 is built with a “hot V” layout that helps it operate more efficiently and take up less space. It will be paired with a new 10-speed automatic transmission that should help it pack even more of a punch.
Even though the CT6 will be discontinued after the 2019 model year, the twin-turbo V8 is expected to live on. It’s being produced at GM’s plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where the Chevrolet Corvette is also made.
It’s not clear yet where the engine will end up next. It was originally designed as a Cadillac-exclusive powerplant, so one possible destination for it is next year’s all-new Escalade.
The future is less clear for the CT6’s next-generation Omega platform. GM spent millions developing the architecture, but so far the CT6 has been the only vehicle to use it.
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News Source: GM Authority
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