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I'm sure this engine will find other uses than in Cadillacs. But I'm still happy GM's spending lots of money integrating such a motor into a Cadillac car in view of very disappointing sales and generally mixed press reviews. Many other car makers would have either pulled back or minimized funding after the sales and reviews. I also always believed GM should've focused first on the biggest cars first then worked down, than the other way around. Tesla started their big production with the Model S, and now the image is good enough that less affluent customers want a mini-version seen as the 3. Long ago, the nice S/E class MB laid the groundwork for a compact version called the C-class. And Cadillac's are anyways better known for their bigger cars, so that would've been the best place to start their renaissance

Despite the new name, the Cadillac CT6-V will make the same 550 hp and 627 lb-ft of torque that the CT6 V-Sport debuted with earlier this year. This power comes from a hand-built 4.2-liter twin-turbo V-8 that GM calls the Blackwing. It produces significantly less power than another full V-Series model, the not-long-for-this-world CTS-V, which is rated at 640 hp and 630 lb-ft.

"Beginning with the debut of the CTS-V Sedan in 2004, the V-Series sub-brand sparked new life into Cadillac," said Mark Reuss, executive vice president and president of GM Global Automotive Group and Cadillac, in a release. "As a result of the overwhelming response the CT6 V-Sport received when revealed in early 2018, we've decided to formally make it a V-Series, signaling the expansion of V-Series."

GM also announced that CT6 Platinum models will get a version of the 4.2-liter engine, which was previously said to be exclusive to the V-Sport. The engine will be detuned to 500 hp and 553 lb-ft in the Platinum trim, however.

Cadillac chief Johan de Nysschen had planned to expand the V-Series to enhance the brand's image as a maker of sporty cars. Whether his replacement, Steve Carlisle, is following that plan or charting his own course, we don't know. But this announcement does alter a product built on de Nysschen's watch, even if it only changes a badge

Get ready to sample Cadillac’s all-new high-performance sedan. In the shadow of major performance-car debuts at the 2019 Detroit Auto Show, the automaker announced that a preorder program for its CT6-V is now open. You’d better act fast, however, because only 275 are slated for production in the United States