Nearly Half Of Cadillac Blackwings Sold In 2023 Were Manuals

The Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing are supposed to have fun the top of the internal-combustion tremendous sedan. Each are provided with a six-speed guide transmission, Cadillac’s final, and this has proved well-liked with patrons. A Cadillac spokesperson confirmed to Motor1 that almost half of all Blackwings offered in 2023 have been manual-equipped.

Whereas Cadillac didn’t present a precise proportion, the model famous the almost-50-percent determine utilized to each particular person fashions, not simply the full variety of Blackwings offered.

Take fee for the guide has remained robust because the CT4-V and CT5-V Blackwing’s market launch in 2021. For the primary batch of 500 CT4-V and CT5-V Blackwing fashions, guide take fee was 45 p.c and 62 p.c, respectively. Midway by way of 2022, the take fee was round 40 p.c for the CT4-V Blackwing and 50 p.c for the CT5-V Blackwing. The quantity far eclipsed Cadillac’s preliminary prediction of round 35 p.c.

There are vanishingly few manual-transmission tremendous sedans available on the market. Actually, it’s simply the 2 Cadillac Blackwings and the BMW M3. The CT5-V Blackwing is the one V8-powered four-door you should purchase right now, full cease.

Proper now, Cadillac Blackwing sedans are offered within the U.S., Canada, and the Center East. The CT4-V Blackwing can also be offered in Korea and Israel. However, the guide is barely obtainable for the U.S. and Canada.

Whereas Cadillac doesn’t escape gross sales for CT4 and CT5 fashions by trim, it did say that V-Sequence and Blackwing gross sales are up 55 p.c yr over yr within the U.S. All in all, Cadillac offered 9,144 CT4s right here, and 18,593 CT5s final yr.

Cadillac has facelifted the CT5 for the 2025 mannequin yr, with the Blackwing model but to debut. We’re hoping the replace means these sedans have a number of extra years in them earlier than the model completes its transition to being all-electric. And we’re glad that patrons are getting manuals, too.

This story was up to date on 1/4/2024 at 12:30 with information on the Blackwing’s market availability.