As great farewells go, the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing is right up there: a love letter from General Motors engineers to both the Chevrolet small-block V8 and the super-sedan format.
Both are on borrowed time as Cadillac embarks on its journey to become an all-electric brand, beginning with the weird-looking Lyriq
Like all the very best performance cars, there’s real joy to be extracted from driving the big manual Blackwing slowly
A natural rival to the BMW M5 CS, the CT5-V Blackwing gets GM’s LT4 Gen 5 supercharged 6.2-litre V8 engine that was last used in the C7-generation Chevrolet Corvette Z06.
It already employed lightweight titanium valves, forged connecting rods and pistons, plus a large 1.7-litre Eaton TVS supercharge
The GM-Ford 10-speed automatic is also available, but you could never be friends with anyone who was foolish enough to choose the two-pedal version over the sublime stick-shifter.