Cadillac teased a pair of track-ready prototypes of its CT4-V and CT5-V early June, taking them for an unexpected spin in front of attendees at the Detroit Grand Prix at Belle Island. Mark Reuss, president of General Motors; and Ken Morris, vice-president of GM product, drove the heavily-camouflaged prototypes, which the company said “represent the next step in Cadillac’s V-Series performance legacy.” The cars are a step up from the CT4-V and CT5-V that were unveiled last week, which make 320 horsepower and 355 horsepower, respectively. Although GM didn’t reveal any performance numbers, Motor Authority spoke with a Cadillac spokesman who spelled out the forthcoming models as wearing badges along the lines of V-something-something, and suggested this higher-performance CT4-V will use a 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6 producing more than 400 horsepower. Meanwhile, the track-ready CT5-V will likely come with a twin-turbo 4.2-litre V8 with more than 500 horsepower, or the supercharged 6.2-litre V8 from the CTS-V that makes 640 horses. Reuss told the publication that future Cadillac V models will also come with electrification, due to customer demand, although no timeline was given and it isn’t expected to be in the very near
Origin: Cadillac shows off track-ready prototypes of its new V-Series cars