Cadillac CT5 pair share power and luxury
GILBERT’S GARAGE JOHN GILBERT
A dark green blur flashed past, the Cadillac CT5 V-Series in stunning Evergreen Metallic with Jack Gilbert behind the wheel. Photos by John Gilbert. Another quiz of new vehicles is to park a 2020 Cadillac CT5 sedan next to a CT4, and then a CT6, with all four pointing right toward you. Try to tell them apart, from their vertical running lights lining both sides of their front ends. For me, if the CT5 was painted Evergreen Metallic, that would be my pick, because I think it’s the most beautiful green color I’ve ever seen on a car. But their near-identical look makes me wonder what I’d have done as a little kid, when my passion for cars far outstripped their aesthetic appeal and technical capabilities. I would walk out to the top of the big hill we lived on, and watch for any approaching cars on what was then a gravel road, and fix
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my gaze down a couple miles toward Lake Superior’s North Shore Drive to see how close the next approaching car would have to get before I could identify it. I could discern a 1952 Ford, as opposed to a 1951 DeSoto, or a 1953 Chevrolet, or a 1950 Cadillac. There weren’t many different models back in the 1950s, and the proliferation of models would make that a lot more challenging in later years. But now, in 2020, it is obvious we are hurtling toward an era of fewer and fewer cars as consumers switch to SUVs. The Plymouths and DeSotos of my childhood, as well as models from the Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Saturn
nameplates of my youth have all disappeared, among others. Cadillac, however, is still the pinnacle of General Motors, although its array has been reduced to those three remaining sedans. Forget Fleetwood, or de Ville – we’re into CT4, CT5 and CT6. Before they are further reduced, let’s check out the CT5. I had occasion to get a pair of CT5 sedans back to back recently, with the first being a CT5 V-Series. That V-Series designation meant it was the hot-rod version of the CT5, with a 3.0-liter V6, twin turbocharged to deliver 360 horsepower and 405 foot-pounds of torque, through all-wheel drive. The horsepower peak is at 5,400 RPMs and the torque peaks at 2,350.
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