2024 Cadillac Blackwings Celebrate 20 Years of V with Colors, Other Tweaks

• Cadillac is making some tweaks to the CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing for 2024.
• There are new colors available, plus 20th anniversary graphics that celebrate two decades of V-series vehicles.
• These tweaks also apply to the lower-powered CT4-V and CT5-V models for 2024.

Cadillac’s V badge first arrived 20 years ago on the 2004 CTS-V, which was powered by a 400-hp 5.7-liter V-8 engine and got the V-series performance division started with a bang. To celebrate this anniversary, Cadillac is offering a few commemorative tweaks for the 2024 CT4-V and CT5-V models, plus newly available colors and a few other tweaks.

All 2024 CT4-V and CT5-V sedans, including the top-dog Blackwing models, will have a 20th Anniversary graphic on the grille and rocker panels, plus a special startup animation in the digital gauge cluster. Newly available colors include Velocity Red, Cyber Yellow Metallic (pictured at top), Coastal Blue Metallic, and Black Diamond Tricoat. For the 472-hp CT4-V Blackwing and 668-hp CT5-V Blackwing, Cadillac is also adding a “Blackwing” badge below the V logo to further differentiate these more powerful variants from their lesser brethren.

Prices are only up slightly compared with last year. The CT4-V starts at $48,490 and the 360-hp CT5-V at $52,890. The CT4-V Blackwing costs $62,890 to start and the CT5-V Blackwing starts at $94,890. Cadillac’s Super Cruise hands-free driving tech is a new option for the CT5-V Blackwing, and it costs $6785 in total because it requires adding the optional ten-speed automatic transmission plus two driver-assist packages.

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Despite being raised on a steady diet of base-model Hondas and Toyotas—or perhaps because of it—Joey Capparella nonetheless cultivated an obsession for the automotive industry throughout his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee. He found a way to write about cars for the school newspaper during his college years at Rice University, which eventually led him to move to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for his first professional auto-writing gig at Automobile Magazine. He has been part of the Car and Driver team since 2016 and now lives in New York City.