- Cadillac will stop accepting new CT4 orders the week of April 20.
- Production ends June 25 at GM’s Lansing Grand River Assembly plant.
- The CT4-V Blackwing dies too, leaving the CT5 as Cadillac’s last sedan.
Cadillac is ending production of the CT4. That’s not all that shocking, but according to a new report, the company will stop taking orders the week of April 20. Along with the standard CT4, the Blackwing will die as well, leaving a mid-size sedan-shaped hole in the brand’s range for the time being.
According to GM Authority, if you miss that April 20 deadline, you’ll be stuck hunting through whatever inventory is left sitting on dealer lots around the country. That applies to every version of the CT4, from the base model all the way up to the Blackwing.
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Production officially wraps on June 25 at GM’s Lansing Grand River Assembly plant in Michigan. The sedan exits the market after just six years in production. Cadillac Global Vice President John Roth had previously confirmed these details, but it wasn’t until now that we heard about a final date. Carscoops reached out to the automaker for comment, but we haven’t received a response as of this writing.
The move comes at an odd time for both Cadillac and the greater industry as a whole. For the brand, it leaves the CT5 as the only remaining sedan on sale unless you’re willing to pay six figures for a Celestiq. Cadillac says it still believes in sedans, just not the CT4, evidently. The CT5 will live on for at least one more generation.
That’s a shame, because the CT4 never really got the attention it deserved. The regular models offered either a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder or a more powerful 2.7-liter turbo. But the real star was the CT4-V Blackwing, with its twin-turbo 3.6-liter V6 pumping out 472 hp (352 kW) and 445 lb-ft (603 Nm), plus the option of a six-speed manual transmission.
In an era when performance sedans increasingly feel like computers with license plates, the Blackwing still felt gloriously old-school. We’ll miss it as much as we hope some brand at GM brings something online that provides most of its charm.
