- The 2023 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing will be offered as a 120th Anniversary Edition, but only 120 copies will be built.
- The special editions celebrate Cadillac’s 120th birthday with several unique interior trim pieces.
- The first CT5-V Blackwing 120th Anniversary Edition sold for $250k at the Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach auction.
Cadillac was founded 120 years ago in 1902 by Henry Leland, and the brand is celebrating that milestone with the 2023 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing 120th Anniversary Edition. The company will build just 120 examples, the very first of which was sold this past weekend for $250,000 at the Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach auction.
The 120th Anniversary Editions of the 2023 CT5-V Blackwing are part of the company’s Collector’s Series. Each individual car features a vehicle identification number (VIN) that includes a year from 1902 through 2022, starting with car 1902—the white example seen here that was recently auctioned off. The anniversary treatment is purely cosmetic, with details including special plaques on the door sills and B-pillars that acknowledge the commemorative year.
There are additional call-outs between the bottom spokes of the steering wheel and on top of the shifter of cars equipped with the standard six-speed manual transmission. Every CT5-V Blackwing 120th Anniversary Edition also includes a certificate of authenticity and a trip to the Spring Mountain V-Performance Academy driving school. The latter is a great opportunity to test out the rear-wheel-drive sedan’s 668-hp supercharged 6.2-liter V-8, which rocketed to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds and posted a 2.49.4 lap around VIR’s Grand Course at our most recent Lightning Lap.
Cadillac hasn’t yet announced pricing for the 2023 CT5-V Blackwing or said how much the 120th Anniversary Editions will cost. The 2022 model currently starts at $84,940, which is about $165,000 less than what the first example of the 2023 anniversary version fetched at Barrett-Jackson auction. Cadillac says that it donated all the money from the sale to the SAE Foundation which benefits STEM education.
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