- Cadillac will retire its CT4 compact luxury car next June
- The midsize Cadillac CT5 will live on for another generation
Cadillac is not getting out of the sedan business. But GM’s luxury division will be down to just one conventionally powered 4-door passenger sedan in less than a year.
The brand’s compact CT4 sedan will be retired next June. The midsize CT5 will, however, get a next generation. The fully redesigned CT5 will remain a gas-powered sedan.
Cadillac Vice President John Roth dropped the news on the CadillacVClub website, an enthusiast forum for Cadillac fans. The company later confirmed the post is authentic.
“The legacy of the CT5 will continue as a next-generation internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle in a future model year,” Roth wrote.
The soon-to-be-discontinued CT4 is the sole remaining compact American luxury sedan. Our editors like its angular styling but find the cabin materials not up to par with class leaders like the Genesis G70 and BMW 3 Series.
Dealers sometimes accept lower offers for cars after an automaker has announced the end of production. Last month, they discounted the average CT4 sale by a little more than $3,000, according to Kelley Blue Book data.
Our editors have been bigger fans of the larger CT5. A recent cabin refresh left it with attractive new technologies, and designers avoided pinching pennies on cabin materials in the CT5.
Enthusiasts know both cars for their fire-breathing high-performance Blackwing editions. Roth did not address the future of the CT5-V Blackwing, with its 668-horsepower supercharged V8.
