This is not to be confused with Cadillac's 4.2L Blackwing V8, a twin turbocharged DOHC engine developed for the CT6-V, which is no longer in production. This video will compare the two Blackwing ...

The Blackwing V8 engine referred to here, also known as the LTA, was used in two models of the full-size, all-wheel drive 2016-2020 CT6 during the 2019 and 2020 model years.

Instead, the author also took a look at the new CT6 from China and decided that it could still get a US visa – though only after morphing into an aggressive CT6-V Blackwing Coupe.

(Cadillac) The Blackwing name was first used on an engine that briefly appeared in one of the shortest-lived Cadillacs ever made. The CT6-V was the only car to use the Blackwing V8. (Cadillac) ...

The Blackwing V8 project was tragically short-lived, and very few Cadillac CT6 sedans were made with them—especially non-V models.

That CT6-V could need a new engine, one just like those available for sale at GM Genuine Parts. Any useful build is probably going to want the 10-speed transmission GM mated to the Blackwing.

The Blackwing name was previously applied to the twin-turbo 4.2L V8 LTA engine which powered the short-lived, and now discontinued, Cadillac CT6-V. Outrage has been expressed about GM naming a car ...

The CT6-V, which has been discontinued, was the only Cadillac powered by a Blackwing engine. GM phased out its 4.2-liter, twin-turbo 550-hp V-8 along with the CT6 last year.

The 4.2-liter Blackwing V8 in the Platinum develops 500 horsepower and 574 lb. ft. of torque, which is 50 less horsepower than its V-Series CT6 that delivers 640 lb. ft. of torque.