Cadillac priced the 2026 CT5-V Blackwing from $98,900. That is the starting figure on Cadillac’s official CT5-V Blackwing page. As-shown on the same page is listed at $100,125. Tax, title, and license are extra. The factory book puts a six-speed manual in the Blackwing as standard equipment with the 6.2-liter supercharged V8. A 10-speed automatic is available if you want to leave the clutch home.
The clutch is still standard in the big Blackwing
This is the clutch graf, and Cadillac printed it clearly. The official model walk lists the CT5-V Blackwing with a 6.2L Supercharged V8 — 668 hp and 659 lb-ft of torque — with a 6-speed manual transmission. The official specs sheet repeats the same gearbox as the default and notes a 10-speed automatic is available. Cadillac’s Curated by Cadillac newsroom release for the 2026 Blackwing says the same thing again: 668 horsepower, 659 lb-ft, and the choice of a 6-speed manual or available 10-speed automatic. Rear-wheel drive. Five seats. Three pedals are the default path into America’s last supercharged V8 stick sedan.
The official number board
Cadillac’s CT5-V Blackwing pages put the key figures like this:
- Starting MSRP: from $98,900 (as shown $100,125)
- Engine: 6.2-liter hand-built supercharged V8 — 668 hp / 659 lb-ft on premium gasoline
- Transmission: six-speed manual standard; 10-speed automatic available
- Drive: rear-wheel drive
- Racetrack top speed: >200 mph
- Wheelbase: 116 inches; length: 194.9 inches; seats: up to 5
- Cargo: 11.9 cu. ft.
The standard list also stacks Magnetic Ride Control, Electronic Limited Slip, Performance Traction Management, custom launch control with line lock, Brembo performance front and rear brakes, a performance steering wheel with a V-Mode button and a serialized plate, and the 33-inch Horizon Display with Google built-in. Super Cruise rides with the automatic; the stick car keeps its three pedals.
Why this one still matters
Most luxury sport sedans erased the clutch years ago. Cadillac still opens the CT5-V Blackwing book with a six-speed and a hand-built supercharged V8 as the default, then lets you pay for an automatic if you want one. For 2026 it sits above the smaller CT4-V Blackwing — more displacement, more power, same three-pedal attitude on the official page. Limited availability. That is the story Cadillac is still willing to print.
$98,900 from Cadillac for a 668-hp CT5-V Blackwing that keeps the clutch standard. That is the story on cadillac.com, with the gearbox spelled out on the specs and features pages and confirmed again in the Curated newsroom release.
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