You nailed it with these grips, although you forgot to mention the turn signal and wiper stocks. They're too far away from your hands and they just feel cheap and mushy every time I touch them. I've never actually noticed the horn being that sensitive. In fact, I don't think I've ever used the horn in my car, but I'll have to check that out now.
I somehow broke 30mpg average on the way back to San Francisco from Spring Mountain in mine, I suppose I should hang my head in shame - BUT the CT5bw is actually an amazing road trip companion!
As someone who is in the market I would like to know if you could go back in time would you still have bought it? I was pretty excited to buy one till I saw this video. I really appreciate your honest reviews.
I think it’s hilarious when they get onto American luxury cars and start rubbing their hands along the very bottoms of the doors. They never do this in European and Japanese cars.
Having the CT4 Blackwing I feel you on the interior plastics, hard to the touch and cheap looking... GM definitely could've used nicer materials and tacked on a couple grand to the price and nobody would bat an eye. I also find the AKG audio to be disappointing, very flat sounding the Alpine audio in my $35k Grand Cherokee blows it away. Also will add I like the center dash layout, very practical.
@@jreckless14 of course it is. Though I think I would still rather drive a 330d Touring with M Package over this. I just can't afford guzzling v8 consumption. I would rather put the 550nm of torque onto the autobahn whilst consuming about 40+mpg
I have a CT4-V BW and do not experience the horn issue. And with spirited driving still get 18 MPG! You confirmed my choice and saved almost 50k in the process! Wonderful car. My quibbles are different: why no electronically retractible mirrors? Also, the turning radius is “ok”, but not great (apparently better than the 5???). I don’t care about rear seat anything - which apparently you are not supposed to… little room, no heated/cooled seats, minimal controls… it’s a two seater +, not a full-on luxury car.
This doesn’t even make sense. This has more space in the rear than every car in it’s segment and the same materials are passed along to the rear. To say it isn’t a full on luxury car because the rear seats aren’t heated and ventilated- well let’s just say there are a WHOLE LOT of Mercedes, BMW, and Audi that aren’t “full on luxury cars”. This double standard bs has got to stop, guys. 🤦🏽♂️
@@G-Rated makes perfect sense. And yes, I don't think many of the ones you mention are in fact full on luxury cars. Try reading the rest of my comment and not the addendum.
@@G-Rated I don't think a definition of "full on luxury" is warranted to make my point. Rather, just because a car is made in Germany (as you suggest by listing BMW, Audi, Mercedes) are luxury cars. An M, for example, is loud, minimalist in some ways, and thus prioritizes sport over luxury. Take a Genesis G90, which is plush with everything... now that's "full on". I think the point is intuitive.
The EXACT same reason why I bought a CT4 BW last month. I came very close to getting the CT5 BW but the MPG was a bit crazy for a daily commuter since I have a C8 already. I got a JB4 tune +100 hp and the car is the perfect commuter I get 28 mpg on the highway and 20 around town not bad for 570 hp (tuned & dyno confirmed).
It’s a GM product. It’s going to have cheaper plastics and not as nice feeling material. It’s a good car but you can even see where they cut costs. They only did the carbon fiber buckets to compete better but even those carbon backed seats have 2 separate laid carbon sheets instead of 1 like competitors. The interior is why I chose a 2023 M3 Xdrive over the CT4 blackwing. Ik you have a CT5 blackwing but it’s just sad they both show where they cut costs so easily. For just slightly better performance…
That car is beautiful, hard to find fault but my XT5 has heated/cooled rear seats but its rare nowadays. I don't mind hard plastic on the lower portion of the door,you end up kicking it anyways. And you can't get /order leather on the dash? That's surprising. 100k is still less than comparable BMW, I'd wrap the roof in carbon fibre & call it a day.
On my wish list to own some day. As for turning radius, sure looks way better than my 2004 Volvo S60 R……near impossible some times to pull into a parking spot without needing to back out and recenter.
HORN issue is unique to your car, I think. My 5BW is a ‘24, so maybe GM fixed by then. But my horn is normal. I wonder if your dealer has any input about it?
None of the interior stuff you mention bothers me one bit. The turning circle is ridiculous (I resort to using my right foot when I can) and the frequent visits to the gas station get tiresome. It's made worse by seeing an indicated 60 miles of range left and not knowing if that's actually 60, or more like 30 if you drive like a baboon; the drastic mpg variability so heavily dependent upon driving style is bothersome. I'm totally in love with the driving dynamics, though, as are you. My biggest gripe? The cheap-a$$ rendering of the overhead view of the car. My car is blue, why isn't the car on the screen blue, too LOL? Okay, if that's the worst thing about it that just says how wonderful it is, I guess.
Pretty much another cheap car with a nice drive train bolted to it. Cadillac cheaped-out on just about everything on this car, but then asked $100K for it. People were so hungry for the drive train (including the manual transmission), they just paid it. It's a shame, really, and a missed opportunity for GM to make the car worth the price tag.
My only pet peeve is with the intermittent wipers. When wiping in cycle mode, the blades sweep across the glass (normal). After they pause for the delay, they "motor" down slowly into 'shut off' position & take off again for next sweep. Repeat, repeat. It's unnecessary 'motoring of the system to do all that after each wipe! E Engineering flaw 101.
Cadillac had a hard time selling the higher trim levels of the third gen CTS. I owned 2 CTS Vsports. The interior materials were premium. It was soft touch everywhere in the cabin. That came at a price. The reviewer here needs to keep in mind that the base price of the CT5 is about $10k lower than the CTS it replaced. Most of that savings came in material quality. The lower quality carried over into the BW. The third gen CTS V had a higher base price than than the 2022 BW. Cadillac should have allowed for an option package to upgrade the interior materials and also improved the accommodations for the rear seat passengers, but they didn't. The other issues the reviewer mentions - turning radius, horn sensitivity - are minor. I've owned mine for 18 months and have never accidentally hit the horn nor performed many U or K turns.
After driving a '22 RS6 Avant for the last year and a half, I'm excited to get a CT5V BW for one sole reason.... a third pedal! Too bad the other makes can't give me that option.
The horn thing is terrible…it shouldn’t be that sensitive. The turning radius sucks, they did not adapt the tech Audi/bmw/Benz use in order to reduce this. Many other car manufacturers are using this. Other than that, love the car and that v8 is sick!
All of these complaints or gripes are “low level” by most reasonable measures. Also, my 5 is the exact same color, but w/o the carbon fiber 2 appointments. My horn is nowhere near that sensitive - very strange & seemingly unique to your car; perhaps how the air bag is seated within.
Nah the most annoying thing is no hand brake, button is the most stupidest thing there is. 2nd is the pressing ok on traction after the recall software update that California needs to let you know u accept turning off traction. 3rd is car is way too big, if you build it that big why is it not a wagon
Turn signal is my biggest issue while driving. It’s not we’ll located and too easily over clicked where it goes from the temporary three-flash nudge to being permanently on. I hate getting the ‘turn signal left on’ alarm
@milesperhr, Dude I get the same same MPG in my 2013 W204 C63 6.2L N/A, Sedan with P30 PKG. 481hp instead of 451hp. I always drive around in Sports+ also range from 8-11, but one time I drove for about an hour on the freeway @70mph I got 13. LOL Very Thristy. LOL I'll see you at the Gas Station 🤣🤣🤣
So, I own two of these, a 2022 all options launch car in the same blue as yours, and a 2023 anniversary car vin number 1970. Everything that you said about the car as far as its downsides yes, correct. However, they all, and I mean all of them pale by comparison to the size of the tank. Hi, I want a lot of cars that have smaller tanks (CLK63, Project 8 to name just a couple) but this one is just laughable. The tank on my 2019 ZR1 seems to last twice as many miles even though it is up 90 HP on the BW.
It seems ok. Engine sounds good. Can’t pretend it blows me away though. Plastic quality choices is definitely a let down in car at that price. They haven’t gone for quality and they haven’t even gone for perceived quality.
I saw dyno tests and the car has only 500 WHP, the car loose over 160 HP from the engine to the wheels 😂, that would never happen with German luxury brand cars.
Power soft close isn’t really a given in this segment, nor are rear sunshades. The touchscreen could be larger, and better integrated into the dash, yes.
Pretty easy to fix the turning radius. Just turn traction control off a blip the throttle. Especially for a U-turn.
That's one way to do it😅. honestly, it improves the turning circle by alot😂
Why didn’t I think of that?!
What I do in my FWD 😂
@@louiedoee ohhh do I have a trick for you
@@yazeedalshammari3838lunch trays under the rear tires?
You nailed it with these grips, although you forgot to mention the turn signal and wiper stocks. They're too far away from your hands and they just feel cheap and mushy every time I touch them. I've never actually noticed the horn being that sensitive. In fact, I don't think I've ever used the horn in my car, but I'll have to check that out now.
True - they are super flimsy and stick out a lot
I somehow broke 30mpg average on the way back to San Francisco from Spring Mountain in mine, I suppose I should hang my head in shame - BUT the CT5bw is actually an amazing road trip companion!
What mileage do you typically get on the highway just cruising without gunning it?
OMG, it's been 6 months already?! Time sure flies!
Tell me about it!
Imagine this in dark emerald frost with bronze wheels 😵💫🤍🤍.
Don't even remind me. I kick myself all the time for not jumping on that exact spec when the car first came out. It's my dream combo
As someone who is in the market I would like to know if you could go back in time would you still have bought it? I was pretty excited to buy one till I saw this video. I really appreciate your honest reviews.
Bro must be so fun to hang around 😂😂
The powertrain is exactly why you get this car. I still think it was a good choice. Manuel 4 door V8.
we all have to remember if we're honked at for no reason by a ct5 blackwing this is why
Could get you shot nowadays, hope he got the bulletproof glass.
I think it’s hilarious when they get onto American luxury cars and start rubbing their hands along the very bottoms of the doors. They never do this in European and Japanese cars.
I do that in every car I review, and would certainly do that on a car I own
That horn problem is maddening. Do other Cadillacs at the dealer do the same, or is this quirk unique to your car?
I don’t remember it being quite as sensitive on the last Blackwing I reviewed, admittedly
@@MilesPerHr Gotcha :) Maybe they can see if it’s a warranty issue when you turn it in for service next. Enjoy the fantastic vehicle!!
Good idea!
love the blackwing but the display tech soooo dated
This is def getting traded...try a Porsche next time. Por favor!
You probably should have just bought a m5
These types of reviews are just as important as the positive ones. Owning a car is completely different than a 30 minute test drive.
Amen brother
Hands down one of the best cars made by Cadillac.
By the automobile market*
You're whining for more whine?
😂 indeed.
That’s odd about the horn. On my CT4V, it’s almost too difficult to sound the horn.
Ha! So it’s an inconsistent thing
Same with my 4, maybe it's a quirk with the 5?
I own a CT5 V Blackwing and have zero complaints
Having the CT4 Blackwing I feel you on the interior plastics, hard to the touch and cheap looking... GM definitely could've used nicer materials and tacked on a couple grand to the price and nobody would bat an eye. I also find the AKG audio to be disappointing, very flat sounding the Alpine audio in my $35k Grand Cherokee blows it away. Also will add I like the center dash layout, very practical.
This car would give me the same vibes my F30 gives. The vibes having to look back at it 3 times whilst leaving it at my parking place.
Yes, exactly!!! This design is so beautiful. The side profile is so stunning 😎🔥
And have a pic of it as my phone wallpaper.
This thing is miles ahead of any F30.
@@jreckless14 of course it is. Though I think I would still rather drive a 330d Touring with M Package over this. I just can't afford guzzling v8 consumption. I would rather put the 550nm of torque onto the autobahn whilst consuming about 40+mpg
Pls drive the audi rs7 sportback c8😊
Wow, RUclips *_really_* sucks. I can't even make a joke about how that horn makes you feel.
Maybe you should’ve saved $30,000 and took the same plastic in the hellcat, and you’d hear the supercharger. Some people you just can’t please.
I have a CT4-V BW and do not experience the horn issue. And with spirited driving still get 18 MPG! You confirmed my choice and saved almost 50k in the process! Wonderful car. My quibbles are different: why no electronically retractible mirrors? Also, the turning radius is “ok”, but not great (apparently better than the 5???). I don’t care about rear seat anything - which apparently you are not supposed to… little room, no heated/cooled seats, minimal controls… it’s a two seater +, not a full-on luxury car.
This doesn’t even make sense. This has more space in the rear than every car in it’s segment and the same materials are passed along to the rear. To say it isn’t a full on luxury car because the rear seats aren’t heated and ventilated- well let’s just say there are a WHOLE LOT of Mercedes, BMW, and Audi that aren’t “full on luxury cars”. This double standard bs has got to stop, guys. 🤦🏽♂️
@@G-Rated makes perfect sense. And yes, I don't think many of the ones you mention are in fact full on luxury cars. Try reading the rest of my comment and not the addendum.
@@jeffdigiovanni2139 you would have to define “full on luxury car” in order for it to make sense, sir.
@@G-Rated I don't think a definition of "full on luxury" is warranted to make my point. Rather, just because a car is made in Germany (as you suggest by listing BMW, Audi, Mercedes) are luxury cars. An M, for example, is loud, minimalist in some ways, and thus prioritizes sport over luxury. Take a Genesis G90, which is plush with everything... now that's "full on". I think the point is intuitive.
The EXACT same reason why I bought a CT4 BW last month. I came very close to getting the CT5 BW but the MPG was a bit crazy for a daily commuter since I have a C8 already. I got a JB4 tune +100 hp and the car is the perfect commuter I get 28 mpg on the highway and 20 around town not bad for 570 hp (tuned & dyno confirmed).
It’s a GM product. It’s going to have cheaper plastics and not as nice feeling material. It’s a good car but you can even see where they cut costs. They only did the carbon fiber buckets to compete better but even those carbon backed seats have 2 separate laid carbon sheets instead of 1 like competitors. The interior is why I chose a 2023 M3 Xdrive over the CT4 blackwing. Ik you have a CT5 blackwing but it’s just sad they both show where they cut costs so easily. For just slightly better performance…
If I ever reach my goal of 100,000 subscribers I want to do a canyon run with miles as a special video. Don’t worry I’ll provide the super cars 😏
Make it happen!
That car is beautiful, hard to find fault but my XT5 has heated/cooled rear seats but its rare nowadays. I don't mind hard plastic on the lower portion of the door,you end up kicking it anyways. And you can't get /order leather on the dash? That's surprising. 100k is still less than comparable BMW, I'd wrap the roof in carbon fibre & call it a day.
It looks like a Civic with a Cadillac badge
On my wish list to own some day. As for turning radius, sure looks way better than my 2004 Volvo S60 R……near impossible some times to pull into a parking spot without needing to back out and recenter.
I wish I could complain about a 100k car ; ;
I'm one of the few that doesn't love a lot of supercharger whine, so this would be a positive for me.
HORN issue is unique to your car, I think. My 5BW is a ‘24, so maybe GM fixed by then. But my horn is normal. I wonder if your dealer has any input about it?
None of the interior stuff you mention bothers me one bit. The turning circle is ridiculous (I resort to using my right foot when I can) and the frequent visits to the gas station get tiresome. It's made worse by seeing an indicated 60 miles of range left and not knowing if that's actually 60, or more like 30 if you drive like a baboon; the drastic mpg variability so heavily dependent upon driving style is bothersome. I'm totally in love with the driving dynamics, though, as are you. My biggest gripe? The cheap-a$$ rendering of the overhead view of the car. My car is blue, why isn't the car on the screen blue, too LOL? Okay, if that's the worst thing about it that just says how wonderful it is, I guess.
Getting rid of the "hard plastic bits* cost 20k in the BMW. Stop your silliness.
9th comment hehe , Hi from philippines 🇵🇭
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I don't buy a sports sedan to accommodate passengers in the rear ! I got a Ats-v for me and a passenger !
Must be nice to be able to complain about a CT5 Blackwing.....
Hopefully it was clear that these complaints do nothing to change how much I love my car 😃
@@MilesPerHr I wish I had your problems 😂🤣😂
That 3rd to 4th was sweet
This is a really good looking car & color but I've never seen a steering wheel that sensitive before
The CT5 has a really bad u-turn radius. Noticed that when I drove a CT5-V.
Wish the interior was more luxurious, can’t afford one tire of this vehicle anyway lol
I could afford it but I'd be eating a lot of ramen noodles!
cadillac know their customers🤣
hard plastic for the doors bro cmonnnnnnnnnnnnn 100k car.
I knew this vid was hard to make trying find out what’s wrong with a perfect car😂
😆 so true!
Pretty much another cheap car with a nice drive train bolted to it. Cadillac cheaped-out on just about everything on this car, but then asked $100K for it. People were so hungry for the drive train (including the manual transmission), they just paid it. It's a shame, really, and a missed opportunity for GM to make the car worth the price tag.
It's a beautiful vehicle, it's just heavy and understeers. Still a top 5 luxury sports sedan tho.
Understeer is definitely not an issue I've encountered. Heavy compared to what? It's lighter than an M5 and only 200 lbs heavier than an M3
@@MilesPerHr That's what we want to hear. 😉👌
My only pet peeve is with the intermittent wipers. When wiping in cycle mode, the blades sweep across the glass (normal). After they pause for the delay, they "motor" down slowly into 'shut off' position & take off again for next sweep. Repeat, repeat. It's unnecessary 'motoring of the system to do all that after each wipe! E
Engineering flaw 101.
Cadillac had a hard time selling the higher trim levels of the third gen CTS. I owned 2 CTS Vsports. The interior materials were premium. It was soft touch everywhere in the cabin. That came at a price. The reviewer here needs to keep in mind that the base price of the CT5 is about $10k lower than the CTS it replaced. Most of that savings came in material quality. The lower quality carried over into the BW. The third gen CTS V had a higher base price than than the 2022 BW. Cadillac should have allowed for an option package to upgrade the interior materials and also improved the accommodations for the rear seat passengers, but they didn't. The other issues the reviewer mentions - turning radius, horn sensitivity - are minor. I've owned mine for 18 months and have never accidentally hit the horn nor performed many U or K turns.
After driving a '22 RS6 Avant for the last year and a half, I'm excited to get a CT5V BW for one sole reason.... a third pedal! Too bad the other makes can't give me that option.
Oh lord please make me own one 🥲
Wouldn't complain a bit..
The horn thing is terrible…it shouldn’t be that sensitive.
The turning radius sucks, they did not adapt the tech Audi/bmw/Benz use in order to reduce this. Many other car manufacturers are using this.
Other than that, love the car and that v8 is sick!
All of these complaints or gripes are “low level” by most reasonable measures. Also, my 5 is the exact same color, but w/o the carbon fiber 2 appointments. My horn is nowhere near that sensitive - very strange & seemingly unique to your car; perhaps how the air bag is seated within.
Nah the most annoying thing is no hand brake, button is the most stupidest thing there is. 2nd is the pressing ok on traction after the recall software update that California needs to let you know u accept turning off traction. 3rd is car is way too big, if you build it that big why is it not a wagon
Turn signal is my biggest issue while driving. It’s not we’ll located and too easily over clicked where it goes from the temporary three-flash nudge to being permanently on. I hate getting the ‘turn signal left on’ alarm
@milesperhr, Dude I get the same same MPG in my 2013 W204 C63 6.2L N/A, Sedan with P30 PKG. 481hp instead of 451hp. I always drive around in Sports+ also range from 8-11, but one time I drove for about an hour on the freeway @70mph I got 13. LOL Very Thristy. LOL I'll see you at the Gas Station 🤣🤣🤣
CT6 v is way better
Kind of zesty how you honked the horn 😂😂 I love your videos though man you have a dream job I’d love to go on a review with you any day of the week
Boo hoo. Poor you.
And I thought the Hellcat was lacking…
Ct4 v blackwing > Ct5 v blackwing
Huh, maybe something is off with your horn? I don't have this issue at all.
It probably is - other owners have told me they don't have this issue
I’m wanting for wine 🤣
So, I own two of these, a 2022 all options launch car in the same blue as yours, and a 2023 anniversary car vin number 1970. Everything that you said about the car as far as its downsides yes, correct. However, they all, and I mean all of them pale by comparison to the size of the tank. Hi, I want a lot of cars that have smaller tanks (CLK63, Project 8 to name just a couple) but this one is just laughable. The tank on my 2019 ZR1 seems to last twice as many miles even though it is up 90 HP on the BW.
Another good point - I'm constantly visiting the gas station and it isn't just because of the fuel economy.
It seems ok. Engine sounds good.
Can’t pretend it blows me away though.
Plastic quality choices is definitely a let down in car at that price.
They haven’t gone for quality and they haven’t even gone for perceived quality.
I saw dyno tests and the car has only 500 WHP, the car loose over 160 HP from the engine to the wheels 😂, that would never happen with German luxury brand cars.
My major issues. You missed larger touch screen,power trunk, sun shades in the rear, power soft close doors.
Power soft close isn’t really a given in this segment, nor are rear sunshades. The touchscreen could be larger, and better integrated into the dash, yes.
@@MilesPerHr How would oyu compare it to the CTS interior? I feel like the CTS Gen 3 is just nicer inside minus the seats.