Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing

A used price of £80,000 places this car only 355th in cost across the 600 cars in the catalogue, yet every brake horsepower costs just £120. That tension deserves attention because the figures refuse to follow the usual pattern. Here is a car that asks less of your budget than 245 others in the collection while still sitting 121st for power, a position inside the top fifth. Measured on what you spend against what you receive, the argument is unusually strong, and it stands up when the rest of the numbers arrive.

The 6.2 litre, 6,162 cc supercharged V8 produces 668 bhp and 893 Nm, sending everything to the rear wheels. That specification is uncommon in this catalogue. Only 30 of the 600 cars combine a supercharged V8 with this format, and only 132 pair a V8 with rear wheel drive at all. The performance supports the value case rather than distracting from it. A 0 to 100 km/h time of 3.6 seconds ranks 217th, faster than 383 cars here, while a top speed of 322 km/h places it 155th. None of those positions claims absolute supremacy. Together they show a car that repeatedly sits well above the middle of the field without demanding a matching place near the top of the price list.

Its context inside the catalogue sharpens the picture further. Just 31 of the 600 cars come from the USA, and Cadillac contributes only four entries. This is therefore carrying more than one kind of distinction. It is not simply another powerful V8 saloon. It represents a small part of both the national and manufacturer spread within the collection, while also belonging to the relatively short list of supercharged V8 cars. Those overlaps matter because they create character through measurable rarity rather than through stories or mythology.

That opening figure of £80,000 looks different once every comparison has been made. It begins as a question about compromise, then becomes evidence that compromise is not really the point. If this 2021 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing joined your dream garage, it would introduce one of the catalogue's few American entries, one of its few supercharged V8 combinations, and power that comfortably outpaces most of the field, all without demanding a place among the collection's most expensive purchases. The value is not hidden in a single specification. It emerges from how consistently the whole package outruns its price.