It’s no secret that the Cadillac Blackwing super sedans feature very healthy power levels and a great chassis, the perfect send-off for the internal combustion engine as the luxury marque replaces its lineup of fossil fuel-powered vehicles with electric models. As part of its plans to go all-electric, Cadillac has begun implementing the “IQ” naming strategy for its EVs. In order to create continuity between all of its models, the Blackwing sedans will be rebranded as “Blaqwing” for the 2024 model year.
In renaming the CT4-V Blaqwing and CT5-V Blaqwing, the addition of the “Q” puts it in line with Cadillac’s EVs, like the Cadillac Lyriq and Cadillac Celestiq, and even the Escalade IQ. Additionally, the pronunciation of the name remains the same, allowing the vehicles to keep the familiar cadence of their monikers. This also makes it appropriate for a future battery electric high-performance Cadillac model.
“We’re quite fond of the Blaqwing name,” said Executive Director of communications at Cadillac, Elban Mano, in a press release. “2024 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing IQ’ was way too long, so we went in a different direction. Changing ‘Blackwing’ to ‘Blaqwing’ keeps things simple while also embodying our mission to phase out internal combustion powered-vehicles in favor of electric vehicles by 2023.”
Mano added that Cadillac can’t take all the credit for the Blaqwing name change. In fact, the luxury marque had a little bit of outside help.
“My daughter, Vyyktoreeah, was the one who actually suggested ‘Blaqwing,'” Mano said. “We’re all about creativity here at Cadillac… just wait for Assendiq [pronounced Aas-and-diq] and Cryptiq,” he added.
If you’ve made it this far, happy April Fools’ Day from all of us here at Cadillac Society. Obviously, we’re just messing with y’all! Blackwing is staying Blackwing. Stay sharp, stay safe, and subscribe to Cadillac Society to stay in the know on the latest (real) CT4-V Blackwing news, Cadillac CT4 news, CT5-V Blackwing news, Cadillac CT5 news, and a lot more Cadillac news coverage. We also invite you to join the latest discussions in our Cadillac forums, including CT4-V Blackwing forum and CT5-V Blackwing forum.
Randy LaGrander
Would like to order a new 2024 ct5 v blackwing is dealership able to get one
Daniel Brown
You can’t afford it!
Herb
Nice try for April Fool’s Day!
Buddy
You got me; was actually believing it! However, after waiting a year with no delivery date in sight, perhaps they should rename it “Blankwing”…
GIOVANNI DENNIS
Got meeeee lol
John M Engelman
….and the point being ???
Smithfield
Didn’t read the story, did ya John?
Don’t pass go, do not collect $200.
jbbooky
April Fool
John
Omg. They are just having fun
Charlie
Got me!! Good one, Caddy Society…
Papa
HaHa…had me concerned for a moment. All is well.
Laron
Don’t be mad john.
Mike
Good one Cadillac Society. I still wish Cadillac and everyone else stick to clean running gasoline Engines the technology is out there ev’s are fine how ever a bunch of wires on 4 wheels
Darnell Robeson
So stupid. They should just be V-series cars(.)
Ron Goodman
wow very convincing, way to wake all of us up
Donnie Morgan
Nice April Fool’s prank. I really liked it.👍😎💯
D
As a Blackwing owner, that’s pretty d@mn stupid.