2023 Cadillac CT5-V: Here’s The New Midnight Steel Metallic Color

The 2023 Cadillac CT5-V adds three new exterior colors to its palette: Argent Silver Metallic, Radiant Red Tintcoat, and Midnight Steel Metallic. Here’s our first look at the new Steel hue.

Assigned production code GXU and touch-up paint code WA-138H, Midnight Steel Metallic is one of nine exterior colors offered on this performance-oriented variant of the Cadillac CT5 luxury sedan, which include:

• Summit White
• Black Raven
• Blaze Orange Metallic
• Wave Metallic
• Electric Blue
• Rift Metallic
• Radiant Red Tintcoat (new for 2023)
• Argent Silver Metallic (new for 2023)
• Midnight Steel Metallic (new for 2023)

The Midnight Steel Metallic color is an extra-cost item that adds an additional $625 to the sedan’s price and can be combined with all three interior colorways:

• Jet Black with Jet Black accents
• Natural Tan with Jet Black accents
• Sky Cool Gray with Jet Black accents

The 2023 Cadillac CT5-V arrives with just a handful of changes and updates over the 2022 model,  including a new Driver Assist Package as standard and a new CT5 Bronze Accent Package. However, the 2023 CT5 loses the Diamond Sky Special Edition Package, replacing it with the new CT5 Blue Accent package.

The 2023 Cadillac CT5-V is powered by the higher-output version of the twin-turbo 3.0L V6 engine (production code LGY), rated at 360 horsepower and 405 pound-feet of torque. The boosted six connects to Cadillac’s 10-speed automatic transmission, the only gearbox offered on the CT5-V. Rear-wheel-drive is standard and all-wheel-drive is optional.

The Cadillac CT5 is underpinned by the Alpha 2 platform, which is shared with the Cadillac CT4. Production began at the Lansing Grand River plant in Michigan on July 18^th, 2022. Production of the 2024 model year will start on July 10^th, 2023.

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