Performance-oriented Cadillac’s will be offered with a manual transmission going forward, as the company continues to develop its V-Series sedans. The motoring world is moving away from manual transmissions, but Cadillac has committed to keeping three-pedal performance cars alive.
Having launched the warmed-over CT4-V and CT5-V, vehicles similar in approach to AMG 43 or BMW M Performance models, Cadillac confirmed there are proper M and AMG rivals in the works – and they’ll have manual variants. Speaking at the launch of the CT4-V and CT5-V, General Motors president Mark Reuss unequivocally confirmed V-Series vehicles with a with an enthusiast-pleasing stick shift are coming.
“Cadillac will make manuals in V-Series,” Reuss told North American journalists, as reported by Muscle Cars and Trucks.
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Performance-oriented Cadillacs will be offered with a manual transmission going forward, as the company continues to develop its V-Series sedans. The motoring world is moving away from manual transmissions, but Cadillac has committed to keeping three-pedal performance cars alive.
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