Imagine spending millions of dollars developing an entirely new V8 engine, only to kill it after just two years and 1,200 cars. That’s exactly what happened at Cadillac with the Blackwing V8, a twin-turbocharged, dual-overhead-cam masterpiece created to further distinguish the brand from the rest of the GM fold. Call it bad timing or a shift in strategy, but one of GM’s most ambitious engine programs in decades was gone almost as soon as it arrived.
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