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Cadillac Blackwing Models Get New Decklid Badge: Exclusive (cadillacsociety.com)
Alexandra Purcell
January 19. 2023

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The Cadillac Blackwing super sedans – the CT4-V Blackwing and the CT5-V Blackwing – are the most powerful models ever to wear the Cadillac badge. Upon introduction, these ultra-high-performance machines were strangely not given any special badging to denote their status as Blackwing models. In other words, the Blackwings were no different from the “regular” CT4-V and CT5-V models from a badging standpoint, making it difficult for innocent onlookers to tell the two apart. Luckily, Cadillac Society recently learned that the luxury marque is in the process of introducing a new decklid insignia that will do just that.

The new badge enhances the multicolor V-Series “racing Mondrian” pattern that’s currently found on all V-Series models – including the CT4-V, CT5-V, Blackwing and Escalade-V – by adding a silver bar with a “Blackwing” inscription in bold, black lettering. Current owners of a Cadillac Blackwing super sedan were contacted by the luxury marque about the new badge with the following message:

“You earned it! The CT4-V Blackwing/CT5-V Blackwing models will now carry the Blackwing designation beneath the V-Series badge on the rear decklid. We know how special your V-Series Blackwing is, the designation will make it stand out even more!”

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I can't think of any other vehicle (any make) that I'd create a thread about a small decal. Was a head scratcher to me why they didn't do this upfront. You certainly don't need the "Blackwing" badge to tell the regular V and the Blackwing apart, but still... the reality is most people like their badges (though I know some people do remove their badges).

Nice that they are making them available to people who've already bought one.

I wonder if there was some kind of production restraint - like Ford had with its logo (I think an employee at the 3rd party supplier released toxic waste into a reiver and the EPA closed down the factory or something like that)?
 

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Can I put it on a Malibu? (Asking for a friend)
Like you see BMW M badges on a bunch of vehicles that aren't? :D

The way the article was worded it sounds like you can't just go to the local parts room and get one - hopefully it will keep the badges off of non-Blackwings. I don't know why, but it irks me when I see an M badge on a base BMW.
 
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