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General Motors is growing its V-series performance subbrand beginning in the spring of 2019 when it releases the new CT6 V-Sport, which will be fitted with a Cadillac-exclusive 4.2L Blackwing twin-turbo V8 engine that makes 550 horsepower and 627 foot-pounds of torque. GM’s product chief Mark Reuss announced the news at a Cadillac dealer’s conference

Mechanically similar, General Motors’ LS and LS-based Vortec engines wound up on almost every branch of the GM family tree: Chevy, Pontiac, GMC, Cadillac, Buick—heck, even Saab, Hummer, and Isuzu got some LS love. Since LS and Vortec engines are so common, they’ve become the go-to performance and swap engines of the modern era. These motors are