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At a time when the global luxury market was dominated by European and Japanese brands, Cadillac dared to dream differently. American Precision: The Cadillac CT6 and Blackwing Story chronicles General Motors' most ambitious engineering effort of the 21st century-a return to craftsmanship, innovation, and mechanical artistry on a world stage. From the conception of the lightweight Omega platform to the hand-built Blackwing V8 engine, this is the story of how Cadillac sought to reclaim its long-lost title as ""The Standard of the World."" Through meticulous research and factual narrative, the book traces how engineers, designers, and craftsmen in Detroit and Bowling Green collaborated to build a flagship that defied convention. It examines the technologies that made the CT6 revolutionary-its mixed-metal construction, Super Cruise semi-autonomous driving system, and acoustic refinement-culminating in the Blackwing-powered CT6-V, a machine that married brute American power with European precision. But this is also the story of timing and transformation. As Cadillac perfected its most advanced combustion-era sedan, the automotive world pivoted toward electrification. The CT6 became both a triumph and a farewell, a statement of what American engineering could achieve when allowed to dream freely. Today, its legacy lives on in Cadillac's electric renaissance, influencing everything from the Lyriq to the hand-built Celestiq. Blending industrial history, design insight, and technical detail, American Precision captures the passion, persistence, and perfectionism that defined Cadillac's greatest modern project-a car built not for fashion, but for forever.

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