2016 Cadillac CT6 gallery

By Chris Davies/Jan. 26, 2016 7:00 am EST

Cadillac is wheeling out the big guns, and they don't get much bigger in the US company's range than the 2016 CT6. Brand new, and looking to take a bite out of the fortunes of Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi with a distinctly American take on luxury, the CT6 also debuts a brand new engine for the Cadillac brand.

A 3.0-liter V6 twin-turbo, paired with a new eight-speed automatic with paddle-shifters, it's half of what makes the CT6 special. The other half is how lightweight it is: thanks to plenty of aluminum, and a homegrown manufacturing system, Cadillac has brought its luxury sedan in at less than the weight of an E-Class from the segment below.

2017 will bring Super Cruise semi-autonomous driving, and there's a plug-in hybrid on the roadmap to join the V6 Twin Turbo, 3.6L naturally-aspirated V6, and four-cylinder 2.0L Turbo. It'll hit forecourts in March 2016.