Cadillac is introducing a more powerful version of the CT5-V soon. It's called the CT5-V Blackwing and it's a proper successor to the mighty CTS-V. Most details are still under wraps, but Cadillac is slowly teasing some of the car's features. We've seen the sedan's performance steering wheel back in August and, come September, we're looking at its unique carbon-fiber seats with bookmatched design.

The 2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing will feature new carbon seats with various innovations

Cadillac says that the carbon-fiber seats in the CT5-V Blackwing, which will probably be optional, will include some "customer-centric innovations and features." These will be revealed at a later date, but Cadillac unveiled a photo of the seatback's bookmatched design.

Cadillac did this with the carbon-fiber fitted on the seatbacks of the front seats. While it's not exactly an innovation, it is something you won't find in much more expensive supercars. The bookmatched design also includes a laser-etched V-Series logo for a more premium look.

The 2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing won't feature a Blackwing engine

Although the badge suggests motivation will come from the twin-turbo, 4.2-liter V-8 that debuted in the CT6-V, the high-performance sedan will actually feature a supercharged mill.

We know that from Cadillac's teaser of the exhaust note, which combines the growl of a V-8 and the whine of a supercharger. This means that the CT5-V Blackwing will most likely feature a revised version of the old supercharged, 6.2-liter V-8 that Cadillac offered in the CTS-V.

Why isn't Cadillac using the twin-turbo, 4.2-liter V-8 Blackwing? Well, even though that engine went into production in 2019, it was discontinued just one year later due to the CT6 sedan being a flop sales-wise. The engine had more potential, but with an estimated production cost of $20,000 per unit, it made no financial sense to be assigned to a different Cadillac model.

The good news is that Cadillac's supercharged, 6.2-liter V-8 mill should be more capable than that. In the CTS-V, discontinued after the 2019 model year, the supercharged V-8 delivered a massive 640 horsepower and 630 pound-feet of torque and the CT5-V Blackwing could arrive with a similar output.

When is the 2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing coming to dealerships?

Cadillac says the CT5-V Blackwing will be available starting the summer of 2021. The performance sedan will be unveiled earlier than that, but you'll have to wait for the 2022 model year to begin to be able to buy it.