A full day hasn't even passed since Cadillac's surprise reveal of the upcoming CT6 sedan in its 60-second Oscars commercial. And yet, Cadillac's dropping more bombs about the big-body four-door.

Yes, in a commenter Q-and-A hosted by our pals at Jalopnik, Cadillac president Johan de Nysschen hinted that a twin-turbo V8 could be headed into the CT6's engine bay sometime soon.

Well, OK—hinted isn't quite the word. The characteristically candid, straight-shooting de Nysschen basically drew a treasure map for us, with a TTV8-powered CT6 under the X. Quoting directly from the Caddy boss's conversations in Jalopnik's comment section, he wrote:

CT6 is a car that really sets the standard in many respects with regard to advanced new body construction technology. It's a Cadillac, so it stands to reason that it's great to drive, very refined and sophisticated. The lightweight body construction allows us to push the envelope when it comes to powertrain in a way we know that the rest of the industry will follow. This includes a very wide mix of engines, starting with a 2-liter turbo, up to, eventually, a high-performance advanced V-8 turbo.

In response to another commenter, asking whether the CT6 will perform on par with large luxury sedans like the BMW 7-series, de Nysschen had this to say:

We are carefully planning the life cycle of CT6, and this must include some high-power derivatives as well. The lightweight body structure allows us to achieve formidable performance even with a twin-turbo V-6. Imagine how this car would perform with a twin-turbo V-8. Have patience, grasshopper.

So, while we don't have a concrete timeline or any hard numbers, Cadillac's number-one guy made it abundantly clear that a V8 with dual hairdryers is definitely in the cards for Caddy's upcoming big luxury sedan.

And that makes sense: While we deeply love the supercharged V8s that do patriotic face-melting duty in the Corvette Z06 and Caddy's own CTS-V, these engines are not known for their thrift. Increasingly stringent fuel economy requirements have made turbo engines the new normal, all the way up to the supercar stratosphere, so it only makes sense that Caddy's clean-sheet luxury sedan would go that route in order to compete with the likes of Mercedes and BMW.

Is de Nysschen hinting at a possible turbo-powered CT6-V? That's a tempting daydream, but we'll just have to wait and see. Whatever that case may be, bold moves are afoot at Cadillac, and judging by what we've seen so far, we like them.

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