The Cadillac CT6-V is dead and so is its Omega platform. Well, at least for now the latter is gone. A GM source recently told CarBuzz that Omega was never intended for the new Cadillac CT5 as previously reported, though if it weren't for cost-cutting measures, this architecture very likely would have served as the basis for the Cadillac XT6. But what about the CT6-V's engine, the one and only Blackwing V8?

Again, past reports indicated its future status was still up in the air, but Motor Trend recently spoke to Cadillac's chief engineer to discuss the matter further.

Brandon Vivian is, not surprisingly, a huge fan of the 4.2-liter twin-turbo V8 and, personally, he very much wants to see it elsewhere. "Would I relish the opportunity to put [the Blackwing] in something else? Yes," Vivian said. Although he was unable to offer more details, he added that "[Cadillac] continue[s] to look for opportunities to use the engine," adding that its future depends on the "right combination of the product [the engine] is going into [and] the segment it's going to compete in."