STATE OF EXOTIC / BUILD 01

2026 Cadillac
CT5-V

Typhoon Green. Daily driven. Documented as it evolves.

THE NEW CHAPTER

The car that became part of the brand.

The CT5-V sits right in the middle of everything State of Exotic is about: a car worth driving, details worth noticing, and something that can be used every day instead of kept behind glass.

This build journal follows the car as it changes — the drives, the parts, the experiments, the mistakes and the moments that make the car its own thing.

MODEL2026 Cadillac CT5-V

COLOURTyphoon Green Metallic

DRIVETRAINAWD

ENGINE3.0L Twin-Turbo V6

BUILD LOG / DEALERSHIP DAY

Before the miles.

Before the tint, the late-night drives and the chapters that came after, there was the dealership floor and a first proper look at Typhoon Green under Cadillac lighting. Clean, stock and already different.

CADILLACV-SERIESTYPHOON GREEN

Typhoon Green Cadillac CT5-V outside the Cadillac dealership — 01CADILLAC / ARRIVAL

Rear three-quarter view of Typhoon Green Cadillac CT5-V outside the dealership — 02V-SERIES / REAR THREE-QUARTER

Side detail of Typhoon Green Cadillac CT5-V outside the dealership — 03TYPHOON / SIDE PROFILE

Typhoon Green Cadillac CT5-V on the Cadillac showroom floor — 04SHOWROOM / FRONT THREE-QUARTER

Typhoon Green Cadillac CT5-V beside another Cadillac V model in the showroom — 05V-SERIES / SIDE BY SIDE

Rear detail of Typhoon Green Cadillac CT5-V in the showroom — 06SHOWROOM / REAR DETAIL

Typhoon Green Cadillac CT5-V at sunrise by the water — 01
**TYPHOON AT SUNRISE**The light does most of the talking.

Typhoon Green Cadillac CT5-V rear view at night with ONPURPS plate — 02
**AFTER DARK**Where the colour changes character.

Typhoon Green Cadillac CT5-V rear quarter at sunrise — 03
**THE DETAILS**Rear light, body line, sunrise.

WHY THIS CAR

Fast enough to matter. Usable enough to live with. Different enough to still feel special.

Typhoon Green Cadillac CT5-V rear three quarter view at night — 04
**CITY LIGHTS**The daily after hours.

Cadillac CT5-V ONPURPS plate at sunrise — 05
**ON PURPS ERA**A piece of the car's story.

THE PROFILETyphoon Green in one clean line.

BUILD LOG / TINT DAY

The little changes add up.

A proper build journal isn't only the big parts. This stop was about getting the CT5-V tinted and documenting another small change that pushed the car further into its own identity.

CT5-V BUILD JOURNAL →