General Motors brass have made it loud and clear the 2016 Cadillac CT6 is not the flagship vehicle for the brand. Instead, it’s part of Cadillac continued renaissance and gives the brand a fighting chance to hone in on the likes of BMW 7-Series and Audi A8. If you think this car will actually be competing with the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, think again.
Cadillac knows it needs an icon, a new style symbol. Something worthy enough to garner MSRPs towards the six-figure mark, and the Cadillac CT8 will take that mission on.
Automobile has served up a potential rendering for what we may be seeing when the car arrives in four years or so. Unlike the 2016 CT6, the styling is much more direct, with a stance of importance. It shows its presence in a way the 2016 CT6 doesn’t. Swagger, that’s the word the kids use these days, isn’t it?
The Cadillac CT8 will most certainly ride on General Motors news Omega platform, shaving hundreds of pounds and possibly giving it an upper hand on its luxury rivals. But, rather than focusing on driving dynamics, expect a real effort to be thrown at comfort. Surely driving dynamics will be there, but if Cadillac wants to seriously sway an S-Class buyer, it has to ride like a dream.
We all wish the Cadillac CT8 was reality now, but Cadillac will take its time with this car. There is no room for error when executing a flagship vehicle, and Cadillac needs to ensure the best engineering, greatest technology plus some. If the 2016 CT6 is any indication, they’re on the right track.
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Well they can keep on cooking.
The reality here is the styling is unknown and while the Elmirage may hint at the car we are talking 5 years from now and the show car will be dated by then.
What we need and I hope to count on is the car is very dramatic and compelling. It needs to be original but yet it still needs to be practical and hold wide appeal. A polarizing design need not apply here.
While it will have all the comfort and technology available the styling is going to be key as it has to draw the customer to it on sight. Even if it has no emblems anyone would be drawn to it. It needs to be a design that you not only see but feel inside and stirs the soul.
This then can resonate over the other models with hopefully more variation than just size changes making the other models different.
I can’t wait to see what Cadillac has in store for us. This is providing that scumbag Chrysler CEO dose get his dirty hands near GM and get investors to approve a merger. This would screw up GM altogether. I doubt it will happen but I am still a bit nervous when they start throwing words like hostile take over out.
Cadillac should make this CT8 as if it will be a different car, feinted, itself, but also has to look like a Cadillac.But no too like
A car like this or the S class of Mercedes, must be unique cars, which are not going to compare cars that its own technology, its own luxury, its own presence and have to be cars that are pursued by the other cars; master cars
People see it and say ohhh CT8¡¡ yes, Cadillac do it.
That will not say Ohhh Cadillac¡¡, this will not have to go.
It looks like they just grafted on Cadillac styling cues to the Avenir show car. BFD.
hopefully the CT8 wouldent look like a enormous CTS….make the beltline straight instead of sloped down like on the ATS and CTS.
Slightly off topic: I wish GM had a dedicated luxury tuner or high end luxury sub-brand to compete with Brabus and Alpina, or perhaps a Maybach/Rolls-Royce/Bentley competitor.
I don’t know about you guys, but I’d love to see a Fleetwood tuner to square off against Alpina and Brabus, and Brougham to compete in the Ultra-Lux segment. Perhaps we could see names like the Bougham DeVille or Fleetwood 8
Cadillac needs a new design them.
the CT8 hood should be shaped as the Buick Avenirs hood…..looking at the Avenirs hood at side view is drop dead gorgus.