With all the fanfare and buzz we’re generated by the new Chevrolet Corvette C8, it only seems natural to ponder what other General Motors brands might make good use of a new mid-engine sports car. Cadillac is definitely at the top of that list, and now, we’re rendering up our own mid-engine Cadillac sports car to see what such a creation might look like.
Rumors that GM was cooking up a mid-engine Cadillac model have persisted for years, and some analysts have even made predictions that the automaker was indeed prepping exactly that for a big public debut.
However, no debut has happened, and as far as we know, there’s no mid-engine Cadillac headed down the pipeline, at least not as of this writing. As such, we’ve done this rendering just for fun.
From the off, it should be obvious that we based our rendering on the new mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette, which gives it the stance and proportions needed for such a creation. However, we extensively reworked the body, and in particular the greenhouse, to give it that requisite Caddy flavor.
The front end, for example, sports the hard edges and straight lines of Cadillac’s latest design language, a look also seen on the up-and-coming Cadillac Lyriq all-electric crossover. The lower aero bits jut out from the fascia with purpose, while the tall intakes in the fascia corners lead the eye rearwards towards the tail. The thin lighting signatures add to the look with more hard angles. And don’t forget the light-up badge on the nose, as well.
The wheels are staggered front to back, with a wider footprint in the rear. The chiseled side intakes add even more visual impact to the mid-engine Cadillac’s tail section, while also giving it a forward-leaning rake.
Finally, the rear of this mid-engine Cadillac comes with the brand’s sedan-style tail lamps. Lower in the fascia, we included a prominent diffuser element, with quad exhaust tips and squared-off, dark finishers.
Although Caddy has some impressive performance machines incoming by way of the CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing, we don’t think we’re alone in lusting after this new mid-engine Cadillac sports car. Let us know if you agree in the comments, and make sure to subscribe to GM Authority for more Cadillac news and around-the-clock GM news coverage.
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This Cadillac rendering looks very Corvette C8 like, which subtracts creativity a little bit, IMO. It has sporty looks, obviously. Yet. I am not so sure it has a luxurious look. Since Corvette based Caddys have been trendy some times, I would have found more interesting to render the legendary Cadillac Cien, with all the modern touches, on the new C8 platform.
Appreciate the effort, but no. There is no reason to “XLR” the C8. The mid engine format doesn’t lend itself to a grand touring car. If Cadillac wants a performance halo car, then it should be an all electric to compete with the Tesla Model S. Otherwise, they should build their own two seater to compete against the Mercedes SL – like they did with the Allante. Think more Gulfstream than F22.
I agree that it must be “all electric”.
I would imagine GM would think like a single car company and let the various flavors of C8 Stingray, e-ray and Z06, etc, carry the torch for 2 seat sports cars, rather than have 2 divisions cover the same market space.
It would be more impressive and rational for Cadillac to offer AWD performance variants of the Blackwing CT4/CT5 and maybe a performance SUV or two. Maybe Cadillac’s electric variants will have some of these segments covered. To be honest, my expectations are low…
Total wrong direction again for Cadillac. Another clone of a Cadillac is the wrong direction here. Cadillac is not a sports car company.
Now where they could fair better is a small open top touring roadster or better yet return to the open top 4 door sedan.
Then to change things up make either a electric. These are things no one else offers.
To Re Body a Corvette would just lead to more failure.
Would have been amazing for the Cadillac Brand but GM is just not allocating that money to the Cadillac Brand right now as they are trying to Transition them into a Tesla Competitor.
If the new Cadillac sports car is electric, then it will be GM’s top vehicle.
@Raymond Ramirez
I can see your point. Take on the upcoming Tesla Roadster.
Would be great for GM Bragging rights in their transition to Cadillac taking on Tesla going forward.
If Cadillac used this design, stolen from the Corvette C8, it would be another XLR disaster for GM.
Who said the XLR was a disaster?
Who said it was a success.
Just ask an original owner what his resale is….
Cadillac just built a slower more expensive Corvette.
A friend has a XLRV. It is nice but it was never worth the $100k price tag. He paid $30k.
The Cien was beautiful, that’s ugly. C8 isn’t up to Corvettes historical standard for design so there’s not much to work with I suppose.
PLEASE DON’T DO THIS
How Stupid can you get,, same company making a similar copy of the Corvette 2020
I remember a Cadillac ‘Corvette’ back in the early 2000s. How did that work out?
I love it. It looks mean. Obviously the body / greenhouse area would change if such a model would actually come to market, but this is a good starting point. There is only so much one can do and I give team GMA props on a job well done.
While the render looks good, it would always be known as a Corvette with a Cadillac body.
Anyone buying it, would likely be taking a sale away from Corvette., so no gain for GM.
Never going to happen. If it did it would be electric.
Im not a fan of GM rebadging a car or truck for that matter. An entire different division based off of a sticker is ridiculous. A bit more creativity within the lineup would alleviate a ton of cost and would hopefully allow them to focus on their bottom line. How about a luxury Corvette… Taho
e, Yukon, Escalade, Denali… Etc.
Unnecessarily different suv’s that are
the same… as for the rendering it looks like a Honda Accord had sex with a Corvette. I’ll pass…
Rebadging trucks works as the cost of the differences are small but the profits alone from the Denali are well worth it. Also it gives a truck to all GM dealers.
Now with Cadillac cars and the Corvettes they are exclusives that should never be shared. The higher the cost the more exclusive they should be.
Even the CUV models like the 5 and 6 should be much more different in the drive train for what you pay.
That’s my point exactly. All dealers don’t need a variant of the same product. It is not an efficient way to do business. It’s the same reason why they got rid of Pontiac. Basically a cloned Chevrolet and Buick scrambling to find their own identity. In my opinion it’s on the chopping block.
THEY SHOULD HAVE BUILT THE CIEN WITH A NEW FRONT END FIRST WITH A BIG REAR ENGINE AND AN ELECTRIC FRONT. THEN COME OUT WITH THE CORVETTE.
Cadillac should ask for the C7 Corvette chassis, they can use the Blackwing V8 and even call this car the Blackwing; although Cadillac will need a bit more horsepower to do the car some justice especially as the C7 Corvette ZR1 had 750 hp.
Yes, agreed. C7 chassis and compete against the other front engine lux sports cars kike the AMG GT or other in the segment.
Why does the modern Cadillac designer not appreciate the iconic Cadillac fin ?
Those taillights should flow over an exaggerated fender line …..
There are people who will NEVER touch a Corvette but wouid a Cadillac sports car …..
I dont understand why Cadillac does not use the Camaro chassis for an Eldorado either!
There a people who will not touch the CT 5 ,and forget yhe CT 4 , who would race to the showroom for one! ….when Buick put a Rivera / Wildcat on the chassis as a headliner on the website, dealers phones rang off of the hook ….well then they pulled the cars picture off of the website…
Why the people at GM dont get Cadillac its iconic history, and legend is beyond comphresion.
First of all the sketches of the Cadillac are from GMAuthority.com, NOT General Motors. This is only a fantasy sketch. GM has not even hinted or suggested that they would create a Cadillac spin-off of the Corvette C8,
GM authorized Cadillac to produce a convertible version of the C5 Corvette, called the XLR, built from 2004 to 2009, as a somewhat replacement for the Allante, which was discontinued about 10 years earlier According to an article published by Hagerty.com, on 05/29/2020. Cadillac sold fewer than 16,000 units over the five years it was in production. Although it used a lesser horsepower version of the Corvette engine the XLR-V version, released in 2006 with a 443 HP supercharged version of Cadillac’s NorthStar engine. The XLR had a more luxurious interior than that of the Corvette, but sold in the area of $100,000, which was expensive, even by today’s pricing standards, and many potential buyers preferred the two-seater 500 series convertible from Mercedes-Benz.
Once the Bowling Green plant gets back up to full production, I think Chevy will be nearing its production limit, due to the great positive reaction to the new C8. And with the RHD models coming on-line in another year, or two, for Australia, the UK, Ireland and Japan, the plant will be maxed-out
In any event, GM has said it’s future will be electric, so, EVEN IF Cadillac wanted to build a two-seater model, it’s likely that model might be a version of the CT4 /CT5 chassis, or its successors, and would produced at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, which, GM has said would be the new home of electric vehicles, has plenty of capacity for such a possible low-volume car.
I love it!
Looks good, Allantq?, XLQ?
I am driving a 75 Eldorado. Got quite some gitty-up what will make the jaws of some so-called sports car owners drop. Driving a Cadillac means you are no longer in the race, you won the race
Live to dream.. Cadillac created the Cien concept car which featured a mid-engine layout; but unlike Chevrolet, Cadillac simply didn’t have the guts to bring the Cien to production as everything that everyone has said about the C8 Corvette would have been said about the Cien and it’s massive 7.5-liter V12 which produced 750 hp (559 kW) and 650 lbâ‹…ft (881 Nâ‹…m) of torque; imagine if the Cadillac Escalade sharing the 7.5L V12 with the V12 or a CT6 sedan with the 7.5L V12.
Just no! 🚫
If this car were built, my expectation of it’s longevity in the market would be low, those of us who has known GM for severely using Badge Engineering Tactics to sale multiple cars from different brands have also led to the demise of different brands between the Late 1990’s and well into the early half of the 2000’s, though this car looks good, it’s identity clearly says Corvette C8 more than a potential resurrected XLR, leave that concept on paper and design another Sport Couple with a” Cadillac Only” design language.
I’ve been driving Corvettes and Cadillac coupes since the 70s… one can only hope that Cadillac build a Halo sports car such as the mid-engine rendered in these pictures!
Like most of the comments it’s not a good idea to try to make a luxury car (Cadillac) out of a sports oriented Chevrolet, also if it’s a Cadillac the price would be through the roof eg. a nicely equipped Corvette for $60,000 or so but essentially the same car in the form of a Cadillac for $100,000 or more. On top of that the Cadillac used a poorly designed Cadillac engine the “North Star” with it’s problematic head gasket and head bolt failures
Going back to the early 80’s and the poorly designed Cadillac 8-6-4 engine and the subsequent North Star engines, Cadillac has a history of poorly engineered and designed engines and I suspect that the new Blackwing engine will prove to be just another design failure.
If however, Cadillac were to lose their pride and use a design proven Chevrolet engines and price their car just above a Corvette, similarly equipped, then there may be a market for this type of car. But I highly doubt Cadillac has any intention of abandoning their pride, they used to be the “standard of the world” and now they seem to be the bottom of the barrel.
Didnt Cadillac make a mid-engine car in 2002? The Cadillac cien.
IT IS PAST TIME TO GET A CADILLAC SPORTS CAR, MY XLR IS 14 YEARS OLD. EVERYBODY LOVES THIS CAR AND I GET COMPLIMENTS AND OFFERS TO BUY IT ALL THE TIME.