GM has published on social media a design sketch which is unlikely to show a future Cadillac production model but may indicate a styling direction for the brand in the coming years.
The design sketch, rendered by GM Creative Designer Darby Barber, shows an un-named hypothetical crossover concept, perhaps one or two generations ahead of the production model represented by the Cadillac Lyriq show car. Since the sketch shows a rear three-quarters view, it’s impossible to tell what Barber imagines the front end of the future Cadillac will look like, but the rear suggests a leaner version of the Lyriq, though some might argue that it appears to be a more angular version of the CT4.
The tail lights wrap around the rear corners and extend along the sides haunches, finishing above the center point of the enormous rear wheels. Speaking of the wheels, they are well over double the height of the side glass, leading us to hope that a future Cadillac looking anything like this would have cameras and sensors galore as standard.
The area that would typically contain the doors features aggressive surface detailing, with a prominent air/heat extractor just aft of the front wheels, which are every bit as formidable as the rears.
The “cab rearward” design gives the concept a slightly dragster-like appearance; it may be significant that Barber is an auto racer in her spare time. Those proportions combine with the very low roofline and extensive wheelbase to give a feeling of great length. The Lyriq may be long and low enough by most standards, but this future Cadillac concept takes the direction to new extremes.
The chances of this sketch directly translating to a forthcoming Cadillac model are next to zero, but perhaps one day we will look back at it and realize that it was the source of soon-to-be-familiar future Cadillac design details.
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General Motors design team needs to remember one thing when they’re trying to design the next Cadillac CUV; they don’t want to design what some might consider as General Motors new Pontiac Aztek where no one found it appealing enough to want to buy as well as the fact that they need to remember it’s a crossover vehicle and needs to be relatively comfortable and appealing to everyone instead of a single group of potential buyers.
This looks a lot like the Volt concept car way back in 2007. After it goes through the design process it will probably end up looking a lot like the current version of the Lyriq, but hopefully even better.
Your going to see the tranformation back to sedans eventually. The newer crossovers are getting closer and closer to the ground and green house is shrinking. Just like how all the high riding cars after the 60’s started to go lower and lower. Still will have crossovers and SUV’s around but with EV cars they can change the car easier than current manufacturing allows. Maybe someday coupes will come back too.
I think you meant “after the mid 50’s” cars got lower.
GM’s battery pack is much taller than Tesla’s, so I don’t think they’ll have EVs under 60″ height unless they ditch the skateboard.
I don’t think so
I don’t understand why GM purposely let Pontiac fail. Pontiac was your sport division, y’all allowed car that didn’t make sense. For example Pontiac Solstice Pontiac Aztek they messed up the Sun Fire, made versions of their cars so cheap people was going to buy anyway if they were souped up. Every Mortaring eyes technology that you put out you allow another car company to come and executed it. Older people was attracted to Buick. I can understand Oldsmobile, but too not even giving Pontiac a try for the future. Now Chevy is cutting back on its Fleet why you still trying to make Buick something it’s not. Bring Pontiac back, making it your totally sport division not no cheap car not an affordable car. One thing you’ve failed to realize low income people they go all the way out for the good cars not you’re cheap cars. That’s what you had Saturn for If people couldn’t afford the Pontiac Chevrolet or Buick you had Saturn to pick up the slack. I’ve watched GM for the last three decades f****** the household name. Stop tripping people and get out in the world yourself before making these deadly decisions.
How does this correlate to the article?
Buick does great concepts. This looks like a Cadillac mashed up with Chevy’s lean muscle design.
Don’t understand why people get so fixated on concepts and drawings . They are exercises in designs and ideas . The rear taillight that goes the length of the rear is happening now and Cadillac told us to expect bigger wheels in future products . I do think crossovers have about done eveything possible in designs and will start to see more returning to a taller sedan like body or maybe there may be a return to wagons if they called them something else .
It would be nice to see Pontiac back , Buick is nothing more than a Chinese division , and as fast as the EV’s are seeing that red emblem back on the front end would just be awesome for those of us that miss the division .
If they can make sure their is no road noise at all what so ever, and great handling leg room and if their going to be that big you have to have to have easy in and out rear tail gate with ample storage
It looks beautiful but they’ll ugly it up for production.