Cadillac Sedans Do Away With Rear-Seat Passthroughs
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In former times, Cadillac fitted rear-seat passthroughs to its sedans, including the now discontinued ATS, CT6, CTS and XTS, but GM’s luxury brand now appears to think that this feature belongs to a bygone age. Today’s Cadillac sedans, the Cadillac CT4 and Cadillac CT5, do not have nor offer rear-seat passthroughs.
This information will immediately resonate with people who know what rear-seat passthroughs are. For the benefit of everyone else, they are sections in the center of rear seats which fold down to allow longer objects to protrude through from the trunk into the passenger compartment, while still allowing people to sit on either side.
Cadillac CT6 rear seats
They are also known as ski hatches, because they allow sedan owners to carry skis without breaking them in half, throwing them in the trunk and somehow sticking the pieces back together when they reach the resort. But they are also useful for people who want to carry other long objects, such as hockey sticks, a cello or conceivably even a bull fiddle.
Cadillac CT5 rear seats
In Cadillac’s now-discontinued sedans mentioned above, as well as in many rivals from Europe, these things can be carried along with four passengers. In today’s Cadillac sedans, they can not. It would of course be possible to fold down either or both sides of the 60/40 split-folding reach bench, which immediately solves the carrying-long-objects problem, but then the vehicle’s ability to transport four occupants along with the necessary cargo would become a thing of the past.
It will be interesting to see whether Cadillac plans to reverse its current policy for its upcoming models, most of which will be electric. Three of these are crossovers – the Lyriq, scheduled to go on sale in the first quarter of 2022, and the later Optiq and Symboliq – and one is an EV version of the fifth-generation Cadillac Escalade.
Cadillac Lyriq show car
None of these is relevant to the present discussion, but the flagship Celestiq, which will be priced to start at around $200,000 and may come to market as soon as the 2023 calendar year, is definitely a sedan, while the more mysterious “low-roof” EV is expected to be a cross between a sedan and a four-door coupe. While we wouldn’t expect an ultra-luxury sedan like the Celestiq to offer a rear-seat passthrough, the “low roof” model seems like a prime candidate for such a feature.
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Its like I have been saying,
Why would ANYONE think that GM will change the way they are doing things with Cadillac just because it will be an EV ?
Sure the SUV will not need the passthrough, but its just a cheapening up of Cadillac.
Just like a 2 cent ignition spring, its just 2 cents !
Look at the past Cadillac EV or Voltallacs. Still GM just making as cheap as possible vehicle !
First Cadillac tried to compete with the foreign luxury, now Cadillac only really needs to sell in China !
The ONLY Cadillac in the USA is the Escalade !
The rest are just cheap Chevrolets with a Cadillac badge.
Even these Alpha cars, still just a Chevrolet, and a Chevrolet quality vehicle !
Look at the interior of these vehicles, WHY is the Escalade interior different ?
I am going to love when Cadillac sales go the same as today with the EVs in the USA, THEN WHAT ?
Will GM only sell Cadillac in China ?
If Cadillac would have installed the dash setup of the Lyriq or Escalade in these sedans, they would be moving in larger numbers.
Same could be said of the rest of the Cadillac SUV lineup !
Fun days !!!