Cadillac Escala Coupe Rendered As Stylish, Luxurious Grand Tourer
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The Cadillac Escala concept car made its debut on August 18th, 2016, at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, following a series of private previews. It’s a stylish, large and elegant four-door sedan, but the GM Authority rendering team wondered how it would look as a coupe, so they made it.
Cadillac Escala concept
When the Cadillac Escala was revealed, then-Cadillac President, Johan de Nysschen, described it as “a potential addition to our existing product plan”. However, its primary purpose was to introduce a new design language for GM’s luxury brand “that will begin appearing on production models soon”.
Cadillac CT5
This has already started to happen. Certain styling cues found on the Cadillac Escala also appear on the production Cadillac CT5 luxury sedan, including the front end and side various other lines. There are detail differences, but the family resemblance between the two vehicles is clear.
Cadillac Celestiq sedan rendering
Furthermore, although the upcoming all-electric Cadillac Celestiq, due to be revealed this summer and launched well ahead of schedule in 2023, has so far appeared only in teaser images, GM Authority has reason to believe that it will look similar to the Escala concept in several ways. The rendering we published in February is expected to be close to the mark, at the very least.
From what we know, there are currently no plans to put a Celestiq Coupe into production, but if such a vehicle were developed, then it might look very much like our Escala Coupe rendering. There might also be a place for it in the market – it would stand in relation to the Celestiq sedan in the same way that the Rolls-Royce Wraith coupe does to the Rolls-Royce Ghost sedan, which is mechanically similar and built on the same platform.
Sedan and coupe versions of the Cadillac Celestiq would be much more affordable (and quieter) than their Rolls-Royce equivalents. The Celestiq is expected to be priced at around $200,000 – a large sum, but not even close to the cost of any vehicle currently built by the BMW-owned British brand.
Cadillac Lyriq show car
The Celestiq is one of the upcoming electric vehicles expected to make up half of Cadillac’s portfolio by 2025, if not sooner. The first will be the Cadillac Lyriq crossover, which is due to launch in the first quarter of 2022, nine months ahead of the original schedule. Like the Celestiq and the GMC Hummer EV pickup truck, it will feature Ultium batteries and Ultium drive technology.
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BUILD IT,…..PLEASE !
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WHY WOULD THEY BUILD THIS, someone might actually buy it. Stupid GM, the XTS came close, but no cigar. GM continues to rely on old designs with a slight modification. America cant design crap.
I was most recently working at a cadillac dealership and a lot of people are upset about the CT6 going away. Not sure what GM plans for the future of Cadillac sedans given the decrease in sales but I’ve been telling people for a while, if GM wants to keep the car alive as the market transitions to EVs, it would be awesome if they had a 3 vehicle lineup of cars all on the same platform. A midsize/large 4 door Escala, a coupe Elmiraj, and a convertible Eldorado.
Spot on, Ray. If it weren’t for the Escalde, Cadillac might as well pack it in. GM has a solid 15 years to transform Escalade revenue, profit, brand equity and conquests into a thriving luxury marque. And they’ve had fantastic concepts like you mentioned as products on which to capitalize…but never have. I’ve always wondered why GM killed the Omega and don’t get me started on the Blackwing engine. If the -ique EVs don’t hit a homerun, lights out.
Not going to give you the whole story but the story is on this site you have to search for it. The most important reason for getting rid of Omega was to replace it with a BEV platform.
CT6 should have stayed. Blackwing was an absolute waste of money and engineering time. The ONLY thing that put Cadillac back on the map was a Chevy engine. Don’t fight the thought. Internalize that a cam in block engine (basically a truck engine) with pushrods brought them back from the brink and you will begin to see the light. Cadillac should have a halo car that is powered by electric non-binary unicorns or whatever management is smoking these days, but they MUST have a midsize, somewhat affordable v8 RWD manual sedan. Go look at CTSV resale values. Then go look at CTSV wagon resale values. Then go look at manual CTSV wagon resale values. What cars are people talking about after 15 years on? Hint, there is no mention of the STS or Catera.
If only, wake up from your dream, your in America, no vision here.
So Tesla is from America and there is no vision there? Your assumptions make an a!@ out of you..
You mean a convertible Ciel!
gm will not stand behind faulty engineering so I don’t recommend buying it. Faulty components are “It’s Normal” for their car and truck lines.
Yes. If Cadillac started building their concepts, and selling them. The world will be a better place. And Cadillac could regain its former glory. I am not sure what the problem is? If you want to be the best, and you have great design, why showcase it and then store it in the garage somewhere? Doesn’t make any sense to me. If you want to be the best, you can’t punk out. You have to put your best foot forward and that’s how you get to the top. It’s embarrassing that a Korean company like Genesis is kicking the sh$?);; out of Cadillac
I like it. I’ve owned 8 Cadillacs over the past 75 years. I presently own a CT6 , my last Cadillac. In my own opinion Cadillac is not a luxury car any more. I believe Management has lost it’s way. I still own my old 1987 Brougham D’Elegance. Now that’s luxury.
Today if it’s not all plastic and cheap looking a person over 40 would not want it because they have no idea what quality or design is.
The safety features in my CT6 are great and a life saver. I use night vision a lot. It’s helpful to me. My be helpful to have on every vehicle, but not sure if it’s too costly a feature.
Not bad, not bad at all, but there’s something “off” about the rear roof pillar – can’t quite figure out what it is. Nice try, though.
completely agree – the real pillar looks proportionally off.
It’s safe to say gm will never build another coupe. You’re hard pressed to find a gm sedan anymore. This is no longer a pioneering company. They go strictly where the sales figures lead and can’t see beyond the tip of their nose sniffing out whatever direction the rotting scent of woke leads them next.
EXACTLY!!!!!
I like the rendering of this but I like to see a rendering of an electric halo coupe off of the CELESTIQ rendering instead.
If any Caddy coupe is coming it probably be based on Celestiq.
It better not look like that. They took a sleek gorgeous sedan and made it look chunky and ill proportioned. This just screams “im lazy at design so i did the bare minimum”. Its a certain kinda of skill to make something gorgeous look cheap.
“The Shape of Things to Come”
These days in Central Florida what do I see? Kids between the ages of 16 and their early twenties driving 10 to 20 year old “hot rodded” Hondas, Acuras, Lexuses……. And many of these vehicles are pushing six digits in odometer mileage and then some.
It is very rare that I see them driving around in 10 -20 year old Chevy Camaros, Ford mustangs or decades old Cadillacs or Lincoln’s. I would surmise in many cases that would be due to the fuel consumption of many of these older domestic Big 3 vehicles.
But the question becomes this: In the years to come, as these kids grow older and climb up the income ladder, who’s vehicles will they be spending their money on in the future?
If I were the domestic Big Three I might start to be a little worried. Whose vehicles do you really think they’ll be purchasing over the next 10 to 20 years?