GM Design Team Releases New Cadillac Crossover Sketch
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The GM Design team has just shared a new sketch of an unnamed Cadillac crossover, potentially providing an idea of the bold styling the luxury marque is aiming for in future projects.
Penned by Cadillac designer Jason Chen and posted on its Instagram account, the sketch shows the side-profile of what likely serves as inspiration of a future Cadillac crossover.
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The post is captioned as “High contrast. High impact”, and the sketch certainly exemplifies this ethos. The crossover has many sharp lines and rides on enormous wheels. The most striking visual is the vehicle’s shooting-brake silhouette, making it look like it’s moving at high speeds even while sitting still.
This sketch is likely the design inspiration for an upcoming XT4-sized Cadillac electric crossover that will slot below the Cadillac Lyriq. In fact, comparing the sketch to a prototype of a Cadillac EV crossover spied back in August reveals various design similarities.
GM Authority has previously reported on the aforementioned XT4-sized electric Cadillac crossover, which we expect to utilize a downsized version of the GM BEV3 platform, the same architecture that underpins the current Cadillac Lyriq. We also expect that this forthcoming Cadillac EV will utilize GM’s Ultium modular battery design and Ultium Drive electric motors.
In addition to this small electric crossover, Cadillac recently revealed the Celestiq show car as a lightly-veiled preview of its upcoming ultra-luxurious full-size sedan. Not including the Lyriq, at least four new electric Cadillac models will be added to the brand’s product portfolio between now and 2025, including a crossover to slot above the Lyriq and two electric Cadillac Escalade models, which per recent trademark filings are expected to be called Escalade IQ and Escalade IQL.
As for the sub-Lyriq crossover, it will likely end up wearing the Cadillac Optiq moniker, per the marque’s direction to use the “IQ” suffix to name its EVs. Beyond Optiq, GM has also moved to trademark Symboliq and Ascendiq.
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There are already hundreds of CUVs on the market. How about something different for a change?
Bigger side windows would be nice.
So would headroom.
John: What I find so hilarious is that everyone proclaims how they prefer the SUV/CUV’s for sitting higher. For better viability. For the room for hauling stuff (even though many haul very little). Yet the designers are creating the newer SUV/CUV’s that sit lower. Are getting much harder to see out of. And that have pitiful space usage. Just take a good look at the Mazda CX30 for proof. But people are buying them because it’s a crossover, and not a very good one at that.
So I agree with you that these manufacturers need to do something different and stop pushing the SUV/CUV’s on everyone. How about a nice personal luxury coupe!
Drawing is great but car will look nothing like it. GM does great Buick concept cars, too, (Avista, Envision, Rivera). At least Chevrolet doesn’t try.
Disproportional
What Jason did is what’s called “cheating”, not for money, but to make a design look a lot better than it will in 3-D or metal. The roof is too low, the wheels too large, the sculpturing stronger than the factories will make it. The rendering is a sales tool, to sell the design to management, and apparently it worked.
Looks very boxy, with angles going off the rails. These vehicles have so much blocked vision to the back and sides of the roof lines.
You can always figure how a car proportions will be even through camo, this one’s form isn’t all that hot and have a Chevy vibes to it. This mule looks so conservative in comparison to the forward looking sketch.
Dig it. The custom aftermarket will address the altitude, colors, wheels…you know the stuff that makes it personal.
Not much room for a door crash beam, so don’t think it will make the cut.
Nice sketch, but the GM “Make It Boring” Team will quickly turn this into another bland CUV that you couldn’t differentiate from a Chevy Equinox…
So funny reading the comments here. Its a concept.
It’s true. Design studies generally push the limits so I doubt any final product ends up like this.
Why bother it will just be another crappy EV with all the chips. Why not just move to China and be done. Nothing made here anyway.
Wow ; another crossover ! zzzzzzz
Cut it out GM .
I am not ever buying one .
Everyone I know storms out of your barren showrooms.