GM Design Team Dreams Of Sunny Days, Shows Off Cadillac Convertible Sketch
13
Sponsored Links
As most folks in the U.S. battle heavy winter weather, there’s undoubtedly more than few auto enthusiasts out there dreaming about hitting the road in a droptop luxury car under warm, sunny skies. The folks at General Motors Design are among them, as evidenced by this interesting new Cadillac convertible concept sketch recently posted to social media.
Previously hitting the official GM Design Instagram feed (@generalmotorsdesign), the rendering includes a single image showing a Cadillac convertible with two doors and “minty” green finish. Only a rear-three-quarters angle is provided, but the look is definitely sleek and eye-catching.
Cadillac convertible rendering
Cadillac Celestiq
Cadillac Ciel concept
Design elements to pick out include cues pulled from the Cadillac Celestiq, the brand’s latest all-electric halo model, as well as the Cadillac Ciel concept that Caddy introduced at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The rear of the vehicles is rectangular, with pinched corners and chopped up angles that add a modern aesthetic in conjunction with a gradient finish for the rear fascia. Vertical lighting elements bookend the the rear, while a thin, wide Cadillac crest is located high and center.
The rest of the body incorporates smoothed-out body panels that lend the convertible a flowing, streamlined profile. These flowing body panels also incorporate defined styling lines up top and along the bottom of the vehicle, set at opposing angles to lead the eye rearwards. A single straight styling line accents the front fender, leading into the door with an additional Caddy crest, while the wheels are enormous five-spoke units with a black and silver finish and turbine-like layout.
With its green and black exterior colors, this thing definitely looks fresh, and the tan interior treatment looks to be just the right complement.
View this post on Instagram
Notably, Cadillac has lacked a roofless model for quite some time now. The last time a new droptop Caddy was offered was back in 2009 with the Cadillac XLR, which was produced for only a single generation before it hit the dustbin.
Subscribe to GM Authority for more Cadillac news and around-the-clock GM news coverage.
- Sweepstakes Of The Month: Win a Corvette Z06 and 2024 Silverado. Details here.
Sponsored Links
Maybe it’s a CAMARO EV????????????
That’s one of the few Caddy designs I’ve seen lately that has some appeal. Celestiq is just butt ugly.
Looks good except the boxed nose is a bit overdone.
another GM car for China!!!
Until this convertible is produced, I would like Cadillac to make a CT4 convertible.
Luxury marques have convertibles in their line up and so should Cadillac.
This is a beautiful rendition. Truthfully they should have the engineers and chassis developers work within the design instead of adapting the design to the hard points on the chassis. With battery electric vehicles, this should be much easier to accomplish. They should make this design, remove the Aston Martin badge from the back and make it a proper Cadillac.
Build it and they will come! The convertible looks great, but we also need a full-sized luxury sedan in the $75K range, not that fugly Celestiq thing.
A full sized Cadillac luxury sedan should not be $75k. They’d have to build to a price point then, likely using an FWD based platform. And you’d complain that it’s not as nice as BMW or Mercedes or even a Genesis.
If that’s your price point, maybe hope for a Buick sedan to cover that.
Show me a FWD sedan for that much… it doesn’t exist lol.
The sticker on my 2020 CT6 Premium Luxury was $80K , so starting at $75K should do it for a full sized sedan. My 2017 CT6 Premium stickered at $76K. Still have them and will keep them until I can’t get parts for them anywhere.
Have you priced a CT5-V starting at $55K, but by the time it is built out it’s closer to $72K.
We looked at a Mercedes, BMW and the dealer kept trying to push us to an overpriced Toyota, Lexus, that is. Went straight back to Cadillac.
Nice looking body, but the size of those bicycle wheels is entirely unrealistic which spoils making any valid judgment on it. Let’s see this design with a more realistic wheel to tire ratio.
We have seen the design team use their imaginations for years. Their record for delivering is worst than all the Detroit sports teams. And please don’t mention no Detroit Lions, they will be the old same Lions come Sunday.
yes plaease.