The upcoming 2024 Cadillac Celestiq is both the new flagship of GM’s luxury brand and a herald of Cadillac‘s intention to electrify its entire vehicle lineup in the near future. The Celestiq features both highly distinctive styling and extremely customizable hand-built production methods to match its brand-topping prominence.
While the Cadillac Celestiq is an attention-getting design, its long, low roofline, hatch-like rear, and rounded tail made wonder how this $300,000 halo vehicle could look like in other body styles. Specifically, we wanted to find out what it would look like as an ultra luxurious convertible, and here’s what we dreamed up.
The reimagined Cadillac Celestiq Convertible
To envision our Cadillac Celestiq Convertible, we first changed its elongated body style, creating a more compact, concise profile. The rear doors were removed while the front doors were lengthened to retain a well-proportioned look after changing the car to a two-door configuration.
With the fastback hatch and pillars gone, we repositioned the taillights to complement the reconfigured rear. The lights frame a sportier diffuser matching the convertible’s active, energetic yet sumptuous style.
The windshield gets a faster rake than the production model. The vehicle would be a soft-top convertible. Most of the changes to the convertible version would be to the profile and rear, while retaining the front fascia from the production Cadillac Celestiq revealed in October 2022.
The production 2024 Cadillac Celestiq
As a final touch to our reimagining of the Celestiq as a convertible, we’ve given it a luxurious cream color to underline the elegance expected from the leading Cadillac nameplate.
The Cadillac Celestiq convertible is, of course, purely hypothetical. No actual Celestiq Convertible is currently planned by Cadillac, to the best of GM Authority‘s knowledge.
We’ve previously imagined several other possible variants of the Cadillac Celestiq. These include a Cadillac Celestiq Coupe with a shortened three-box profile in place of the actual Celestiq’s two-box design, and a traditional Sedan featuring a more traditional three-box silhoutte.
As a reminder, the 2024 Cadillac Celestiq includes an array of high-tech features, including a 55-inch edge-to-edge screen, plus an all-glass roof panel using Suspended Particle Device (SPD), as just two examples.
The production fastback model is powered by a 111-kWh battery pack connected to an advanced AWD drivetrain. Total output is a GM-estimated 600 horsepower and 640 pound-feet of torque, providing a 0-60 acceleration of 3.8 seconds. The GM BEV3 platform is found under the body panels of Cadillac’s new flagship. Production is expected to kick off in December 2023 with availability by waitlist only.
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This should have been the first car.
Second it should be a 4 door convertible. The platform would sustain it and no one makes one.
No one offers one because no one wants one.
Não vejo o porquê de se criar mais uma bela opção de esse Caddy. Já que será um modelo personalizável.
Cadillac needs a convertible! Every luxury brand offers them.
This would take off in LA , Hamptons, Miami Beach , Naples, Middle East , Bay Area z,Jersey Shore and help bring Cadillacs once stellar , glamorous image back.
PLEASE: No more crossovers: ENOUGH !
I know YOUNG people walking out of US car dealerships, because of the dam truck push .
People will not accept companies forcing what they think are popular down peoples throats .
Sedans are SELLING for foreign brands.
Cadillac (.Buick too ).needs a Convertible, Sedan & Eldorado , Deville Rivera- Wildcat : EV hybrid choices
Looks amazing, but how about a 4 seat convertible that us mere mortals can afford? You know GM, like you used to make for 75 years or so.
It’s a Cadilac. It’s not supposed to be affordable.
Build it. Just don’t have the power top on constraint. 😎
Pretty soon, under Mary Profit Hungry Barra, no GM vehicle will be affordable, since Mary Profit Hungry Barra is eliminating every budget model possible.
My beautiful Z06 is being built next week.
My dealership says I will have to pay $75000,00 over the $130,000.00 invoice.
Anyone want it.
Wallace Chevrolet, Stuart Florida.
Ed Vossen is the salesman, a really great person.
I will never by a GM product again.
Same thing happened to a friend of mine at Estero Bay Chevrolet, except they bumped it $100k. GM should investigate and take away some of these crooks allocation.
Blame the dealer for the markup!
You have a choice. Don’t pay a cent above invoice otherwise, you’re part of the problem.
Really great guy huh…I just googled him and checked out his Twitter:
“Ed Vossen Retweeted:
Good morning the CEO of Twitter just told Hillary Clinton that Nancy Pelosi’s husband may have been in a drunken dispute with a male prostitute at 2am at their house have a nice day”
These kinds of retweets are nested between his listings of Corvettes for sale at his dealership…
What an idiot.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the dealer has Mary Profit Hungry Barra’s blessing to bump up the price any way they see fit.
While many dealers nationwide are jacking prices on Corvettes, FL dealers are easily the worst I’ve ever seen for packing prices and fees for almost every product.
They’re shameless.
Definitively Yes!!!
With a ice…
If they don’t a custom shop will. I’ve been talking with a client about doing one. He’s Roadster ready
What would it look like with the top up?
Looking at the rendering I don’t know that it’s possible to make a convertible version. There isn’t enough room behind the rear seat to fold and store a top large enough to cover the cabin.
Uglier than it already looks.
Even though the Celetig is a beautiful car I think Cadillac should stay out of that $300,000.00 market. Stick to the market you already have, and improve on what you got. Both my Cadillacs have a rough and noisey ride , 2017 CTS, 2021 XTS, my 2004 and 2009 CTS were great. What happened…… And why do we have a CT4 , and CT5, pardon my ingnorence and spelling. Note I am old school, and to me a Cadillac should be larger, smooth, and quiet. Just my opinion, Thank you.
Under Mary Profit Hungry Barra, regular Chevrolets will start near $80,000 since Mary Profit Hungry Barra is on a mission to eliminate every budget model possible.
Yes if EV drivers like ragtops.
What about a CT 7 Convertible for the regular Cadillac buyer, more of us that 300, K type
I am a 2dr hardtop guy, I drive a 2013 cts coupe- best car I have ever owned has 137000 trouble free miles. I believe G.M should build a drop dead 4 seater hardtop or coupe that you can seat 4 adults in with at least 15 cubic feet of trunk space, and bring the starting price in at 92000 dollars. G.M Cadillac needs a signature car and you cannot make a statement with a 4 door car for families and old people. Build it and they will come.. Just for the record I drive a Corvette and on the list for a new one and I am 73 years old and 4 doors is just to many doors. Why don’t you straighten out your allocation system for the Corvette so that you can go to any low volume dealership and buy a car without be gouged….
The round lines kind of remind me of older Buicks. Very clean and unique taillights.
And the Cascada didn’t sell either.
That was a Buick , built in Poland !
Awful name , and badly built , ugly car.
Why GM thinks people will buy garbage, anyone with common sense , can see won’t , is inexplicable !
People begged them to make a Camaro based Wildcat- Rivera & were ignored by todays ” geniuses ” with big degrees, and little brains .
The Cascada was more popular around the world, where it was sold under Opel, Holden and Vauxhall brands. Not promoted here at all of course, as GM works hard to put us all in trucks and SUV’s. Not a bad car, actually well liked by the owners I know, including myself. I suspect that the bashers have never driven one, much less owned one. Mine has taken me on several trips to the sun without a problem. And nothing like topless drives on the treasure coast. it would be great if GM offered a modern day Wildcat or Skylark GS convertible but fat chance of that. My next convertible will most likely be foreign as long as they still offer them.
Not bashing the Cascada. I’m just saying it didn’t sell. That fault was not with the car. Convertibles, in general, don’t sell in the volume that it takes to turn a profit. Like, Reatta, Allante, XLR, Solstice, Riviera, Eldorado, Skye, and on and on. Those all cost a bundle but never made a dime. You can’t keep doing that.
Convertibles have always been a niche product, but they’ve been offered anyway since the beginning. They’re usually priced at the upper end of their respective lines, so I’m not so sure that all have been money losers. What has changed is the focus to produce only volume product with less consumer choice of brands, models, body types, individual options, colors, interiors, etc. Aside from the profit issue, convertibles also bring marketing opportunities to call attention to product lines, as we see with this Celestiq exercise.
But Chryco did make tons of cash $$$ on the Le Baron convertible…😁
We are talking about Cadillac here & not the other lines .
Many people CAN afford & do buy expensive convertibles, that’s why Mercedes, BMW , Rolls Royce, Lexus, builds them..
AG MD. Sorry to hear that the dealer is doing this to you. The problem is that the car is worth the mark up, but I know that’s not the point.
Going to the Indy Mecum tomorrow, they will be going for more than your dealer wants. Crazy world we live in.
GM should bring back an affordable convertible like the Sky/Solstice as an EV.
We are talking about Cadillac here & not the other lines .
Many people CAN afford & do buy expensive convertibles, that’s why Mercedes, BMW , Rolls Royce, Lexus, builds them..
They’ll never build one. Too expensive to make and too expensive to have made by a custom shop. Converts have always been money losers. The budget won’t allow for that today.
So I am 43. In all my years of knowing and liking cadillac, they had names. Deville,Fleetwood,Eldorado,Seville. Those were the real cadillacs. Big
Comfy smooth. That made cadillac stand out. Yes there was Mercedes, BMW, but.they were a different luxury class. Cadillac stood out! they were big like sofas on wheels. Thats what made Cadillac a Cadillac!!Cadillac today tries to be like Mercedes and BMW. What for? Cadillacs today are not fun. The suspension is not like before. The Celestiq is a start but $300,000!!!!???? The Celestiq is nice except for the rear. Seriously $300,000 for a hatchback. It looks like an oversized Chevy monza. And the tail lights seriously? Why would you put tail lights on the side of a car? I mean kuddos to Cadillac for coming up with a name for a car for a start. The Celestiq is great until you get to the rear of the car. Oversized Chevy monza, Ford Pinto. The tail lights just no. Especially at $300,000 I’ll buy an 02 eldorado limited edition instead
Amen!
Do it and ask North Americans, which are rich people, 1 million bucks for each, it will sell a lot like all others.
As far as I’m concerned, anything that removes that horrible c-pillar would be a big improvement. If you really want to fix it, swap the hatch for a notch back sedan style, give a choice of TTv6 and dohc v8, price it from 80-110k and call it a ct6. Then all is right with the world.
And I’ll buy one.
Until then, Cadillac can GTFO.
Good call
Add some side vent windows, subtle tail fins and call it Fleetwood Eldorado please!
Indeed Cadillac should offer a convertible version of it’s new flag ship sedan. In my opinion it could possibly give the brand a shot at reclaiming its title Standard of the World.
Celestiq is sold out for the first 18 months of production. They won’t have any problems selling every one they make. So anyone saying Cadillac can’t sell a $300k plus hatch is wrong. And while looks are subjective, those who have actually seen it in the metal say it’s stunning. Given everything is going electric sooner or later, and that Cadillac is finally attempting to go back to its roots as a high end luxury brand, and with something recognisably different, I’d say they’re on the right track.
Coupe DeVille would be a great start!
1. The car industry stopped building affordable convertibles decades ago. Why? People stopped buying them, duh.
2. Cadillac Celestiq is a done deal, people.
The first round is already spoken for so I guess Cadillac is in the 300K car business.
3. I’ve owned three Cadillac sedans. I will continue to drive a Cadillac, sedan or SUV. I drive them because they are Cadillacs.
If you don’t like Cadillac, go buy something else.
We don’t care.
Too many years in engineering.
One can only imagine the structure they’d have add around the skateboard chassis to progressively absorb the loads generated during frontal impact in order to meet NHTSA requirements. Especially with that long 120” WB and 6,000 lbs of mass. After that comes the hard part…side impact.
Fun concept to ponder though.
This is one of the few convertible designs I like better than the coupe… WOW!! Love it. I hope it happens.