Earlier this week, General Motors unveiled the Cadillac Sollei Concept, an ultra-luxury two-door drop-top that’s essentially a convertible variant of the Cadillac Celestiq halo sedan. Looking over the Cadillac Sollei, we can’t help but feel a sense of déjà vu – sure enough, GM Authority published our own vision of a Cadillac Celestiq Convertible in May of 2023, and the result is awfully similar to the Sollei. Heck, even the paint color seems to be a close match.
For those readers who may have missed it, Cadillac calls the Sollei concept “the ultimate design expression of a coach-built luxury electric convertible,” with an all-electric powertrain onboard for propulsion, and a 2+2 seating layout in the cabin to coddle passengers. The exterior design is low and long, with a pair of doors for ingress and egress, as compared to the four-door Cadillac Celestiq sedan.
Looking at our Celestiq convertible, we see a similar stance and a two-door design, with the rear doors removed and the front doors elongated. The yellow color is also quite close to that of Sollei, the latter of which is draped in Manila Cream paint, a nod to a factory Cadillac shade offered in the late ’50s.
GM Authority rendering
Cadillac Sollei Concept
Of course, there are some differences as well. The rear end of our rendering, for example, shows a small upturned spoiler on the edge of the trunk, as well as rear lighting that runs parallel to the door line. By contrast, the Sollei concept has a cleaner trunk section and a horizontal lighting band that stretches across the top of the tail. The lower section of the rear bumper, however, is a match, while the wheels are nearly a match as well, except for some small design differences and additional chrome finish for the concept.
GM Authority rendering
Cadillac Sollei Concept
As a reminder, the Cadillac Celestiq features a 111 kWh GM Ultium battery pack and GM Ultium Drive motors feeding all four wheels, with total output estimated at 600 horsepower and 640 pound-feet of torque, and the GM BEV3 platform providing the underpinnings. Each example of the Celestiq is assembled by hand at the GM Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, the same location where the Sollei concept made its debut.
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Comments
Its basically what the Sollei is. Much like the Rolls-Royce Dawn is the 2-door drop-top version of the Ghost. The spoiler is a nice way to break that round bum.
I give GMAuthority credit. You got exceptionally close. Same color, even. I wonder if gm saw your render and it inspired them. Congrats.
removing a roof only, is a very easy photoshop task
You clearly didn’t read the story. The tail lights and rear end treatment was very close and even the color, too.
Read before commenting.
That’s a real Cadillac. The only problem is that Cadillac is expert in producing beautiful concept cars, which are never produced. That’s useless and nonsense.
Please don’t take this as a sign that you need to do more renders. Rendering a convertible of an existing vehicle that is low volume and not expected to receive any changes doesn’t take much effort or imagination.
Another one that didn’t read the story. GMA moderators… please JT’s comment belongs in the trash bin.
I’m not a ragtop guy but I think it’s cool. But once again, no Vroom, no Soul. I remember riding in my brother’s ’73 Chevy Caprice Classic ‘Vert with that wonderful V8 exhaust sound exiting dual cherry bombs. That was rolling in style.
Who wore it better?
And if you compare this with RR’s one-off bespoke cars they will build for up to $30 million this isn’t a bad deal. Of course, the Rolls is way, way custom built taking 4 years or so. But we can always individualize any car and be the cool one.
Personally I’d love to see Cadillac make a new convertible but I don’t think they will. Everything is the same boring SUV design. And please if they do make it with a gas engine.