The Cadillac Series 62 is widely considered a quintessential slice of Americana, with the later generations showing off thanks to dramatic tail fins, chrome details, and an effortless sense of style that defined the golden age of the automobile. Its larger-than-life presence captured the optimism of 1950s America like few vehicles could. Now, it looks like one Chinese company is aiming to recapture that spirit with a Cadillac Series 62 lookalike called the Full Good Rocket, and interestingly, it’s powered by a GM plug-in hybrid engine.
Recently spotted at Auto Shanghai 2025, the Full Good Rocket was created by Songsan Motors, and at first blush, it’s obvious this thing was inspired by the 1959 Cadillac Series 62. However, underneath the bright-red retro exterior, the Rocket uses a turbocharged 1.5L engine paired with an electric motor, possibly the same setup used in the Wuling Starlight PHEV, as reported by The Autopian. If true, the Full Good Rocket can cover an estimated 43 to 93 miles on electric power alone (depending on conditions, of course).
Interestingly, Songsan Motors started as a Chinese Harley-Davidson motorcycle club before eventually moving into building tribute cars based on classic American designs. Songsan is also the same company that made the SS Dolphin, which takes after a C1-generation Corvette.
As for the Full Good Rocket, the design is packed with 1950s nostalgia, but it’s all a bit – off. For example, the chrome trim is actually plastic rather than metal, and there’s a sunroof section that may or may not actually open. The interior looks good as well, although it’s packed with digital screens, which does take away from the old-school vibes a bit.
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Songsan says it can build 2,000 to 5,000 cars a year, but it’s unclear exactly how many units of the Full Good Rocket are slated to be produced.
Still – how much would you pay for this Cadillac Series 62 ripoff? Sound off in the comments!
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NO… also not the other 2 behind, the corvette and neither the transporter bus both in green
cadillac had once its time and it not the chinese which would revive the premium time
btw … what u think of the 100 days of your great president 2.0 ? his dance is disgusting
What?!?!
Actually, they could sell it under the Specially Produced Motor Vehicle (SPMV) laws, which require a reproduction of a car that is 25 years or older and meets modern emissions standards.
I’m not in this market, but maybe a few thousand people are?
You’d have to find someone willing to look like an idiot for buying it.
Way do you call peole names? Stick to the jubject.
Talk about an abomination.
This car gives new meaning to the term “bubbletop”…
It has coach doors.
And the greenhouse has Rolls Royce vibes. No upright vent windows, no sale.
China can shove it.
Butt-Ugly!
Montana Bob
Looks amazing. Everything Americans buy is made in China, so why not this?
I’m a little reserved. I kinda like it cause it has the virtues of a 59 Caddy but it looks goofy. . Blasphemy to put anything other than a “Monster Motor” in it. Big, honkin’ 500 cu. in. torque monster would be a good fit. 10 miles a gallon works for me. Why would they make it so close and not the same ????? I’m guessing this is NOT a likely production vehicle, just a one off and will likely never come to fruition. A little too “off” for my taste.
The Chinese are different from us American’s, in more ways than one…the fact that they can actually put something like this together, and then (proudly?) display it at an actual auto show lends credence to the fact that The Chinese are perhaps the most outright copiers of so many things produced not just in America, but world wide. Ever wonder why the Chinese military surface ships, jet aircraft, nuke subs, all forms of missiles, and almost all electronic equipment ect. has a certain “designed in America” look to them? I see no difference when it comes to building this particular vehicle even if it’s just for show at this time. Truth is, China has been having a great time doing what it does best…copying “things” and using those copies to promote it’s own self serving ways. Just a thought on my part, some might see this as an original thought vehicle, but those of us old enough to remember the original 1959 Cadillac might see this as a total “rip off” of a very American automotive design. This wasn’t by accident, like everything the Chinese government does, it is a calculated endevor to “copy” something and then reproduce it and then throwing out to the world wide public. Just my opinion, but it hard to “look the other way” sometimes. Just say’n.
The car looks like it is from a bad copy of a copy done many times without keeping the original to go by. The Chinese got the front and rear details “good” but not close up. The dopey sedan roof is higher, yet squeezed, looking like it’s from a 1991-94 Caprice, ugh! No thanks.
GM Used to have a dept of design and color.
How long has that guild been dead? For those not numb from the neck on up, this would hint that our classics had an impact. What does it take to build vehicles with names, colors, quality, class and a little brightwork, bumpers that work. Things we owners can fix? Our cars today are about as exciting as a Soviet tank. Look at how dull even hearses are. Minimal brightwork and even black walls. How sad today’s cars have become. You build nothing I want, anymore, since 1986!