Cadillac Coupe.

This is a real thing. A real car actually designed and built by Cadillac. This is not one of the many illustrations I’ve posted lately, about daydreams of possible future Cadillac designs.

It has obviously never seen production. But this concept has also never been shown to the public, for some odd and sad reason.

While it resembles a lot of the patent images we saw in 2018, you can tell the patent sketches show a more toned-down version of the real thing. Which perhaps could have been a production version of the stunning concept. And I mean stunning. This is what a Cadillac should be. It’s amazing to see, once again, a fantastic design from Cadillac even if it never reached production. And this one was not even shown as a concept. (The photos have been unveiled on GM Design’s Instagram account)

It’s obvious that both the concept and production model were planned but none of them saw the light of day. The patents date from 2018, and I guess by then sale numbers of the Cadillac CTS Coupe might have scared GM into introducing a new generation. And the CT5 has only been sold as a sedan. Still, just imagine this car on the road. The concept is also a hatchback, which would have made the new coupe much more practical than the Cadillac CTS Coupe. As far as its name, I remember some sites mentioning CT8 for the new Coupe. And not “CT5 Coupe”.

This is even worse than seeing cool illustrations. At least we know they’re not real. But this almost happened. Just imagine how disappointed these talented designers must have been.

A true luxury brand isn’t just about numbers. I can’t imagine Mercedes was selling tons of the C-Class or E-Class convertibles, and yet, they’ve combined them into the new CLE Convertible.

This is both the coolest and the saddest thing I’ve seen all day…