Cadillac Deville.
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This illustration shows what a new large Cadillac Deville sedan based on an updated version of the Ultium platform (like all Cadillac models will be) could look like. A finless large Cadillac with horizontal tail lights might ruffle some feathers. And why not…
At various times in its long history, the DeVille series was available as a 4-door sedan, a 2-door coupe, and a 2-door convertible. Through many generations, the sedan was produced from 1949 to 2006. The 2-door coupe was dropped by 1993.
Up to 1977, the 2 door Coupe DeVille was often more popular than the sedan. Something hard to imagine these days when 2 door cars are very rare in general. These large sedans were always pretty popular for Cadillac, with over 100,000 units sold most years. Of course, sales started going down in the early 2000s. And while the CT6 was a better car than the DeVille ever was, sales numbers never went over 10,542 units back in 2017.
Of course, large sedans are far from the most popular things these days, but I really think a new large Cadillac sedan could really work in the EV age. Something costing less than a Mercedes S-Class or BMW i7. And something very different from the crazy expensive $340,000 Cadillac Celestiq. I think there is a market for an under $100,000 large modern EV sedan. Something that competes against the Lucid Air and the aging Tesla Model S. You know, the one that is rumored to be “getting some love” later this year.
Cadillac has shown sketches of possible future design directions, and they all look good. Let’s hope the upcoming 2 new EV sedans we know they are working on will be a step in the right direction.
At least, it’s wonderful to know they are not just working on EVs.
Not a fan of Caddy’s interpretation of the floating rear roofline, here or in their other cars (Lyriq). The Celestiq at its pricepoint seems like maybe they should have tried something different in the low-to-mid $100k range first. I just have a feeling that car will never be actually built.
I think you meant “. . .they are not just working on SUVs.”