Cadillac Fleetwood.
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While Cadillac is indeed working on two new sedans, none of these will end up replacing the old Fleetwood.
These new models will be based on the Ultium platform and will replace the current CT4 and CT5, even though the larger version will actually be larger than the CT5.
A new Fleetwood would be the largest Cadillac sedan available besides the Celestiq, but for much less. It would still be expensive, but probably priced at under $ 100,000 to be competitive against the Mercedes EQS or the BMW i7. And not trying to be a Rolls or Bentley, like the Celestiq.
The Fleetwood was one of the most luxurious cars the Cadillac ever made over the last decades. The “Fleetwood” name was usually added to a more mainstream sedan like the DeVille.
In 1993, the Fleetwood became a specific model, based on the Cadillac Brougham platform. Which dated from the late 1970s, Deville. The 1993 Fleetwood was quite a modern design when it came out. It almost looked like a weird production version of a Syd Mead design from some angles. And the master illustrator himself drove one for years.
The Fleetwood courageously held on until 1996, with sales shrinking every year. By that time, a giant RWD sedan from Cadillac wasn’t what people wanted anymore. The CT6 and XTS were on their way. And especially, the truck-based Escalade. Which somehow ended up ruling the whole Cadillac brand and became their best seller, year after year…
A new Fleetwood sedan would be a Cadillac return to a market they abandoned years ago. A market that has been shrinking ever since…