Cadillac Fleetwood.
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We already know GM is working on two new Cadillac EV sedans based on an updated version of the Ultium platform. However, a Fleetwood retrun is still unlikely…
These new sedans 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, 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. And yet, why not…
It will be called the Fleeq.