http://www.autonews.com/article/201...llac-escala-concept-shows-hints-of-the-future
August 22, 2016 @ 12:01 am
David Undercoffler
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- After teasing the public with dramatic and unlikely concept cars in two previous years, Cadillac used this year's Monterey Car Week to glimpse into a future that will actually happen.
GM's luxury arm unveiled the Escala concept Thursday, Aug. 18. The car is an amalgam of design, powertrain and new model ideas that will all eventually wind up in Cadillac's lineup.
Just maybe not in the same place.
"There's a lot of stuff that's being captured here," Johan de Nysschen, Cadillac's president, told Automotive News at the Escala's debut. "All of that won't necessarily find itself coming out in one car; it will be spread through the portfolio."
Ultimately, in the long run, Cadillac needs a proper world-class flagship sedan (the CT6 doesn't cut it), but in addition to the FWD Cadillac crossovers, would have Cadillac develop an Omega-based crossover before they get to the flagship sedan.
August 22, 2016 @ 12:01 am
David Undercoffler
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- After teasing the public with dramatic and unlikely concept cars in two previous years, Cadillac used this year's Monterey Car Week to glimpse into a future that will actually happen.
GM's luxury arm unveiled the Escala concept Thursday, Aug. 18. The car is an amalgam of design, powertrain and new model ideas that will all eventually wind up in Cadillac's lineup.
Just maybe not in the same place.
"There's a lot of stuff that's being captured here," Johan de Nysschen, Cadillac's president, told Automotive News at the Escala's debut. "All of that won't necessarily find itself coming out in one car; it will be spread through the portfolio."
The Escala has sharp, clean lines. Not much new w/ the design language such as the slim, swept back quadrilateral headlights, an oversized grill now w/ the hints of a hexagon in shape instead of the former pentagram and a rendition of the Hofmeister kinked greenhouse which is akin to what Infiniti had done on the M35/37), but that's OK (would change the greenhouse shape a bit to give it more of an aggressive bent to match the front).
Aside from having more striking sheetmetal, expect the CT5 to increase in passenger/trunk space as well over the CTS.
Pretty much what I had expected all along; plus, it always made sense for Cadillac to concentrate on getting out the rest of its crossover lineup (as it is already way behind the competition) as they are the volume sellers and then work on the flagship (on whatever form it will take).
Ultimately, in the long run, Cadillac needs a proper world-class flagship sedan (the CT6 doesn't cut it), but in addition to the FWD Cadillac crossovers, would have Cadillac develop an Omega-based crossover before they get to the flagship sedan.