Cadillac XLR was the first convertible for Cadillac which came out in 2003 since Allante was withdrawn in 1993.
2003 was also One hundredth anniversary of Cadillac and XLR came out with $100,000 of price tag which was the most expensive mass-production vehicle made in the United States.
This is the only vehicle which is sharing the platform of Corvette.
This also means it was supposed to be very special model for GM…
Cadillac Eldorado used to be the most popular 2 door coupe….but not anymore. All the market was taken over by Germany and now, Cadillac has strong complex against Mercedes…
This is obviously targeting Mercedes SL….but what about this design?
Cadillac has been trying to be different past 10 years and they call it “Art and Science”….But it only look like cheapy crappy Lego toy or something.
I am amazed that nobody had complained about this front mask.
In case of Mercedes SL, It goes well with wealthy old women or even fashion model…but this thing…. I just can’t think who could look good on it….
This is what I did some modification by using Adobe Photoshop.
First of all, I just did not like those headlamps. When you see the original one, your vision is just floating between strange-looking headlamps and doesn’t stop.
That is why it is looking spiky….but it does not look strong or looks vague.
Look at my one….your vision will go streight to center of vehicle, then look around and the vision comes back to center again.
This is typical example that GM designers are not understanding basics of car design.
Today, there are lots of people who are good at drawing or good at operating computer graphic…..but I don’t think there are enough people who understand basics of car design.
Cadillac designers don’t know what is good about Cadillac, or history of Cadillac. All they do is putting Cadillac budge and vertical tale lamps.
Meaningless lines are not beautiful, practical lines are beautiful.
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