I have been critisizing the design of Cadillac CTS for years.
It is simply ugly and just it does not look impressive.
People says it is because of high gas price…. but still people by Mercedes S class.
This it the coupe version… what’ a hell…. I guess GM designers really like Toyota Prius or something.
This laxury coupe looks like Prius to me.
It is thick, tall, long front overhang, tail is unnaturally lifted up…. it is just ugly….
1. First thing I did was… modified the angle of B-Pillar which is tilting forward.
This is extremely important for coupe as I talked in Acura NSX.
2. Then, the waist line is too high and side windows are too small. This is typical for
modern Cadillac and it is creating funny interior space.
3. Front and Rear windscreens are lifted up. Again this is typical for modern Cadillac
and badly spoil the space utility.
4. Lower down the rear boot and bumper which looks ugly and restrict rear vision.
5. Doors are looking dull and flat… it just makes it look fat.
6. Americans are bad at designing RWD. Long front overhang make it look like
FWD and completely spoils whole design.
That was how things were moved and this is the result….
Isn’t it much better? The overall length hasn’t changed.
I really don’t like the interior of CTS. It is just unnatural.
1. Huge front windscreen is nearly touching on my forhead.
2. Waist line is too high and side windows are too small.
3. Rear windscreen touches to head of rear passengers.
4. High rear boot restrict rear vision.
As usual, all I did was, make the interior space more natural and it dramatically improve the body design as well.
Spending over $50,000 and the what you get is the ugly body design and cramped interior… what’s the point?
Westcoast Auto Design Studio 