by "RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
Published 02/28/2017 at 11:24

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I’m stylin on you, Oppo. (‘88 Cadillac Voyage concept/styling exercise)

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"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/28/2017 at 11:26, STARS: 1

Remember when covered front wheel arches were a bad idea in the snow? saab remembers.

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
02/28/2017 at 11:31, STARS: 2

A gentleman should not be out in the snow. He has a crew with clearing devices for that.

They can clear the way for the maid’s car, too.

"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
02/28/2017 at 11:32, STARS: 0

that looks awesome!

cant imagine how much that rear window would cost to replace

"kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
02/28/2017 at 11:40, STARS: 2

Voyage also had a coupe sibling called Solitaire. I’m still angry at Cadillac as they didn’t make these, but ruined their brand with Escalades.

"LongbowMkII" (longbowmkii)
02/28/2017 at 11:45, STARS: 2

Hi 1991 Caprice.

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
02/28/2017 at 11:48, STARS: 1

If you were trying to do a reproduction of this, you *would* be starting with a Caprice, no question. Some extra silliness up front, though:

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
02/28/2017 at 11:50, STARS: 0

So kinja never put this in my notifications...thanks kinja

"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
02/28/2017 at 11:59, STARS: 0

“Ruined.”

The Escalade is pretty much the only thing keeping Cadillac from going under.

"RonnyPStiggs" (dyeg96)
02/28/2017 at 11:59, STARS: 1

It’s cool, they made up for it by sending a notification when a spam bot started following me. She seems keen enough.

"kanadanmajava1" (kanadanmajava1)
02/28/2017 at 16:21, STARS: 0

They could have focused into making more interesting cars and wander to SUV and pickup markets. GM had plenty of brands to use. It didn’t have to be a Cadillac Escalade.

Many manufacturers have gone to SUV route, but not all.

"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
02/28/2017 at 20:23, STARS: 0

They were styling exercises, not prototypes. Basically, the way GM treated concept cars in the 1950s and ‘60s - to set the stylistic tone for production models to follow and introduce a few new design details, but not to directly preview any actual production car. The idea of concept cars eventually seeing production more or less as designed is a fairly recent innovation.

The 1993 Fleetwood did incorporate some Voyage/Solitaire inspiration, if you sort of squint a little.

"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
03/01/2017 at 12:43, STARS: 0

It’s not an example of trying to wander into SUV and pickup markets, it’s Cadillac trying to stay relevant in one of their most troubling times. Because of the Range Rover, LX450, ML, etc, luxury SUVs were the hot thing of the late 90s, and Cadillac needed that market. Without it, they would have been dead long ago.