The Opposite Locker - FarOut Fridays

"Tim (Fractal Footwork)" (fractalfootwork) 10/04/2013 at 12:30 • Filed to: FarOut Fridays, The Opposite Locker, Cadillac, Converj, OppositeLock

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This is The Opposite Locker - FarOut Fridays where we try and sort out the cool from the square when it comes to the automobiles of tomorrow (concept cars). This is a discussion system detailing how cool a car is, not how fast, fun, or frivolous it may be, but how well it looks in the cat's pajamas.

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The coolness of a concept car is as much about what the concept can spawn when the ideas and design theories reach the marketplace as it is about the car in its current state holding use in one of our current hypothetical lives.

Locker Space

Fly as Hell

Cadillac Elmiraj

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - doesn't shout, "I'm a rich bald dude", yet still comes with a wiff of class and sophistication while retaining those classic Volvo looks. Fly as Hell.

Cool

Audi Sport Quattro

Mercedes S-Class Coupe

Opel Monza

Uncool

Lamborghini Egoista

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Future Kids On The Block

For a concept that is cleared for production, the Cadillac Converj carries with it an ethos that is not as outlandish as most concepts. Built from the unsold Chevrolet Volts carcases, the Converj promises sustainability through luxury; it's main (and only true) competitor is a Lexus. Most expensive luxury brands have avoided the hybrid market because they all originally thought that if someone was willing to spend and exorbitant amount of money on a vehicle, they don't mind spending the relative cost for fuel; they are not taking into consideration the hippie crowd who have stumbled on money by offering them something better than a Prius. So, does all of this 'green meets luxury' somehow make this Caddy cool, or is it holding the brand back?

Cadillac Converj

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dogisbadob > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 10/04/2013 at 12:33

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It should just be a hatchback. GM seems to think every car is a coupe

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 10/04/2013 at 12:35

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Exactly what Cadillac doesn't need.

William Byrd > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 10/04/2013 at 12:35

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Cool. Eco-friendly and great design, not many of them out there.

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 10/04/2013 at 12:38

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Decent styling but it's mated to the Volt powertrain. That makes it less cool.
I think of it as I do the Lexus CT200H. Cool styling, hatchback, kinda luxurious... But its mated to a Prius powertrain. Kinda kills it.

OtherBarry > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 10/04/2013 at 12:38

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Call it a fastback, oh wait, eco something...

OtherBarry > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 10/04/2013 at 12:39

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Maybe this is what the CRZ should have been...

PRBot II > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 10/04/2013 at 12:53

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Uncool.

I thought Cadillac was supposed to be about American opulence. James May would look ridiculous smoking a cigar in this thing.