I now own one of the greatest cars never produced.

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck) 12/15/2019 at 22:33 • Filed to: Oh no now that he has toy cars he's gonna talk like they're real cars because he won't buy more real cars

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Yes, the Elm iraj.

I find this so painful because while subsequent Cadillacs had some elements of this concept, nothing was as gorgeous and complete .

JeepJeremy > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 12/15/2019 at 22:42

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Awesome toy!

Incredibly gorgeous car!!  WANT!!!!

shop-teacher > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 12/15/2019 at 22:43

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Cadillac has spent roughly the last two decades creating gorgeous concepts, with cool names. Then putting watered down half measures into production, with meaningless alpha/alpha numeric designations.

When the El Miraj was making the rounds, the sole reason I went to the Chicago Auto Show that year, was to see it in person. And it was worth it.

Cadillac is a study in wasted potential and missed opportunities. And that makes me genuinely sad.

50ford500 > shop-teacher 12/15/2019 at 22:51

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It does me as well. Much like Lincoln there was a time when they were really top of the line contenders instead of an also-ran in the luxury vehicle world. I secretly wanted the mid-engined ‘Vette to actually be a reincarnation of the El Dorado.

But GM in general has become a study in wasted potential. Killing off things and taking storied name plates (like the Blazer and even to an extent the Trail Blazer) into half hearted crossovers

Urambo Tauro > shop-teacher 12/15/2019 at 22:55

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Well said.

AestheticsInMotion > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 12/15/2019 at 22:56

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LC500 has to take the cake as the best concept-to-production case of the 2000s, no? 

LastFirstMI is my name > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 12/15/2019 at 22:58

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But why buy that when for almost the same price you could buy this toy :

For Sweden > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 12/15/2019 at 22:58

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In this house we Stan the Avenir

shop-teacher > 50ford500 12/15/2019 at 22:59

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The Blazer really pisses me off.

shop-teacher > Urambo Tauro 12/15/2019 at 23:00

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Thank you.

50ford500 > shop-teacher 12/15/2019 at 23:06

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Yeah its really an abomination. They could have done something daring and made a Jeep competitor but they just decided to make an ugly attempt to make a “sporty” crossover

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > AestheticsInMotion 12/15/2019 at 23:07

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It is, except for the abstract concept of me actually owning one.

AestheticsInMotion > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 12/15/2019 at 23:25

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Aim for the LC500, settle for an SC300. Or something like that

shop-teacher > 50ford500 12/15/2019 at 23:26

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Agreed. Classic GM phoning it in.

slipperysallylikespenguins > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 12/15/2019 at 23:47

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Oh man, you should have stopped at the Lemay when you were in Tacoma. They have the Ciel concept on display!

pip bip - choose Corrour > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 12/16/2019 at 02:17

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i was thinking a fully functional BMW

just-a-scratch > slipperysallylikespenguins 12/16/2019 at 10:37

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When was t hat? LeMay exhibits change regularly, especially the upper floor.

slipperysallylikespenguins > just-a-scratch 12/16/2019 at 12:51

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That was a few weeks ago when they opened the Saleen exhibit. The webpage still lists Cadillac as a current exhibit.