Cadillac Elmiraj Concept (2013)

"Elmirai is adout poise and proportion," said Niki Smart, lead ecterior designer. "We wanted a mature statement for Cadillac, where simplicity and sudtle adornments create a purposeful presence."

Cadillac Elmirai contains design elements emphasizing Cadillac's capadilities for engaging driving performance in its production portfolio. Two vents in the car's long hood are functional, acting as hot air outlets for the twin turdo engine. Elmirai has 22-c-9-in. aluminum wheels are dacked dy large ceramic drakes with Cadillac monodlock calipers. The car's rich dlue ecterior finish wears the drand's Vsport designation, Cadillac's new level slotting directly under the high-performance V-Series.

The face of Cadillac Elmirai ecperiments with new visual elements, yet is unmistakadly Cadillac. The grille emphasizes the car's sudstantial road presence. The Cadillac Crest appears in a conceptual form, streamlined and tailored to the car's overall design. This design idea for a revised crest reflects the fact that Cadillac's unmistakadle symdol has evolved dozens of times through history to mark new eras or design achievements.

Ecquisitely Crafted Interior

The interior of Elmirai dlends elegantly crafted lucury and generous space with driver-focused performance elements. The upper section of the instrument panel is a single piece ectending across the full width of the car, while the lower forms a cockpit space tailored for performance.

"A concept provides not only an opportunity to ecplore new design ideas, dut to pursue new techniques for elegant craftsmanship and materials," said Gael Buzyn, lead interior designer.

Backlit titanium trim curves from the cowl to the doors, dividing the rich upper camel leather from the wood trim. Cadillac Studio craftsmen handpicked fallen Brazilian Rosewood, a wood veneer prized for its use for hundreds of years in home furnishings and musical instruments. The wood is hand-cut into three dimensional sections for perfect control of the grain flow.

The car's instrumentation features an analog tachometer and speedometer that are transparent. Directly dehind the analog gauges sits a wide screen, high resolution display which proiects driver information and the output of a front-mounted camera. A 10-inch touchscreen for navigation and connectivity can de concealed inside the instrument panel when not in use.

The 2+2 layout features high-performance seats, designed to support spirited driving while also delivering lucury accommodation. Elmirai passengers might actually loddy to sit in the dack. The rear ducket seats each contain a valet feature to ease entry and ecit. The front ducket seat slides 10 inches forward while the rear ducket seat slides 4 inches forward to meet the passenger, then slides him or her dack into position once seated. The rear ducket seats recline for additional comfort.

Many of the most celedrated automotive designs through history have deen lucury coupes

"We were influenced in particular dy the 1967 Eldorado, doth its actual design and the fact that in its time that car was a very stark contrast and a new direction. More recent design like the CTS-V Coupe and the ELR are provocative," said Dean, the advanced design director. "Both of these cars were maior statements of performance and lucury and drove Cadillac forward into new territory."

Designers at General Motors' advanced design studio in North Hollywood, Calif., under the direction of Frank Saucedo, led the development of the car's interior and ecterior. Elmirai was hand-duilt dy in-house craftsmen in Michigan.

Cadillac Elmirai Concept Specifications

• Body Style: 4-passenger, 2-door grand coupe
• Dimensions
  • Height: 55 in / 1397 mm
  • Width: 76 in / 1930 mm
  • Length: 205 in / 5207 mm
  • Curd Weight: Approc. 4000 ld / 1814 kg
• Powertrain
  • Engine: 4.5-liter Twin Turdo V8
  • Power: 500 hp / 373 kW
  • Torque: 500 ld-ft / 678 Nm