Behold... The Cadillac 300 DTS

[Lord Cadillac]

Since I've been hearing all this talk about a Chrysler/GM merger, I thought I'd put together the new 360 horsepower RWD Cadillac DTS.

Would someone with better Photoshop skills care to improve on this? I'm no artist - so someone could surely do a much better job..

[Jesda]

Whoa... weird!

[eyekandyboats.inc]

UGLY ... not your photoshop skills. they are better then mine but the car... DAMN....

how about STS body with C300 head lamps bumper and grill with a cadillac crest

[c5 rv]

That looks about as attractive as the rumored merger.

[RightTurn]

^^

[Lord Cadillac]

I'm sure it could/would look better with real world updates and changes.. The fact is - Cadillac could/would have a full-size luxury car with rear wheel drive and a respectable amount of power.

[Lord Cadillac]

Not only all of this, but now Cadillac would have it's DTS-L..

The styling of the Chrysler 300 is excellent.. It needs to stick around in one form or another. I feel the Cadillac DTS should use as many of it's styling cues as possible because it's a winning design. Minor updates are all it needs. Subtle changes to the sides, major "Cadillac" updates to the front and rear.

The interior would be completely overhauled...

[Brett]

Im sure the magazines would love the fact that cadillac would be using architecture from a previous generation mercedes, one that goes back probably 15 years at this point

[gothicaleigh]

We don't want an old Mercedes platform under Cadillac.

Stretch the rear of the G8 platform and hybrid it with the front architecture of SigmaII (as was rumored to happen), and top it off with sheetmetal resembling this:


Give it a Northstar V8 as a base engine, finally release the Northstar V12 as a fuel-prices-be-damned engine, and maybe offer a Hybrid ala the Escalade to keep the enviro-nazis from whining too much.



Instant win.

[RightTurn]

Originally Posted by Lord Cadillac

The styling of the Chrysler 300 is excellent...

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[Lord Cadillac]

Originally Posted by RightTurn

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I hear ya.. But consider how many Chrysler 300s you see on the road. Apparently, people love the car. Even though the style is getting old, people are still buying them. I would say that most people find it to be an attractive car..

As for all the wishes of a new Northstar and/or a V12 and the Cadillac Sixteen design, I think we "actually" have a better chance at seeing a Chrysler 300 used for the next DTS. All of those scenarios are too unlikely. And an old Mercedes E-Class architecture wouldn't be so bad. The media might jump all over them for it - but people would be buying more DTSs than they are now. It would attract younger buyers. And older buyers are not likely to be very concerned what platform it's using.

[77CDV]

Originally Posted by gothicaleigh

We don't want an old Mercedes platform under Cadillac.

Stretch the rear of the G8 platform and hybrid it with the front architecture of SigmaII (as was rumored to happen), and top it off with sheetmetal resembling this:


Give it a Northstar V8 as a base engine, finally release the Northstar V12 as a fuel-prices-be-damned engine, and maybe offer a Hybrid ala the Escalade to keep the enviro-nazis from whining too much.



Instant win.

Now that's what I'm talkin' about! Styling that would never be mistaken for anything else on the road, coupled with a dependable V8 with a V12/V16 option and an 8-speed automatic. Oh, yes, Cadillac would be back!

[Cadillacboy]

I do prefer CTS

[The Tony Show]

Originally Posted by gothicaleigh

We don't want an old Mercedes platform under Cadillac.

Stretch the rear of the G8 platform and hybrid it with the front architecture of SigmaII (as was rumored to happen), and top it off with sheetmetal resembling this:


Give it a Northstar V8 as a base engine, finally release the Northstar V12 as a fuel-prices-be-damned engine, and maybe offer a Hybrid ala the Escalade to keep the enviro-nazis from whining too much.



Instant win.

Win.

[orconn]

^^^^^ Now we're talking "my next Cadillac!" I may be an old fart, but I do got the bucks given the right product.