Rendered! Cadillac Ciel Reimagined as a Sedan

The Cadillac Ciel four-door drop-top concept took the automotive world by storm when it debuted last year at Pebble Beach. The big, bold, and expressive Ciel looked like nothing the Europeans (or Japanese) would ever attempt. Simply put, the Ciel was beautiful, but it was also an ultra-low-volume four-door convertible. In order to justify actually building the Ciel, Cadillac needs to build a hardtop sedan version, and this is what we think a production-ready Cadillac Ciel sedan may look like.

The biggest difference between the Cadillac Ciel sedan renderings and the convertible is the fastback-style hardtop, which gives the Ciel sedan a coupe-like profile. Up front, we expect the Ciel sedan will ditch the slim LED light bar headlights in exchange for some more DOT-friendly units. The new LED headlights would be similar to those on the concept, but they’d be wider and include foglights, while still retaining the Ciel’s distinctive front-end design.

The Cadillac’s front end may remain intact, but the production-spec Ciel — whatever it may eventually be called — will likely lose its distinctive suicide doors. Unlike the concept, the door handles may feature integrated LEDs (similar to the XTS), which jazzes up the otherwise plain doors.

While the Ciel sedan may lose the side vents and “Ciel” badging, it could keep the swooping chrome line that stretches from wheel to wheel. A production-ready Ciel sedan would probably keep the concept’s 22-inch wheels, and go without major changes to the rear.

Like the Cadillac Ciel Concept, a showroom-ready Ciel sedan would be rear-drive and powered by a 3.6-liter twin-turbo V-6 and an electric motor, backed-up by a small lithium ion battery. If power output is unchanged in the transformation from concept to production, the Ciel will crank out 425 hp and 430 lb-ft of torque. For those who demand more power, a Ciel-V or Platinum-trimmed Ciel could make a great brand flagship.

Should Cadillac build a Ciel sedan that looks like the car pictured here? Sound off in the comments below.

Illustrations by Scott Olsen

If there’s a market for it, of course they should build it. It would be somewhat exciting to see an American car company build a large car, something that hasn’t been done for decades. Though this is probably as big as the full-sized cars we used to have, it might be too big for today’s drivers, traffic, and manuevering. Still, it would be great. It’s nicely styled even though it doesn’t have the fins of classic Cadillacs.

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