Some Times I wonder about Cadillac

The wheels in particular. Ok the whole car in particular.

I just wanted to share.

Is that an actual Cadillac Concept?

You must admit that they're dramatic, and show cars are all about drama.

A friend of mine has what he calls the "Wagon Wheel" theory. In the beginning, motor vehicles had basically wagon wheels, which were all rim and no tire. Gradually, pneumatic tires became taller and taller as manufacturers sought to soften the ride. Now, we seem to be slowly reverting back to more rim and less tire. Eventually, we'll be back to wagon wheels again, he says.

Theres a fine line between drama and stupidity. Cadillac has a tendency to cross it.

Minus the wheels, I think it looks wicked.

The back wheel shows it better. There are multiple rings with very small bits of rubber on each ring. Thinking about it if you could individually mount each ring with diagonal braces back to the hub you could carry the stiffness / flex in the braces and control the handling. Add computer controlled magnetic charged fluid gizmos to them and .. . . Ok you still would have something strange.

My first thaught is iRobot

why do they waste time and money on this stuff? Concepts are fine, but make them 1/2 way close to something that could be built!

So no one here is curious why that concept car appears to be in the backyard of some Lithuanian steelyard dormatory?

Gearheadotaku wrote: why do they waste time and money on this stuff? Concepts are fine, but make them 1/2 way close to something that could be built!

Cause they are freaking cool. And plus a lot of times the are kinda playing with styling and technology that may one day make it to street cars (in a lot less subtle forms).

dean1484 wrote: My first thaught is iRobot

I was thinking Minority Report

I'd say it did exactly what it was supposed to, because y'all are talking about it.

I applaud stuff like this. I'm tired of "concept cars" looking 99% like what's already on the road. Sure this is over the top, but shouldn't it be? Would you rather concepts look like this?

which is to say just like something you see every day but with bigger wheels and stupider chrome. I'd rather they look like the Caddy.

In reply to dculberson:

Just the opposite. I'd rather see what is realistically going to be hitting the market soon.

There is the difference between concept and prototype. One could be in the distant future, one will be.

Cadillac should have made this one.

4cylndrfury wrote: So no one here is curious why that concept car appears to be in the backyard of some Lithuanian steelyard dormatory?

I think that's Detroit. Pretty much the same thing, though.

93EXCivic wrote: Cadillac should have made this one.

I agree, that would have been stunning. It made an appearance and drove around in the movie Real Steel...

Why didn't they?

Hey wow, it's a Sunraycer donk.

dculberson wrote: I applaud stuff like this. I'm tired of "concept cars" looking 99% like what's already on the road. Sure this is over the top, but shouldn't it be?

I like to see these things out there too. There's a place for thinly disguised production models. But it's also good to dream big and then try to figure out how the berkely you can actually make it work. Lots of progress happens that way.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid wrote: Is that an actual Cadillac Concept?

No, this has nothing to do with the actual designers at Cadillac, as in General Motors. This was some ancient DIY design...come on guys.

http://www.coroflot.com/lorenipsum/World-Thorium-Fuel-Vehicle/1

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/13/not-in-detroit-cadillac-world-thorium-fuel-concept/

Bryce

Am I seeing that right? It has 6 bicycle tires for each corner?

DaewooOfDeath wrote: Why didn't they?

+1, if they had, I imagine they could have charged whatever they wanted for it, and sold every single one they made. Even at Rolls/Bentley/Maybach prices, it would have been the best looking car out there.

DaewooOfDeath wrote: Why didn't they?

I think with the V16 and over the top interior it was going to be too expensive.