( Motorsport-Total. com/Motor1)– Before brand name brand-new Chevrolet Corvette C8 not even a twinkle in GM’s eye, Cadillac produced a mid-engined supercar that was more effective than the Vette. The Cadillac Cien (” hundred” in Spanish) debuted at the 2002 Detroit Auto Show to commemorate Cadillac’s 100 th birthday. On board was a powerful 7.5-liter V12 engine with an output of 750 hp (559 kW), 881 Newton meters of torque and a remarkable style.
Surname: Cadillac Cien
Premiere: Detroit Auto Show 2002
Technical specs: 7.5-liter V12, 750 hp, 881 Newton meters of torque, six-speed automated, rear wheel drive, 0-100 km/h in 3.5 seconds, 349 km/h leading speed
Designed at General Motors’ Advanced Design Studio in England by Simon Cox (paradoxically the very same designer behind the Isuzu Vehicross and Saturn Sky styles), the Cien was the very first supercar of its kind for Cadillac.
It introduced a brand-new period of cool design for the brand name that, to some degree, still sustains today. Not to discuss the appearance was far from the conventional Corvette appearance.
Cadillac never ever planned to standardize the Cien. Comparable to modern-day principles such as Escala, Ciel, Elmiraj and others, it was just a design planned to anticipate the future instructions of the brand name. Could it make sense for Cadillac to develop a modern-day Cien in 2019 thinking about the mid-engined Corvette is presently making waves? It would make good sense.
For picture gallery: Cadillac Cien (2002) on Motor1.com Germany (40 pictures)
Cadillac puts a great deal of focus on its endurance racing program. With the departure of the CTS-V, the brand name does not have much to provide in terms of efficiency. Simply examples CT4-V and CT5-V are conserved. Report has it that in the future we might see a sub-brand Corvette that has a mid-engined Cadillac in its portfolio …
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