Cadillac Converj Approved for Production - report

Typical UGLY YANK TANK!!...YUK!!. Needs to go on a diet...need I say and more Humans??

I like this car and I will buy one only IF and I mean IF the production is a copy of the concept. So many times carmakers have screwed the pooch with promises of hot car concepts only to have the production model be so much less. Only the viper turned out as hot as promised.

I really love this car...

If it will be based on Volt, it means it also will be quite similar to Astra and that is good. I really like this cool and athletic design, but be a cool car thus it needs a cool diesel engine or turbo petrol to support its electric motor, then it really will be a powerful hothach. Perhaps 1.6 or 1.4 turbo petrol from VAG or BMW will increase its popularity with 180-200+ HP, however it will be better if GM build a 1.4 twin turbo diesel with 120-150 HP. Therefore, this car will have total output around 300 HP to face Focus RS, Golf R, next Astra VXR, BMW 135i, and maybe TT RS. One more thing should be made sure is the interior has to be as nice as one in TT, or feel as good as in Golf and 1 series.

It looks better than any hybrid or electric vehicle currently sold (except that car that starts with a "k" can't remember the name). So I like it. Design gets a B-. Then angular lines on the side molding is a bit much and starts to look stupid after looking at it for a while.

reminds me of the cadillac cien...

This car looks to good to be a Hybrid.

This car is stunning. Those love handles are beautiful. Albeit very Gallardo. It's a shame they won't make it on to the production vehicle.

Finally American car looks to Europeans like a dream....a digitally generated Chinese dream.

Americans finally understand the modern alternative engineering philosophy from the Land of the Rising Sun. The Japanese showed the way forward with the world's first economically viable hybrid car, Toyota Prius, and now we have a lovechild from Lambo Gallardo and Caddy Evoq; the Italian American mafioso. Don't mess with it or somebody's gonna whack ya! Hope the performance will be just as mean as it looks (for a hybrid). The model name, Converj, is rather unique too. However, the real acid test for this car's success in Europe will be two-fold: keeping that interior sophistication and body styling. We've already been won over in Europe with their dynamics; CTS V, take a bow for your outstanding ovation!

I hope caddy didn't take lessons from toyota who mine battery materials half way around the world and ship them to a second country for assembly, then ship to a third country for install in the car, finally shipped to the vehicle's destination in this case back to america. Let's see how much pollution we can cause during the assembly process and negate any help or savings we've created in the final product. I hope they took lessons from BMW who are shipping their battery across two states to reach the production plant for the X6. (granted too expensive to make sense, however it works) We need to prove that environmentally concious does not have to look like an owl pellet with windows and wheels.

I still think 40mi on todays batteries is BS. The 1912 Baker Electric V could go 50mi on ancient battery technology, that's almost 100 years ago!!!

Ash, ~Wow, you have zero knowledge of what's beautiful and what's not. This is one of the most beautiful cars I have seen in a long time, just because you don't like America doesn't mean you have to show your stupidity in judgment. Thank god you're only some hack with the good ole "I hate anything American" chip on your shoulder.~ Now on to what matters..... I was invited by Cadillac (my brother is a designer with Chevrolet/GM) to come to a pre-show viewing of the Converj here in Los Angeles. I was able to sit in it and get a feel for the ergonomics of both the driver and passengers positions. The interior is a big step up from earlier CTS versions (which is what it closely resembles in size) because of the top quality materials used. It will take some time getting used to the far forward dash but it has a great feel and look. The Buick interior design team helped with the interior, they got the materials right for sure. See the 2010 Buick LaCrosse, beautiful car with an outstanding interior. http://www.worldcarfans.com/109010816000/2010-buick-lacrosse-breaks-cover/lowphotos#12 After some time sitting in the Converj I would figure the seats will be changed up a bit for better driver positioning. Having the seat raised up higher than you can adjust it and making the seat cushion longer by a few inches at least, it cut's at a strange spot on the back of your legs making you feel that you have contact with the seat only at your butt area, although it might be better with a smaller person. (I'm 6'4") I asked the guy presenting the car that if I need the seat bottom raised and I stand 6'4", what about people smaller than I who will really need it raised, he told me that the seats in the car are not what's going into the production model. The seat materials and overall look will stay the same but have different overall design and ergonomics to them. The flow through center console to the rear seat area is a nice touch that gives it a high class/ high performance look and feel. Just think, this is a so-called "Green Car" and I'm talking about how good it looks inside and out, try that with a Prius. The overall look and feel of this car as I walked around it over a hundred times is of a car of the future, the body line cuts are dramatic as is the slope forward from above the back seats to the nose. The wheels are a must carry over to production. I will be one of the first buyers of either a Converj or a CTS-V series coupe when they arrive, as long as they stay to form with the basic look and feel of the prototypes, which I was told they will. So, when the time comes, it will depend on if I am "Environmentally Sane" or just "Insane" (CTS-V Coupe= $70,000+, Converj= $50,000+) at the time of production on which one I will purchase. I'll take either in the light silver I have seen recently on a 2010 ZR1, while having the wheels on the prototypes in a dark bare Magnesium color and look! 4-6 years of payments won't be so bad, and it's environmentally sane or insane. Now, when my neighbor who has a Prius glares at me when I'm in my Corvette or Truck, will no longer glare but will stare with his jaw on the ground when he see's me in my Converj!