This would have been better than the Cimmaron.
This 1970’s Cadillac Escalade rendering looks amazing. It’s better than that. It’s fun to the extreme. It’s the best bitchen ride outside of the disco. It’s the family truckster in vacation could’ve been. Can you dig it?
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AbimelecDesign again kills it with an insane automotive mashup. It looks straight out of the factory. We are not only treated to cool renderings this time. A clever advertisement in a vintage magazine describes the Escalade’s “Bendix fuel injection Cadillac 500” engine. Front disc brakes are standard. It’s 1977, and this golden behemoth is the pinnacle American luxury.
Gold is the ultimate symbol of wealth Abimelec Design This collection includes a variety of 1970’s colors, including the beloved burnt orange metallic. Perhaps the green pea metallic is our favorite. We’d love ours. never-was-but-should’ve-been All black finish on SUV It doesn’t really look bad. Go ahead, admit it.
The artistry is not the colors, but how the late 1970’s Cadillac face is so beautifully attached to a classic Chevrolet Suburban. The grille and bumper are not the only thing that is striking. Also, the Cadillac’s old Caddy’s creased roof with crown ornament is visible. These 15-inch wheels were all the rage in those days, according to legend.
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Many of you may be asking why Cadillac didn’t do this. GM was able to attach fancy wheels to a Chevy Cavalier that was cheaper than dirt and name it the Cimmaron. It’s a sign of the times and people were jumping on the downsizing train in the late 1970s so Caddy was offered it. This was also the era when GM badge-engineering ran amok. While things went horribly wrong in a Cadillac-branded low-price car, the larger GMC Yukon adorned with the Caddy crest in late-1990s fared significantly better.
How different the automotive industry would look if a 1977 Cadillac Escalade was on the roads of America. We aren’t sure if this is a good thing, but one thing is certain. We would love to see these “vintage” SUVs live in person.