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[Coach E. No]

It was allegedly 750hp. It was a concept car that came out in like 1998 but they never released it. That Cadillac 16 was supposed to be a 1000hp 16 cylinder engine. It was 8 full time cylinders with another 8 when needed/power on demand.

 

[CHAPO GUZMAN]

Fuck! BEAST! I can't imagine handling is too great with that long base.

Imagine all these concept cars that are locked up that never made it to the streets. I

 

[Coach E. No]

Yeah, that 16 was probably a death trap. The cien on the other hand seemed amazing all the way around. Not sure why it never got released.

 

[DuceTheTruth]

in this pic we can see which of these 5 concepts made it to production...The Evoq on the bottom right(XLR) and the Vizion in the top left which went on to become the first gen SRX.

Im going to go on a limb and say that maybe at the time the Cien might have been too extreme of a vehicle for the Cadillac brand. At that time. Now would a great time, being that Lexus just ended production of the LFA, the Cien would be perfect to fill that void.

Even though most of Cadillacs concepts are pissed away, we DO see a lot of design cues trickle down to production vehicles. Although not as extreme.

Lets not forget about the Ciel Concept...

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXCIkcxlWa8[/video]


and after that the Elmiraj concept...

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Oav10YJGc[/video]


I think Cadillac has something big on the horizon.

@CHAPO GUZMAN ..... about the handling, long wheelbase(short overhangs)=stability.
@Coach E. No ... I think the Cien would've been more of a death trap versus the Sixteen

 

[Coach E. No]

I don't disagree, but having a 1000hp car with that long of a wheelbase doesn't seem like it would be safe. Porsche's are death traps too so that Cien would probably be at least as bad

 

[DuceTheTruth]

Tru. I guess having a 1000hp anything could be lethal lol

 

[Coach E. No]

a 16 cylinder engine crashing through the firewall probably isn't a good look lol