Here’s Why A Mid-Engine Cadillac Supercar Is Not In The Cards

Enthusiasts holding out for a mid-engined Cadillac supercar may be disappointed to know that such plans have officially been ruled out.

Mark Reuss, president of the luxury marque’s parent company, General Motors, in a recent interview with CNBC, explained how a good chunk of the revised strategy for Cadillac includes a well-defined distinction between the luxury marque and other brands in the General Motors portfolio.

Part of this separation includes Cadillac-exclusive models, such as the Celestiq. Conversely, a mid-engined model based on the Chevrolet C8 Corvette would have contradicted the automaker’s current plans to develop a unique portfolio with products that aren’t offered by Chevrolet, GMC, nor Buick.

Of course, such ambitions require a remapping of assembly site logistics. “I think the way we execute vehicles globally will change, but Cadillac will be there with the latest and greatest, and we need to rebuild the sales capability, which we’re doing,” Reuss said.

A mid-engine Cadillac supercar may not be in the cards, but this doesn’t necessarily mean that the luxury marque isn’t hiding any aces up its sleeve.

“We talk about Cadillac being the ‘standard of the world,’” said John Roth, vice president of Cadillac. “Every day that standard never has a finish line. We keep moving that finish line, keep raising the bar on what the brand needs to stand for in the marketplace and keep growing and evolving the brand on a forward-looking basis.”

There’s plenty of ways to interpret what Roth means by this. We at Cadillac Society hope it hints at plans for exciting new models that will fill the gap left by vehicles like the CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing once they’ve been discontinued, which is likely sooner rather than later.

Given that the CT4 and CT5 are the only sedans currently offered by any marque owned by General Motors, we can’t resist yearning for sleek, athletic, battery electric sedans that offer the same thrills as the current Blackwings. Perhaps an internal combustion performance-luxury sedan would be even better, though such a model doesn’t mesh with Cadillac’s current EV-heavy trajectory. That said, Cadillac seems to have toned this direction down somewhat, but the Escalade is still set to be the only Cadillac nameplate to offer a combustion engine by the end of this decade.