{"id":2057,"date":"2013-12-05T07:18:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T14:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rickdebruhl.com\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2013-12-14T11:07:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T18:07:39","slug":"cadillac-needs-to-build-the-elmiraj-concept-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/?p=2057","title":{"rendered":"Cadillac Needs to Build the Elmiraj Concept Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Cadillac,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re feeling pretty good about yourself these days. After all the 2013 ATS won just about every major automotive award this past year and wowed all the automotive journalists.\u00a0And the 2014 CTS just won Motor Trend&#8217;s car of the year.\u00a0That&#8217;s wonderful, but as Han Solo says to Luke Skywalker in the first Star Wars movie, &#8220;Great kid. Don&#8217;t get cocky!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because while you&#8217;ve come a long way from the dark days of parade floats and Cimarrons, you&#8217;re only as good as your next car.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why I think your next car should be the Elmiraj.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2061\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2061\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickdebruhl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-001.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2061\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/?attachment_id=2061\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-001.jpg?fit=3000%2C1713&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3000,1713\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The new Cadillac Elmiraj Concept is a design vision for a four-seat coupe with presence and poise, 205-inches in length. Taking up from where the memorable Ciel Concept left off, Elmiraj is a statement of pure luxury and performance with a purposeful character and proportion.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1375990977&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;2013 Cadillac Elmiraj Concept&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2013 Cadillac Elmiraj Concept\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The new Cadillac Elmiraj Concept is a design vision for a four-seat coupe with presence and poise, 205-inches in length. Taking up from where the memorable Ciel Concept left off, Elmiraj is a statement of pure luxury and performance with a purposeful character and proportion.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;2013 Cadillac Elmiraj Concept&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-001.jpg?fit=747%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2061\" alt=\"2013 Cadillac Elmiraj Concept\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickdebruhl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-001-300x171.jpg?resize=300%2C171\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-001.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C584&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-001.jpg?w=1494&amp;ssl=1 1494w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-001.jpg?w=2241&amp;ssl=1 2241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2013 Cadillac Elmiraj Concept<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have to tell you much about the Elmiraj. Sure, it&#8217;s just a concept but you know it&#8217;s a personal luxury car that has the potential to challenge at the upper levels. The CTS has turned a lot of heads, but most folks getting ready to drop serious money on a luxury coupe still keep thinking about names like Mercedes or Bentley. The Elmiraj has the look and the proportions to turn some of those heads.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2062\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2062\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickdebruhl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-003.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2062\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/?attachment_id=2062\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-003.jpg?fit=3000%2C1919&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3000,1919\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The new Cadillac Elmiraj Concept is a design vision for a four-seat coupe with presence and poise, 205-inches in length. Taking up from where the memorable Ciel Concept left off, Elmiraj is a statement of pure luxury and performance with a purposeful character and proportion.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;2013 Cadillac Elmiraj Concept&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2013 Cadillac Elmiraj Concept\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The new Cadillac Elmiraj Concept is a design vision for a four-seat coupe with presence and poise, 205-inches in length. Taking up from where the memorable Ciel Concept left off, Elmiraj is a statement of pure luxury and performance with a purposeful character and proportion.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cadillac Elmiraj: Think Bentley Killer&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-003.jpg?fit=747%2C478&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2062\" alt=\"2013 Cadillac Elmiraj Concept\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickdebruhl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-003-300x191.jpg?resize=300%2C191\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-003.jpg?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-003.jpg?resize=1024%2C655&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-003.jpg?w=1494&amp;ssl=1 1494w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-003.jpg?w=2241&amp;ssl=1 2241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cadillac Elmiraj: Think Bentley Killer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And\u00a0your Elmiraj is more than just looks. The concept version has a 500 horsepower, twin turbo engine. Of course the car isn&#8217;t small or light so it will no doubt need the extra ponies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2064\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickdebruhl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CadillacElmirajConceptReveal09-medium.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2064\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/?attachment_id=2064\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CadillacElmirajConceptReveal09-medium.jpg?fit=1200%2C799&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,799\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cadillac Elmiraj Interior\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Cadillac Elmiraj Interior&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cadillac Elmiraj interior. Can&amp;#8217;t you just smell the leather?&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CadillacElmirajConceptReveal09-medium.jpg?fit=747%2C497&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2064\" alt=\"Cadillac Elmiraj Interior\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickdebruhl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CadillacElmirajConceptReveal09-medium-300x199.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CadillacElmirajConceptReveal09-medium.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CadillacElmirajConceptReveal09-medium.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CadillacElmirajConceptReveal09-medium.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cadillac Elmiraj interior. Can&#8217;t you just smell the leather?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And then there&#8217;s the truly luxurious interior.\u00a0Hand-carved Brazilian rosewood and\u00a0backlit titanium strips are a great mix of old and new. No high-end buyer would ever think they were short-changed.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is that\u00a0building the\u00a0Elmiraj isn&#8217;t about short-term profit. It&#8217;s about building an image that turns into long-term marketability. Every time the Elmiraj gets parked between the Bentley Continental\u00a0and the Mercedes SLR at the Palm Beach valet, it makes people think that Cadillac isn&#8217;t coming back, it&#8217;s already here. I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;d love that feeling.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2060\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickdebruhl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-002.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2060\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/?attachment_id=2060\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-002.jpg?fit=3000%2C1450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3000,1450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix X100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The new Cadillac Elmiraj Concept is a design vision for a four-seat coupe with presence and poise, 205-inches in length. Taking up from where the memorable Ciel Concept left off, Elmiraj is a statement of pure luxury and performance with a purposeful character and proportion.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1373266188&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;23&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;2013 Cadillac Elmiraj Concept&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2013 Cadillac Elmiraj Concept\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The new Cadillac Elmiraj Concept is a design vision for a four-seat coupe with presence and poise, 205-inches in length. Taking up from where the memorable Ciel Concept left off, Elmiraj is a statement of pure luxury and performance with a purposeful character and proportion.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Elmiraj shows that Cadillac has truly arrived&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-002.jpg?fit=747%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2060\" alt=\"2013 Cadillac Elmiraj Concept\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rickdebruhl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-002-300x145.jpg?resize=300%2C145\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-002.jpg?resize=300%2C145&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-002.jpg?resize=1024%2C494&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-002.jpg?w=1494&amp;ssl=1 1494w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carcentrick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/2013-Cadillac-Elmiraj-Concept-002.jpg?w=2241&amp;ssl=1 2241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Elmiraj shows that Cadillac has truly arrived<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Supposedly, the Elmiraj is purely a styling exercise.\u00a0I hear that you&#8217;ll use design elements to improve cars across the brand. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I think that&#8217;s a great idea. I just think it would be nice to tie all those pieces into one spectacular package and show the world that Cadillac can take on anyone, anytime.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely, a fan of your future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<fb:like href='https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/?p=2057' send='true' layout='standard' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like><span class=\"fb_share\"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/?p=2057\" layout=\"box_count\"><\/fb:like><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dear Cadillac, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re feeling pretty good about yourself these days. After all the 2013 ATS won just about every major automotive \n<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/?p=2057\"> [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misccarthoughts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p27JFw-xb","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2057"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2097,"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057\/revisions\/2097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carcentrick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}