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Unlike the last set of spy photos we saw of the 2010 Cadillac CTS Coupe, these breaking like home run records in Major League Steroids Baseball shots of the new CTSexiness from the General's luxe brand show us a somewhat camo-clad front end. Also, we'll have more shots up momentarily. For the moment, feast your eyes on that Art & Science front end and check out the full spy report from the boys at KGP after the jump detailing all the design differences between the Cadillac CTS Coupe concept from Detroit and this seeming production model.
We caught our first glimpse of the production Cadillac CTS Coupe through the trees of its secret holding pen. With these first-ever front-3/4 and profile shots of a real-world CTS coupe prototype, we can now assess the changes Cadillac designers have made to translate the striking Detroit concept into a production vehicle.Thankfully, it appears that the majority of the CTS Coupe concept's
lines have been faithfully duplicated on this production model. Some
feared that the concept's radical fastback design might be watered
down, revealing the Coupe's sedan roots, but our profile view proves
these fears as unfounded. It appears that the production version may
have a slightly more pronounced rear deck, but if that's so, it's not
enough to significantly alter the concept's silhouette. The CTS coupe
prototype retains a remarkably flat backlight.The CTS Coupe prototype further separates itself from its sedan donor
thanks to the elimination of a conventional door handle, adopting
instead the concept's Corvette-style design which hides the door
trigger behind the door's aft cut-line. The concept and production
similarities continue with the Coupe's revised lower side sill, and
the distinctively sculpted waistline, which begins at the A-pillar/
fender vent, and narrows as it stretches rearward. The camouflage
hides whether or not the line terminates into the concept's razor-
sharp point at the C-pillar, but it looks likely that that's another
design convergence between the show- and production cars. Earlier
photos also confirmed that the concept's bold central exhaust will
also reach showrooms.There are some visible differences between the Detroit Show Standout
and the production model. Cost and feasibility studies have killed
the concept's glass-to-glass side windows, in favor of a visible B-
pillar on the production model. The rest of the changes are found in
front of the A-pillar. The concept coupe's large, CTS-V-style hood
bulge is gone on this prototype (although we'd love to see it return
on a future full-blow CTS-V coupe). And the show car's reshaped front
fenders—which sweep more voluptuously to a revised front bumper,
tweaked front ground-effects, and more dynamic headlight and fog-light
clusters—appear to have been replaced with stock items from the CTS
sedan. It looks to us like the CTS Coupe and sedan will share
identical front fenders and front fascia designs. From there, back,
however, the cars could scarcely be more different. The drama of the
CTS Coupe concept is alive and well, and on its way to Cadillac
showrooms.
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