- Forward-looking idea convertible explores the probabilities of customized commissioned car design.
Cadillac launched the SOLLEI idea car, the last word design expression of a coach-built luxurious electrical convertible. This imaginative design train pushes the boundaries of future bespoke commissions, tailor-made to replicate the distinctive passions and pursuits of its clientele.
SOLLEI conceptualizes an all-electric, 2+2 convertible geared up with the model’s signature 55-inch pillar-to-pillar display, awe-inspiring inside, exterior lighting chorography for arrival and departure, and intuitive entrance and rear command console.
Defined in its identify solar (‘SOL’) and leisure (‘LEI’), SOLLEI represents Cadillac’s optimistic inspiration for an open-air, leisurely life-style.
“SOLLEI reimagines the discovery of travel, envisioning a personalized driving experience that connects one with the natural world around them,” mentioned Erin Crossley, design director, Cadillac. “The concept celebrates Cadillac’s pedigree of elegant convertibles in a modern form by cultivating high luxury through design expressions and experiences.”
SOLLEI can also be Cadillac’s first idea car to include an revolutionary bio-based materials developed in collaboration with MycoWorks. Used within the charging mats on the console and the door map pockets, Fine Mycelium™ by MycoWorks is ushering in a brand new period of luxurious supplies grown from mycelium (the renewable root construction of mushrooms). The materials displays Cadillac’s mission to pioneer renewable automotive sources.
Sophisticated exterior, clear physique model
The SOLLEI’s exterior exudes emotion and embodies Cadillac’s unmistakable daring proportions. The low, elongated physique is accentuated by a large stance and lengthy coupe door, facilitating quick access to the spacious rear.
The uninterrupted surfaces and stretched A-line emphasize the car’s size, whereas the low tail design creates dynamic but elegant proportions. The mid-body line seamlessly connects the headlamp to the taillight, unifying the automotive’s harmonious design. Conventional door handles are changed with discrete buttons serving to to allow the clear profile line.
Celebrating Cadillac’s heritage of daring colours, the outside is completed in “Manila Cream,” a colour initially used on Cadillacs in 1957 and 1958. This revived end was meticulously curated and painted by hand by Cadillac craftsmen.
Artistic inside, expressive character
The inside of SOLLEI channels Cadillac’s “art of travel” design philosophy, elevating the journey expertise for each the driving force and the passenger. Features embody a completely built-in beverage chiller with an influence glass door and crystal glasses seamlessly mixing leisure with journey.
Craftsmanship is on the coronary heart of Cadillac design. Every element is deliberately designed to remodel the bizarre into the extraordinary. Illuminated décor and distinctive elaborations add expression to the model’s unparalleled aesthetics. The inside decor, wrapped in unstained wooden veneers, honors pure colour and grain sample variations, whereas surfaces characteristic open pore finishes that may be felt by contact. Each piece is hand-cut and hand-laid utilizing marquetry methods, creating an exquisite focus that pulls the attention from the entrance doorways to the console, and into the rear compartment. The windshield is framed in milled brushed aluminum persevering with Cadillac’s use of pure supplies.
Personalization and nature connection
Cadillac design makes use of lighting in lots of our merchandise as a layer of personalization. SOLLEI elevates this providing with distinguished ambient lighting for true customization together with a number of zones and 126 colour choices in every zone. The lighting can evoke particular moods and personalize the inside ambiance.
SOLLEI additionally caters to bird-watching connoisseurs with a novel inside accent. A customized brushed metallic and leather-wrapped case homes 3D printed acrylic hen calls, a leather-bound journal with hand painted hen illustrations and a leather-based instrument roll for pens and pencils, made to customized match the car inside, permitting fanatics to seize their bird-watching experiences.
Celestial and optimistic design
SOLLEI celebrates the optimism of journey and the celestial setting with its wealthy sensory engagement, sudden discoveries, and sense of event. Sun themed options are pronounced in its colour, supplies, and finishes:
- Unique sunburst-themed lighting and graphic choreography.
- Sunburst motif perforation, quilting, and embroidery on seat patterns.
- Interior Fine Nappa leather-based that includes a pink iridescent pigment that creates a refined color-changing dawn impact.
- Charging mats on the console, door map pockets and customized equipment are produced from MycoWorks’ premium bio-based materials created utilizing their Fine MyceliumTM expertise. This materials is in an iridescent end in a gentle hue colour palette.
- Pink iridescent hue on the beverage chiller door and glass tray within the rear compartment that reveals completely different daylight exposures.
- “Aurora” tint on main metallic finishes, which incorporates colour shifting to replicate the phenomenon of the solar’s photo voltaic winds reacting with the earth’s ambiance.
- Convertible metallic roof cloth known as “Daybreak”, whose identify ties to the performance of the convertible roof; because the roof pulls again, daylight can pour over the inside.
- Textured floormat materials named “Bask”, a boucle cloth including lovely texture and refined heat, matching the colour of the roof materials holding the entire inside very gentle.
Continuing the Tradition of Bespoke Expression
The SOLLEI convertible train represents the model’s imaginative and prescient to supply fashionable design this time in an open-air format, impressed by iconic Cadillacs from the previous.
The idea was formally unveiled at Cadillac House at Vanderbilt, a newly restored, state-of-the-art facility at GM’s Global Technical Center campus in Warren, Michigan. This location is devoted to offering a bespoke design expertise for Cadillac CELESTIQ shoppers.