THE STANDARD-BEARER
Despite a modern, refined exterior, the Escala concept was given some 500 hp courtesy of a savage 4.2-liter twinturbocharged V-8. Uwe Ellinghaus, Cadillac’s chief marketing officer, oversees the brand’s push to reinvent itself and appeal to younger drivers. The Ciel concept, featured in the Entourage movie, is a throwback to vintage cruisers with its immense length and eye-popping suicide doors.
Thumb the remote start button on your car’s key and you’ve roused the Cadillac ghost in the machine. The electric starter that makes remote start possible is a Cadillac innovation dating from 1912. Before that (and for other brands, for many years afterward), drivers had to hand-crank their car’s engine to life.
Since its founding in 1902, Cadillac
