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Cadillac Celestiq fastback

It's been since the late 1940s that the Cadillac Motor Division of General Motors has attempted to market a fastback design.
Ford Motor Company's Lincoln Division had also tried with a fastback version Cosmopolitan, which bombed in the market, and was rushed out of production about as fast as Chrysler's 1934 Airflow ( which Stellantis is going to bringing back, if only in name ). Journalists had attached the 'beached-whale' sobriquet to the Cosmo.
At Cd 0.25, the Celestiq isn't transformative, but even GM understands tradeoffs between styling, battery range, and performance ( their Impact/ EV1 land speed record car of 1993 was Cd 0.137, and the 1987 Sunraycer, with the full wheel fairing package was reported by Cal Tech as Cd 0.089 ).
It will be interesting to see if the market, now paying for aero Rolls-Royce and aero Bentley, will drop $300,000+ for the aero Caddy.
https://www.forbes.com/wheels/news/c...ired-celestiq/

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The idea for Celestiq has been developing for years, but it was formally announced at the 2021 CES electronics show. It’s still not officially here

Odd that is was introduced at CES, instead of 'here'.

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The trunk behind the extreme slope will likely change, but as is, it opens into a cavernous hatch, barely separated from the rest of the vehicle. The opening is too big and angled and the cargo hold too open, which could be commentary on the purpose of this car. It’s not a family vehicle to be loaded and filled, but a premium passenger experience.

Author apparently unfamilair with the term lift-over height.