Unfortunately, This Wishful Thinking Cadillac XLR Revival Doesn't Wear a Blackwing Badge

After the first six months of the year, BMW rules the US luxury car market with just a few hundred units more than Mercedes-Benz (169,819 versus 169,449), followed by Audi with 108,190, according to the good folks over at automotive sales data & statistics online portal goodcarbadcar.net. And that's as far as legacy automakers are concerned – if we also factor in Tesla as a premium offering (some do, some don't), they're all behind its 343k sales.

As for Cadillac, the General Motors subsidiary only sold a little over 75k units – but that doesn't mean it can't improve tremendously during the next six months. For example, they will present the first-ever Escalade IQ all-electric SUV version on August 9. And they also thoroughly updated the 2024 CT4 plus CT5 sedan models, including respective to the V series and Blackwings. Plus, the 2024 XT4 was also refreshed and is ready to cater to all desires from $37,895.

However, as we look at its family of models, it's clear that something is missing – a veritable sports car. Something along the lines of the front-engine, RWD, two-seat XLR roadster, perhaps – if the imaginative realm of digital car content creators has a thing or two to say about the virtual proceeds. No worries, the digital artist tucked behind the AscarissDesign moniker on social media has a big craving for neat Caddy projects and just fulfilled his CGI hunger yet again.

Just recently, the pixel master played with China's second-gen Cadillac CT6 sedan and made it into a CT6-V Blackwing Coupe to see if that was just what the CGI doctor ordered for the United States market. Now, seeing how even GM Design once shared a minty open-top Caddy ideation sketch to give us hopes of an electric XLR revival, the author proceeded with his vision of this nameplate's reinvention.

Based on the original made from 2003 to 2009, he shared the behind-the-scenes making-of video process of the transformation, which clearly includes elements from the beloved Cadillac CT4 and CT5 sedans. Unfortunately, there's just one POV of the digital project. Also, we are not sure that the author included feisty thoughts of the Blackwing nature because even the CT4-V and CT5-V models have dual exhaust tips at each corner, and this one has the simpler, less feisty treatment.

So, do we give this transformation our CGI hall pass or not? Oh, and maybe you're not into American sports cars. Suppose Asian pickup trucks resonate with you more. In that case, the second video embedded below is possibly more enticing, as it involves the 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe and its transition to a mid-size unibody pickup truck adventurer!