Cadillac Urban Luxury Concept


When it comes about urban driving you’ll always have models like Smart ForTwo, Aston Martin Cygnet or Scion iQ. But the Smart is just too small for some people out there, the Cygnet is only available for those who already have a Rapide and the iQ is not available on the US market just yet. Not to mention, that except the Cygnet all of them are mostly focused on fuel economy and not on luxury.

So today at the Los Angeles Auto Show Cadillac brought a concept car that promises to do both. It is called Urban Luxury Concept, and it even has a pair of scissor-type doors. The concept has compact dimensions: wheelbase of 97.1 inches (2,467 mm), overall length is only 151 inches (3,835 mm) and the height is 56.9-inch (1,446 mm); numbers that make it perfect for any town in the world. And if you didn’t guessed by now, the Urban Luxury features a hybrid drive train: a turbocharged 1.0 liter three-cylinder engine employing electric assist technology, engine start-stop function, brake energy regeneration and a dry dual-clutch transmission.

Press release after the jump.

Cadillac Urban Luxury Concept originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 17 November 2010 02:53 EST.

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Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/cadillac/2011-cadillac-urban-luxury-concept-ar100268.html

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