- The renderings imagine a Cadillac pickup truck built on the GMC Sierra EV platform.
- Cadillac once offered the Escalade EXT, a pickup version of its flagship SUV.
- This concept could merge luxury and utility, delivering both comfort and capability.
Let’s face it, GM already has most of the pickup market covered. Chevy for the everyman, GMC for those who like to remind their neighbors they’re a little better off, and the Hummer EV for people who enjoy vaporizing their wallets, and maybe the planet, too, considering the thing weighs as much as a small moon.
But what if GM decided to go all-in on absurdity and create a Cadillac pickup, a luxury flagship so over-the-top opulent it’d make a Rivian R1T and a Tesla Cybertruck look like something you’d pick up at the Hertz counter? Well, thanks to some overly ambitious renderings, we now have a glimpse of what such an exercise in unnecessary excess could look like.
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This digital fever dream comes courtesy of Kelsonik, a talented render artist who decided to take GM’s GMC Sierra EV and dip it in a vat of Cadillac styling cues. GM’s flagship brand has been out of the pickup game for quite some time but isn’t unfamiliar with building high-end trucks, having previously offered a pickup version of the Escalade known as the EXT.
Rather than grafting the current Escalade’s face onto the Sierra EV, this design borrows from the all-electric Lyriq instead. Since the Sierra EV’s front fascia is significantly larger than the Lyriq’s, the Cadillac elements had to be stretched, meaning the grille and those vertical LED daytime running lights now tower like skyscrapers. Strangely enough, it works. The whole look suits the bulk and shape of a pickup surprisingly well.
Illustrations Kelsonik
Few other changes have been made to the Sierra EV’s base design, though the Caddy’s wheels are a little larger and, mercifully, it ditches those ugly orange reflectors on the fenders (seriously, who signed off on those at GM?).
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Perhaps the closest thing to a modern-day Cadillac pickup we’ve seen was brought to life by a customization shop in Miami three years ago. Doms Garage Miami started with a regular Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and then proceeded to graft on the front fascia of an Escalade. Remarkably, the finished result looked excellent.
So, what do you think? Should GM dive back into the luxury pickup market and give us the Cadillac truck we never asked for but now kind of want? Or is this best left as a render-fueled fantasy? Let us know how you’d design your dream luxury truck or if this idea belongs in the automotive hall of “what could’ve been.” Either way, we’re listening.