General Motors-owned brand Cadillac has unveiled the new all-electric 2+2 convertible concept dubbed the “Sollei,” offering a “vision of bespoke luxury.”
Cadillac unveils Sollei 2+2 convertible electric car concept
According to the press release, Cadillac officially introduced the Sollei convertible electric car concept at the state-of-the-art Cadillac House at Vanderbilt on July 22, 2024.
“Sol” means sun, and “lei” stems from the word leisure. Therefore, Sollei is the brand’s “optimistic inspiration for an open-air, leisurely lifestyle.”
This newly unveiled concept car hints at Cadillac’s growing interest in developing electric convertible models.
As of today, very few convertible electric vehicles are available in the market. One of these is the striking Maserati GranCabrio Folgore convertible.
“The SOLLEI convertible exercise represents the brand’s vision to offer modern design this time in an open-air format, inspired by iconic Cadillacs from the past.”
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Design
The Cadillac Sollei concept car sports a wide stance, long coupe doors, and a low rear end. It has no door handles, as the brand’s engineers replaced them with discrete buttons.
It features the iconic “Manila Cream” body paint, which the company’s offerings utilized from 1957-1958.
Inside, it offers the same 55″ pillar-to-pillar screen as the highly exclusive Celestiq sedan. However, it has major upgrades like unstained wood veneers, open-pore surfaces, and multi-zone ambient lighting.
The concept car also comes with fine Nappa leather with pink iridescent pigment, which also appears on the beverage chiller door and glass tray in its rear compartment.
In addition, the concept car’s leather-wrapped seats offer sunburst motif perforation, quilting, and embroidery patterns.
More remarkably, Cadillac partnered with MycoWorks to develop a mycelium-based material (root structure of mushrooms) to produce the concept car’s inductive charging mats on the console and door map pockets.
Market launch
As Cadillac indicated in the press release, the Sollei concept is a mere “design exercise.”
Therefore, it is not necessarily a concept to tease an upcoming production model.
Given that the Sollei is still a concept, Cadillac has not yet provided technical specifications of the car yet apart from having an electric propulsion system rather than an internal combustion engine.
While electric convertibles are not a very prevalent market segment, launching at least one entrant would not be a bad idea for an established luxury brand like Cadillac.
