Cadillac Aurora

The Cadillac Aurora was a concept car built by Cadillac and shown at the 1990 Chicago Auto Show. Its styling was directed by Chuck Jordan, who led design at General Motors. The car never entered production, but its nameplate, powertrain concept and interior ideas carried over to the Oldsmobile Aurora of 1995, whose exterior borrowed cues from the European Opel Omega B saloon. The concept used a 4.5 litre V8 taken from the Allante, rated at 200 horsepower, with a four speed automatic gearbox and all wheel drive with traction control. Its engine sat longitudinally, unlike the transverse engine of the front drive DeVille whose framework it borrowed. The car appeared in the film Demolition Man, and in 2024 photographs showed it in a General Motors lot reserved for vehicles about to be destroyed.