Cadillac Cien

The Cadillac Cien is a two door, rear mid engined, rear wheel drive concept car that Cadillac showed at the 2002 Detroit Auto Show to mark its 100th anniversary, with a name taken from the Spanish word for one hundred. Simon Cox designed it, taking inspiration from the F-22 Raptor, at General Motors Advanced Design Studio in England, and it was built as a fully working road car with help from the British engineering firm Prodrive. Its monocoque chassis and body are made of aerogel composite with active aerodynamics, and a longitudinally mounted 7.5 litre V12 with direct injection and displacement on demand produces 750 horsepower. Plans for production were dropped at a board meeting because development money was short and the expected price of 200,000 US dollars made a customer base doubtful. It appeared in the film The Island and in several video games.