Cadillac Evoq

The Cadillac Evoq is a two-passenger, rear drive concept convertible with a retractable hardtop, designed by Cadillac and presented at the 1999 Detroit Auto Show. It used Cadillac newly developed Art and Science design language, conceived by Kip Wasenko with key contributions from Thomas Kearns and Mike Torpey. The journalist Dan Neal called the language a fractal geometric style and suggested that the Art and Science concepts, which also included the Imaj sedan, the Vizon sport wagon and the Cien supercar, helped acclimate the public to it. The Evoq became a statement of brand identity and many of its styling elements reached later production models including the Cadillac XLR, CTS and SRX. It was hand built by Metalcrafters of California in 1998 around the first Northstar engine designed for rear drive.