Cadillac Ciel: And a Trick of the Eye – 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show

Cadillac Ciel: And a Trick of the Eye – 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show:

Here’s my favorite view of the Cadillac Ciel concept car; to my eye, it can use all the photographic foreshortening it can get.

But in this pure side view, it sports a really e-x-t-e-n-d-e-d appearance that I find disconcerting.

I learned how the eye can be tricked, though. It turns out the car’s apparently opulent length is something of a trompe l’oeil, brought off by its relatively simple and taut lines. In fact, it’s 203 inches long.

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