Plus caprice was never meant to be positioned as GM's top of the line luxury marque. It was just a regular full-sized car for the average American family. More like a full-sized-sedan-american version of a corolla. So no point in maintaining and carrying over those design cues over the history. Does toyota carry over corolla's signature grill (if any) or any particular design elements? It's not a rolls royce, not a 7 series and neither an s - class . For that, they have Cadillac.