Oh hey, an electric luxury crossover that isn’t the size of a whale. This is the 2025 Cadillac Optiq, and that’s about all that Cadillac has to say. It sits below the Lyriq in Cadillac’s IQ range, and it looks genuinely promising. Let’s dive in.
While this thing leaked back in, um, July, Cadillac has finally acknowledged the existence of the Optiq — barely, but barely still counts. In fact, here’s the entire press release in all four lines of glory.
Yep, that’s extremely helpful. Great job, Cadillac. So, what do we know for sure? Well, the 2025 Cadillac Optiq is a crossover, it is electric, and it is a Cadillac. In addition, Car News China reports power outputs of 201 horsepower and 241 horsepower, but those aren’t necessarily official or global. In any case, this vaguely car-shaped box that will inevitably find homes in Florida is worth keeping an eye on, because it should effectively replace an absolute dog’s dinner of a car, the XT4.
Look, a fool and their money are easily parted, but walking into a Cadillac dealer seeking a subcompact crossover is a way to hasten that process. The Cadillac XT4 isn’t cheap, isn’t handsome, isn’t marvelously appointed, isn’t quick, isn’t particularly efficient, doesn’t feel outstandingly made, and doesn’t go down the road with the grace of, let’s see, any rival (and it’s not just me saying this). Cadillac has nowhere to go but up in this segment, and the Optiq certainly looks, um, up.
Anyway, since Cadillac spent fewer than 100 words on this press release, we won’t spend many more words on the Cadillac Optiq. Expect more information on this seemingly cromulent vehicle will be release sometime before 2025 rolls around. If it’s anything like the Lyriq, it should represent another turnaround for Cadillac.
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I hope it’s nicer than the Lyriq Munro just reviewed on their YouTube channel. I’ve had a lot of issues with the luxury vehicles they’ve covered, but never the materials used for touchpoints. It is unbelievable that Cadillac cheaped out on stuff like the door upper, arm rest, and vent controls that you touch all the time. It sounds like covered the interior in economy car-level materials and are trying to sell it for luxury car money.
It’s the next Cadillac ELR. Like the Equinox EV for $25k more
Yep, like the Lyriq is to the Blazer. Badge Engineering is back baby!
Not bad?
(counterpoint)
Not good either.
I may the only person who likes the XT4 from the back, especially in nice colors and trim. I’m a sucker for nicely done vertical taillights on the pillar though.
I never thought the XT4 was bad looking. A bad car, sure, but ugly? No. Certainly better than a lot of its competition.
It’s, it’s, it’s…. a Blazer….
Is it related to the Trax/Envista? Those are GM/Chinese products, and if this Caddy is actually small, maybe it’s got something in common with those, except with an Ultium battery pack/drivetrain? Just speculating…
I believe the North American bound Trax is made in South Korea currently. There was a Trax model made and built in China that was never exported outside of China.
Really? I didn’t know that. Guess I can feel a bit less guilty about buying one (or an Envista) if it ever comes to that. Thanks Zounder 1! 🙂
Optiq? Idk, better than alphabet soup, but the name still kinda hits a nerve.
Well played.
I can’t be the only one who sees a Corolla in this thing’s face. Right? With those vertical doohickeys for the lights, the furrowed brow, and the very boop-able nose.
Come on Cadillac, thinq bigger!
Looks like it’ll just be a luxury Equinox EV which is to say it may be pretty compelling if they price it right (that’s a big if with Cadillac)
Not sayin’ I hate the looks, but dang, these midsize electric SUVs from GM sure have a similar rear C/D-pillar profile.
Could tell this shared some DNA with the Blazer at a glance — guess that’s never really been a problem for GM, though. (Yukon/Tahoe/Escalade/Suburban have entered the chat)
They’re going to make like 1,200 a year. Like all other Ultium models
I’m not saying Cadillac is officially endorsing Q-anon about three years late. But many people are. They say to me, “ESBMW, Cadillac thinks Hilary Clinton runs a shadow cabal of elites, who have a secret child blood bank below Central Park”. I don’t know if that’s true, real shame if it is. Many people are saying it, real shame, trust me folks.
Nonsense. We all know what’s below Central Park. It’s full of Schist.
(Geotechical engineering joke which also happens to be factual)
That’s gonna be a Tuff act to follow.
I always like how official photos often show Cadillacs in colors you’d never see on the actual road, at least not since the ’50s.
I was also going to comment on that. The first picture I saw of the new 2023 Prius was Orange. I’d definitely buy one (Prius) in orange, but I’ll settle for the red. While not a fan of yellow, there are also promo pictures of the new Prius in yellow; maybe they are European colors only. Americans apparently only buy 50 shades of gray.
I saw an older red Prius the other day and did a double-take.
Also, I’m old enough to remember when car brochure interior shots ALWAYS showed a manual transmission, if one was available on any trim level of the given model.
That’s funny, both my grandmas drive red Priuses so its the default color for me.
Yeah, I work with two people who drive Prii, and they’re both red.
That’s what I picture when some says “Prius”.
You could change that by placing an order for a new one with one of the colours you don’t see.
You might even get it. But don’t hold your breath. I gave up on an Escalade after 10 months and my order status never moved up from the equivalent of “received.”
So this is just a Cadillac Equinox, right?
I think all GM EVs are going to be on the sameish platform. So they are all some version of the others.
Yes
Pretty harsh reviews of the XT4. My father in law bought one and is happy. Although in saying that in the time I’ve known him he replaced an electrical gremlin ridden Dodge Journey with a new Dodge Journey that never seemed to shift properly so maybe his judgement is a little skewed. I drove it once and the interior was nice enough but otherwise nothing special.
I drove one once as well, and my impression was that it would have made a perfectly adequate Buick.
The target demo for this car IS NOT enthusiast website writers and IS most certainly fathers in law.
Well, at least the rear looks better than the Celestiq and Lyriq.
Sorry, but I have to disagree. The back of this looks…the same as everything else. A Caddy should look different, and it I guess they tried with the lights next to the rear glass, but if those lights aren’t on, they’ll disappear. The front is fine I guess, but the back is blah.
Stupid electric only door handles again! I’d sooner have no doors on an automobile than have electric only door handles on one.
NOT ROD!
NOT BAP!
NOT RAD!
NOT RAP!
…I’m having a hard time deciphering at-a-glance the topshot texts.
I’ll keep practicing.
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So, Lyriq, Optiq, Celestiq, and Escalade IQ. The next models should be: Lymmeriq, Deeviliq, Plastiq, Iconiq, Phonetiq, Mystiq, Sadistiq, Pornographiq, Fantastiq
Quickly moving towards extinqt
I’m getting a real stripper vibe from all this …
There used to be a nightclub called Plastiq in Toronto.
Just sayin’…
Iqscalade was right there …
Cadillaq could hit it out of the parq if they’d just price/speq this right. So they’ll probably loq anything resembling a luxury feature into an overpriced paqage after announcing pricing “starting at” luxury levels just to sqrew this up.
Quite Qlever.
Out of all the luxury EV crossovers in the world I’m sure this will be one of them
Not a full reveal then; just a piq.
I for one am excited to see the Optiq come in at $95,000 and see only 3 on the roads ever.
It’s tragiq what they’ve done to the Cadillac name.
“Fuq-in A.” – Lawrence, Office Space, 1999
It’s not like they changed the name to Cadilliq…
Yet…
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