Cadillac is shortly increasing its lineup, including an electrical various to most of its autos. That features a new entry-level luxurious SUV, the 2025 Cadillac Optiq.
The Optiq is a compact SUV with an estimated vary of 300 miles between costs (the EPA hasn’t made that official but), round 300 horsepower, all-wheel drive (AWD), and Basic Motors’ glorious Tremendous Cruise hands-free freeway driving system.
The Optiq will begin at $54,390 (together with a $1,495 vacation spot cost) when it arrives later this yr. The very best-end trim, known as Sport 2, will begin at $58,415. Cadillac hasn’t launched pricing for trim ranges between these two.
Many consumers will seemingly pay much less. We anticipate that the Optiq, in-built Mexico, will qualify for as much as $7,500 of federal electrical automobile (EV) tax rebates accessible to automobiles in-built North America.
Many EVs are constructed on “skateboard platforms” — modular, practically flat items that comprise virtually all of the shifting components of a automotive. As soon as engineers have a working skateboard platform, they’ll design many various fashions by becoming new our bodies and cabins to it. The Optiq shares a platform with most GM EVs, however its closest comparability will seemingly be the corporate’s different compact electrical SUV, the Chevrolet Equinox EV.
That Chevy mannequin begins at $43,295. For that worth, consumers get 213 hp and 319 miles of vary. Cadillac’s model will seemingly boast extra energy and undoubtedly boast customary AWD and luxurious touches like an AKG sound system and a 33-inch widescreen show. The Optiq will play a cute greeting animation on its lighted grille as the driving force approaches.
Buyers should resolve for themselves whether or not these justify a step as much as Cadillac pricing.
