Cadillac Optiq revealed as luxurious Tesla Mannequin Y rival

Cadillac has formally revealed its Optiq, its entry-level electrical SUV, on the Guangzhou motor present.

Photos and a few specs of the Tesla Mannequin Y and BMW iX3 rival appeared on-line earlier this 12 months in a submitting with the Chinese language Ministry of Business and Data Expertise (MIIT).

The Optiq has now hit the present ground in Guangzhou, although we’ve got but to see its inside.

Concurrently, Cadillac has introduced it received’t be unique to the Chinese language market as had beforehand been reported. It has been confirmed for the North American market, with pricing and specs to be introduced subsequent 12 months.

It’s a chance for Australia, too, as earlier this 12 months Basic Motors trademarked the Optiq title domestically.

Cadillac hasn’t revealed any additional data on the Optiq, nevertheless we all know from the sooner MIIT submitting it is going to include a single electrical motor with both 150kW of energy or 180kW of energy.

It’s anticipated to characteristic rear-wheel drive like most GM merchandise on the BEV3 platform, whereas a dual-motor all-wheel drive configuration appears possible for the North American market.

In response to Chinese language media experiences, the Optiq will use a battery from the SAIC-CATL three way partnership and never one in all GM’s Ultium batteries. It’s unclear if this will likely be completely different for examples bought exterior of China.

The Optiq measures 4822mm lengthy, 1912mm large and 1642mm tall on a 2954mm wheelbase.

For reference, a Tesla Mannequin Y is 4750mm lengthy, 1978mm large and 1624mm tall on a 2890mm wheelbase, whereas Cadillac’s personal Lyriq is 5005mm lengthy, 1976mm large and 1623mm tall on a 3094mm wheelbase.

Whereas there’s a transparent familial resemblance between the Optiq and its fellow Cadillac electrical SUVs, together with tail lights much like these of the flagship Escalade iQ, it has its personal look with extra curvaceous styling.

Along with trademarking the Lyriq in Australia, GM additionally trademarked the Escalade iQ and Vistiq names, the latter for an as-yet unrevealed electrical Cadillac.

It’s unclear whether or not Vistiq is Cadillac’s mooted electrical three-row crossover, or an electrical sedan.

Notably, the Celestiq – an ultra-luxury flagship fastback for the model – hasn’t been trademarked in Australia. It’s understood to be left-hand drive-only.

Cadillac introduced its return to the Australian market earlier this week, confirming the Lyriq will likely be bought right here in manufacturing unit right-hand drive by the top of 2024 in two new showrooms in Sydney and Melbourne.

Whereas it didn’t verify the Optiq particularly, it indicated the model will subject a couple of product in Australia.

“We assess each market and each product chance… we’re not sharing greater than Lyriq proper now however we’ll proceed to evaluate what Cadillac is creating globally and what’s the proper match for our market and at the moment,” mentioned GM Australia and New Zealand managing director Jess Bala.

“Clearly it’s not simply Lyriq, there are going to be extra Cadillacs to return.

“We’re standing up a model and a enterprise, so clearly it wants a couple of entry.”

Likewise, executives confirmed the Cadillac model’s retail community will develop past the preliminary two places.

Executives additionally confirmed that, whereas the Lyriq will come from the corporate’s Tennessee plant within the US, “all the things is all the time into consideration” relating to manufacturing sourcing – leaving the door open to sourcing automobiles from China.

Cadillac mentioned it is going to value the Lyriq “competitively” inside its phase, which incorporates rivals just like the BMW iX.

The iX and Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV each begin at round $135,000 earlier than on-road prices.

Regardless of what it’s calling aggressive pricing, Cadillac says it is going to promote automobiles right here in “unique volumes”.

Along with a separate retail community from the present GM Specialty Autos enterprise, it’s additionally promising a singular after-sales expertise which it characterises as “white glove”.

“We’re all about offering an elevated luxurious expertise to that buyer from the minute they could enter their particulars in a web site or go to one in all our Cadillac Expertise Centres, right through to buy and past that,” mentioned Ms Bala.

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