In early April, General Motors announced that the Cadillac Lyriq would make its public debut this month in China. The automaker just revealed the Cadillac Lyriq show car at the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show, marking the first time the all-electric crossover has been shown to the general public since its global debut back in August 2020.
The Cadillac Lyriq is GM’s first global EV, and aside from the North American and Chinese markets, it has the potential to reach other regions such as Europe and the Middle East. With the Lyriq, Cadillac becomes the spearhead of the manufacturer’s zero-zero-zero vision, leading the implementation of advanced technologies such as the Ultium EV architecture, the Vehicle Intelligence Platform (VIP), Super Cruise and more.
“Cadillac has been pushing the boundaries of innovation for the past 119 years,” said Executive Vice President of SAIC-GM, Sam Basile, in a statement. “Today we are laying the groundwork for a better future by reimagining the interaction between user and vehicle. The LYRIQ marks the beginning of a new chapter for the brand – one that is all-electric and redefines the luxury EV experience,” he added.
By integrating the most advanced EV powertrain technologies available as well as state-of-the-art connectivity, the Cadillac Lyriq is without question the most sophisticated vehicle in the brand’s contemporary history. Cadillac says the all-electric midsize crossover will soon enter production, and will retain almost all of the show car’s impressive features.
As such, the production version of the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq will debut the brand’s new design language as well, giving Cadillac a new visual identity in this new era of mobility. The Lyriq will be the first Cadillac vehicle to hit the market with the new nomenclature and digital logo, highlighting the brand’s aggressive electrification strategy.
The Cadillac Lyriq show car will be displayed at the Cadillac booth in Hall 3 of Shanghai’s National Convention & Exhibition Center, where the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show is taking place from April 19th to the 28th. Cadillac will soon start accepting orders for the production version of the Lyriq in China, with deliveries starting in early 2022.
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It looks super good in white.
That white SUV is NOT a Lyriq.
True, but I’m wondering why they debuted the show car instead of the production car? Imho, the production versions looks MUCH better, particularly the front end. And the show car looks good to begin with.
They only have one “production model Lyriq” with all the trimmings, and it is busy making the rounds. I wonder if GM will build the Lyriq in China, or export it from Spring Hill? This should do well in China.
Donovan:
I’m sure that’s true. Even on the website there are disclaimers about rhe images being “simulated”.
if anyone wants to see the importance of the chinese market, look at how fast musk/tesla are quick to act when the chinese government starts to complain about their vehicles.
Musk is in trouble in China as things have really never gone his way with the government or sales.
i thought a lot of things went well for tesla in china.
the factory was built in short order.
tesla might be the only foreign manufacturer who doesn’t have a chinese partner.
and sales are pretty good.
but every once in a while, china reminds musk they could crush him anytime they want.
Not well. Just this week they accosted a woman that had brake issues at the auto show standing on the car. She was wearing a shirt that said the brakes did not work on her Tesla.
Tesla is in damage control now over the deal as it was reported world wide. Their marketing and PR is in poor shape on these issues.
i don’t think tesla is worried about a single customer ranting and raving about their brakes at an autoshow.
they are more worried about the chinese government using it as an excuse for something bigger.
No matter how you spin it they are not doing or at the level they expected and have found it a tougher go in China.
Often Musks action have done damage overseas. Germany also has not given Tesla an easy path.
Tesla would be better off if they quietly moved Musk to the background. There is a large segment of car buyers that will never consider a Tesla just due to Musk’s arrogance and odd behavior at times.
Nice Cadillac CT6 in the background.
I just hope that Cadillac offers more color options later into the production run.
Where to attach the front license plate?
The plates in the US are at least small, in the rest of the world they are huge.
In the history of USA manufactures of vehicles, very few had a design for front license plates and no way in the world when trying to launch a new style, a designer would rather died than add a space for one. You can move to Florida, no front license plates. I’m surprise that the auto industry hasn’t lobbied state to remove the requirement. With today’s scanners for plates at tolls booth why are they needed?
Front license plates are not required in Nevada.
In most countries with large plates they offer smaller plates for cars not able to display the other.
Many states keep plates as they are major targets for lazer speed guns.
Most cars today are designed for with out and they then add a plastic bracket to adapt it to the vehicle.
This is a show car!!!! It will never have a licence plate.
funeral directors need cars there also.