The Cadillac Celestiq Show Car made its official online debut last month, with GM providing the media with a handful of digital renderings of the battery-electric luxury concept. Now GM has presented the Cadillac Celestiq Show Car in person for the first time, with the automaker bringing the svelte, high-priced EV to the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance in California this past weekend, where it was in the presence of countless wealthy car collectors, enthusiasts and influencers.
Magalie Debellis, head of Cadillac Advance Design, shared photos of the Cadillac Celestiq Show Car at Pebble Beach on her Instagram page this past weekend. The vehicle is pictured with a series of bright red LED lights, which appear to have served as the backdrop for the nameplate’s official worldwide debut event held on Saturday evening. The Celestiq pictured is the same one in the 3D renderings that were published last month, featuring a metallic silver exterior with gloss black and chrome accents, as well as a red leather interior upholstery.
Prices for the Cadillac Celestiq will start at around $300,000, with the sedan set to be hand-built in extremely limited numbers at the GM Warren Tech Center in Michigan. A vehicle like this fits right in at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, then, which plays host to countless high-end vehicle debuts each year. Some of the high-end models presented at this year’s edition of the annual show include the new Bentley Batur luxury grand tourer and Bugatti Mistral and Koenigsegg CC850 hypercars, so it’s safe to say the Celestiq is in good company there.
The Cadillac Celestiq, which taps GM’s Ultium battery tech and Ultium Drive electric motors, will go on sale in late 2023. The luxury four-door will be highly customizable with various features and will introduce GM’s hands-free Ultra Cruise technology, a door-to-door autonomous driving assistant capable of handling up to 90 percent of the driving task.
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I just can’t get past that way over-exaggerated back. In the one pic above, the amount of body behind the rear wheel seems endless. I sure hope this car looks better in person than here, especially for the price. But then again, those who can afford it don’t always have design tastes that match simple little me.
One thing that came to mind when reading this story is that Cadillac really must get this car right and have a flawless introduction. They must have zero issues and zero problems with the car. People buying something this expensive will never tolerate issues and any issues that may come up best be handled in a much better way than a regular Cadillac dealer would handle them. This caused me to think back to 2005 when I decided to purchase a brand new Kia Amanti. I loved the looks of the car and it was very luxurious IMO. I ended up with a black on black with the leather package and loaded up. For the first 3 months, it was a really nice car until it suddenly developed a terrible wind noise around the sunroof when closed and a whistle around the drivers mirror. I had to drive an hour to the dealership and the service was terrible. Not at all what a $30,000 (back in 2005) luxury car experience should have been.
Cadillac can’t be that experience with this car.
Dan B – think outside the box of what you’re seeing currently and in recent years. Think back to the 30s and 40s when cars had a similar hatch style. Very different from the distinct trunk that developed in the 50s.
It’s different. But that’s the type of design that works well with EVs and provides the best air management. I suspect you’re going to see more of it and Cadillac will be considered a leader in bringing that design back. I suspect the Celestiq has an incredible presence that we haven’t experienced in decades.
We’re living through a significant change in auto technology. Embrace what’s coming because this is just the start. We’re luckily to be able to experience it firsthand.
Wow what a time to be alive we get to see ev gm is innovating.
Not my problem if you can’t get out of the 70s. Plenty of used vehicles for you to buy and live like they do in Cuba.
Not my problem if you can’t comprehend every car company is doing this. You just wanna shill so hard for gm I’m sorry they aren’t going to hire you.
Can I get all electric powered car delivered to villa Rica ga today please. Something with auto pilot. Jenny reich
GMC Fan: You could be 100% correct. In fact, I’ll give you living proof that I may be totally wrong. Way (WAYYY) back in 1979, I recall seeing the 1980 Cadillac Seville for the first time. Of course, I was just a young lad in my latter years of middle school. No computers, cell phones, etc, so my source of the new cars being introduced was left to the auto magazines that were available at the library. I can only tell you that I nearly cried when I first saw the “terrible” and “ugly” ’80 Seville. I recall saying that it was the end of Cadillac! haha.
Now here I am today and I personally feel that the 1980-1985 Seville’s are one of the most stunning cars in the right color combo. Over the years, I’ve owned exactly 3 of them (all used). So there’s proof that I’m probably all wrong in how I see this new car and I hope I’m wrong. I can’t wait to see one in person so that I can get the full effect of the design. Who knows. Maybe this car will be my next Seviile!
That is so true, we are about to live through one of the most significant changes in the automotive sector since the model T. It’s going to be a fun ride!
Indeed the GMs never and will never win the Concurs d’elegance… it is so GM has elegant cars like very old cadillacs but never would be those monstruosity modern things…
Reminds me so much of the Citroen DS series, so elegant and aerodynamic.
Reminds me of the DS as well – ugly and as awkward a design.
Indeed saw the 3:13 h live video is seen by 2.1 k people and me inclusive. Well, think the Best Of Show Duesenberg was really good chosen as best of show… do not like much ferraris, and attention to Le Mans racer cars there because the Concurs is about Design, Styling, so Elegance… but it was ok. would like to be judge and for that applied, maybe one day we go there, it is a dream, but everytime has no sun in california in this event, God gave money to those guys but not at day the sun kkk.
Also from how sone things were worded I suspect there may be body options or changes that will be available at some point.
Interesting thought. That’s how the originally Sixteen was produced. Considering this is such low volume, May be entirely possible.
I think there will be further modifications before production assembly for the Celestiq.
I think its styling is stunning. Modern with classic undertones. The large diameter wheels really contribute to a sense of lowness. In fact, it is long and very low for an EV. I’d love to see it parked next to a Lucid which might look rather tall and ordinary in comparison with the Celestiq.
2 live pics? Is that all we get?
Oh, and: “…..bringing the svelte, high-priced EV to the Pebble Beach …..”
Svelt? The Celestiq?
Looks like alot of people were interested… haha
The back looks completely idiotiq.
Not a 300.000 car, at most a 150.000 car for people that are visually impaired.
Cadillac, please tell us why there is no division between the rear seating and the trunk? Do chauffer-driven Mr. and Ms. Bigbucks really want to share their air with their smelly luggage, as in an ordinary station wagon?
Says Mr. Bigbucks: “No thank you, Jeeves, just get us the latest Rolls-Royce Phantom.”
No copies of other luxury cars. That is good. But still this is ugly. $300K? are we serious here?
I do not think that a Sultan of the middle east will trade his Maybach or his MB 600 or his BMW 7 series or his Audi A8 / E-Tron for this ugly as Alien / Predator combination.
Will this be the next “beast” for the US President?
What a waste!!!
Looking forward to Celestiq’s match-ups with offerings from Mercedes, Tesla and Lucid.
Be interesting to know what their planning volume is (aka projected sales volume).
I’m personally not a fan of the design but styling is of course subjective. And does Cadillac really have the brand cache to sell a car in the $300k range? Certainly not a normal ICE product but maybe the fact it’s such a unique vehicle may help it sell in limited numbers to a select type of buyer. We’ll see….