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All-New 2023 Cadillac Lyriq Now Shipping In China

Following the official launch of the all-new 2023 Cadillac Lyriq in China in June, GM’s local subsidiary announced that Cadillac‘s all-electric crossover has just started shipping in the Asian country.

The SAIC-GM joint venture officially began distributing the all-new 2023 Cadillac Lyriq in China on September 28th, when the first batch of crossovers left the Cadillac Jinqiao plant in Shanghai for the dealer network. The introduction of the Lyriq in the Chinese market is progressing as planned and the first deliveries to local customers will be made this week, as the manufacturer had announced.

The first 2023 Cadillac Lyriq units on their way to dealerships in China are rear-wheel-drive variants with the Luxury and Prestige “long-range” equipment levels – whose deliveries were scheduled to start before the end of this month. All come standard with two-tone bodywork, including a black roof, in a color palette that includes Grey, White, Latte, Red Wine, Light Blue and Dark Blue.

Being RWD variants, both trim levels of the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq in China feature a single rear-axle-mounted Ultium Drive engine that generates 342 horsepower (255 kW) and 325 pound-feet of torque, as well as an Ultium battery pack with a driving range of 312 miles. The range-topping high-performance Prestige AWD variant will begin shipping in late December or early 2023.

Notably, the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq is the first vehicle based on GM’s Ultium propulsion technology to be introduced to the Chinese market, spearheading the luxury brand’s transition to an all-electric future in the world’s largest auto market. In addition, the Lyriq stands out for introducing Cadillac’s new design language and nomenclature system, as well as a higher level of refinement and class-leading technological equipment.

The all-new 2023 Cadillac Lyriq will begin deliveries to the first customers this week in China, debuting a new Cadillac direct sales system in the country through its new “IQ Stores” network. These stores are owned by the brand and were created exclusively to market electric vehicles in that country. Here are the suggested prices for the Cadillac Lyriq in China:

  • Lyriq Luxury RWD: 439,700 CNY (about $61,070 USD at the current exchange rate)
  • Lyriq Prestige RWD: 459,700 CNY ($63,850 USD)
  • Lyriq Prestige AWD: 479,700 CNY ($66,620 USD)

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Deivis is an engineer with a passion for cars and the global auto business. He is constantly investigating about GM's future products.

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  1. Saw a Chinese video of a red Cadillac Lyric. NA Lyrics dont have red color yet.

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  2. Shameful to see so many Lyrics lined up for shipment to buyers in a distant land. The Big Tease, it is.

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    1. Why is it shameful? The Joint venture was able to start building battery’s quicker than what’s happening here in the US. And this start production on the Lyric quicker. It’s simply a timing issue.

      What might be shameful is if GM started facility construction sooner in the US but it took longer than construction in China. Or if conversion of the ICE facility to EV occurred quicker in China.

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      1. You answered your question in your second paragraph, so why did you ask it?

        Nobody I know has ever seen one driving around. As I said, it is the Big Tease that GM has been doing with their Lyriq commercials for the past few months.

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    2. These cars are not shipped to china.
      They are build and sold in china.
      The chinese are just quicker in building things than slow fat american union workers.

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  3. please do not send this to Europe… we do not need this here, leave all them in China & USA hug arms

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    1. don’t worry, gm doesn’t sell cars in Europe.
      They could never compete with the big buys.

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  4. Not sure the top management is pushing hard enough to fix what is holding up massive production in the US.

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  5. They can keep them as far as I’m concerned. Better reinforce the roads to handle the weight of these 3 ton behemoths. I wonder how much damage in a 10 mph crash? Trying to like those “eat at joe’s” arrow things on the front. Hope it looks better in person.

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  6. Why does China have 6 colors available, and only 4 colors are /will be offered in U.S.?

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    1. Because supporting russia in their war against the west gives you benefits.

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