The 2023 Cadillac Lyriq is an extremely important model for Cadillac, offered as the first all-electric production vehicle to bear the Caddy crest. Naturally, a vehicle like that is bound to draw all kinds of questions, and now, GM Authority is here to answer your most pressing queries.
In case you missed it, GM Authority was one of the first in the world to drive a 2023 Cadillac Lyriq over the summer, with readers invited to post their questions in the comments section of an article published this past June. Now, we’re here to answer those questions in the following exclusive GM Authority video.
Hosted, by GM Authority Executive Editor Alex Luft, the video addresses readers’ questions point by point, with plenty of visual illustration to boot. Indeed, there’s quite a bit that readers would like to know about this critical new addition to the Cadillac lineup.
Customers are certainly eager to get their hands on one, as evidenced by the fact that the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq Debut Edition sold out just minutes after GM began taking pre-orders last year. That makes sense, since the Lyriq certainly has its appeal – promising a combination of cutting-edge technology and the traditional Cadillac backside coddling. Plus, the fact that GM isn’t making that many Lyriq units initially doesn’t help in making many Lyriqs available for sale.
Per our recent test drive, GM Authority found that the new Lyriq delivers on that promise, offering a driving experience characterized as “quiet, collected, comfortable” by Executive Editor Luft. The luxury crossover is also quite “healthy” when it comes to performance, with 340 horsepower and 325 pound-feet of torque on tap thanks to a single rear-mounted electric motor. Critically, more performance will be available from the upcoming Cadillac Lyriq AWD model, which features a dual-motor powertrain that doles out 500 horses and 450 pound-feet of torque.
Keeping in mind that this video is part one (of two), check out the video below for more answers to your Cadillac Lyriq questions.
As a reminder, the Cadillac Lyriq rides on the GM BEV3 platform, while production for North American markets takes place at the GM Spring Hill plant in Tennessee.
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Has GM Authority done research with actual customers who are presently driving their Lyriq vehicles? At this date (Sept 10), I have not seen or read any information about real deliveries and owner reactions. This is the possibly best feedback that we need before putting down the deposit when ordering our own vehicle, or visiting the Cadillac dealers.
Can you do a new evaluation video with an actally production vehicle in the near fiuturr?
Very few orders have actually been fulfilled at this time and they have selected a small group to report their driving habits and satisfaction with the product. Expect some marketing video on it in the future I would guess.
I’ve seen many Lyriq commercials, read many articles on it, but despite all the hoopla, I’ve never seen one on the road or in a showroom. Here in Wine Country north of San Francisco one sees a fair share of exclusive, exotic, expensive cars on the roads, but where are the Lyriqs??
Saw one this past week in Manhattan Beach, CA.in a parking lot. Looked great!
Mr. Luft:
Is there someway to disable the light show when approaching the car? Security when approaching this car will become MORE of an important issue as time goes on, and many of us do NOT like to announce the fact we are driving a nice car, until we can embark and quickly drive away.
One problem I have seen with GMA info is that – initially it was said that there would only be USB-C jacks and a 120 volt outlet with no specificity as to its sizing – and from the article(s) – no 12 volt facility of any kind. ….. Just by downloading the Owner’s Manual – I found that the 120 volt outlet is basically a ‘Unitized’ 12 volt – 150 watt – inverter permanently in the car… So it will run small electronics but will not run the fast chargers typically associated with power tools (requiring 360 watts) – which is probably not so much of a disadvantage here..
However if you plan on cooking lunch while Tailgating – forget it…. The Upscale Rav 4 Prime does have a 1500 watt facility and you CAN cook lunch on that vehicle (provided you purchase the upscale options packages).
Trucks (Silverado, F150 traditional ICE models typically get a 500 watt inverter to handle the earlier problem mentioned).
In the Owner’s Manual – it also states there Is a 12 volt accessory jack (15 amps max fused at 20 probably) in the central cubby, whose powering follows the ‘retained power’ of the rest of the vehicle. The additional 12 volt accessory jack (presumably on a separate circuit is also 15 amperes maximum (probably fused at 20) that is LEFT ON ALL THE TIME…
Some people like me would like that.
It is unclear how you access the 12 volt battery posts – which, from the owner’s manual looks quite simple – (I wish you had removed the plastic covers from the ‘non-frunk’) – all I know is that it is practically impossible to get to them in my 2022 BOLT EUV, whereas they were quite accessible in the 2017 BOLT EV it replaced.
Cadillac Lyriq owners don’t tailgate.
That’s a silly comment…. How many Caddys do you see at sports arenas?
There are one or two that occasionally go camping, or like to recharge their trailer motor home using a 120 volt facility….
But most of us have sufficient MacGyver – esque skills that we can make alternate arrangements – so – as a for instance – how easy is it to access the 12 volt battery since they have an artist’s conception in the Owner’s Manual but no actual picture.
That incidentally, is the emergency power method for my entire 2200 sq foot home, with which I can cook, microwave, or run the furnace, or laundry, or sump pump, or refrigerators… One item at a time of course, – but when electricity is especially DEAR, during a subdivision power failure, a back up plan such as this is a lifesaver.
Californians now, and more to the point, Europeans are discovering a whole new world sans electricity…..
Perhaps they’re getting ready for a rear-facing 3rd row of seats on a longer version.
I hope they eventually sell one without the glass roof, because headroom for the tall of trunk looks a bit tight around the edges of it.
Great idea. Many of us prefer cars without glass roofs.
Have you done marketing research on what % of Caddy owners want a sunroof. Also how many of future owners?
Should also be a great cost reduction.
I thought rear-facing third row seats were banned and then I just remembered that the Tesla Model S and the Mercedes-Benz E-Class wagon still features them. A longer Lyriq is not even a bad idea. That deep rear floor can probably hold legs.
I have recently confirmed from two cadillac dealerships (Bay Cadillac in Houston, where my parents are ordering their 2024 Lyric) and my dealership at Sewell Cadillac in Dallas (for my 2024 Lyric) that the 2024 AWD Lyrics will NOT have the optional 22” wheels available. Only the 20” standard size wheels are available.
This to me is absurd and unacceptable. Their statement is that because of the placement of the second front motor, that is the reason it will not allow for the 22” wheels.
Poor GM engineering is at fault here. My current 2019 Jaguar iPace has a front and rear motor and 22” wheel.
Again, two dealerships claim that the 2024 AWD Cadillac Lyric will not have the option for 22” wheels. Only standard 20” wheels will be available with AWD.
I hope this is not true and engineering will allow for optional 22” wheels on the 2024 AWD Lyric when it’s time to place orders.