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Check Out The Cadillac Celestiq Vale Design Inspiration

The Cadillac Celestiq is extremely customizable, as GM Authority was the first to report. However, with so many options on hand, customers may need a little starter inspiration before they spec theirs as they see fit. As such, Cadillac is offering up a range of Celestiq design themes ready to go, including a theme dubbed Vale, as featured here.

The Vale Cadillac Celestiq design inspiration is meant to connote a sense of “repose, in motion and at rest,” with a palette of warm colors and “an intense focus on ultra-luxury minimalism.”

“Warmth and peace rest comfortably inside, inviting driver and passenger to share in the sublime ambience,” Cadillac states.

Outside, the Vale Cadillac Celestiq design inspiration incorporates Fitz Gray paint for the majority of the body panels, with black detailing providing an offset for the front fascia, roof, and side skirts. The wheels also show a dark finish. Meanwhile, Acier Metal trim adds an extra splash of silver, if desired.

Moving inside, the Vale design inspiration adds Camelia Leather, Sheer Gray Leather, Saturn Open Pore Wood, and Acier Stainless Steel speaker covers, the combination of which gives the cabin space a natural, almost organic feel – an interesting effect, given the plethora of technology embedded in the vehicle, including all those digital screens and LED lighting elements.

Critically, each example of the 2024 Cadillac Celestiq is hand-built at GM’s Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, which means customers can truly get deep in the customization process. Production figures will remain extremely low, while pricing will start at $300,000.

As for what’s under the skin, the Cadillac Celestiq rides on the GM BEV3 platform, while motivation is sourced from a 111 kWh battery pack providing juice to a two-motor powertrain. Total system output is estimated at 600 horsepower and 640 pound-feet of torque, enabling a sprint to 60 mph in less than 4 seconds.

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Jonathan is an automotive journalist based out of Southern California. He loves anything and everything on four wheels.

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  1. The CELSESTIQ is pure art. What automaker do we know that can get away with wood slapped on the back of the second row seats, has Smart Glass roof and has etched metals with lighting sequence design patterns? And lastly has 115 3D printed parts? No one and Cadillac is back to take the crown. This is a world beater car now.

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    1. extreme bad taste

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      1. Aughhh, says the man who is a complete joke who posts nonsense on every comments section of each story.

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        1. Yea just what RR and Bentley customers care about 3D printed parts, etched metals on a steering wheel they never touch and outside gimick lighting. Have you seen how cramped the back seats are, perfect for your kids but not for a CEO or a Billionare.

          Also the color palette chosen for this car is just not good more thought could have been put into the colors just like the dashboard.

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          1. When did you get to sit in the backseat?

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            1. check out vanity fair celestiq with lenny, he looks so cramped in the back for 5’9

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    2. Johnls_39: Although I’m not in love with the rear of this car, I’m keeping a very open mind about it. I believe in my heart that this car will sell to exactly who and where they want it to, and I’m not that demographic (due to lack of money). In the past when Cadillac came out with something (such as the “Art and Science” theme), I didn’t believe in it and had my doubts, but I stuck with Cadillac none the less. But this seems different. I feel Cadillac has found it’s way.

      I’d like to point out that as recent as the mid-90’s Cadillac has used wood on the back of the seats. Some were real wood in limited packages. In the 70’s, many models had or could be had with wood-tone (fake wood) on the seat backs. In a way, the more advanced Cadillac gets, the more in the past they go. Maybe they have found their way forward by looking to their past?

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      1. I remember the ’97-’99 Fleetwood Limited that had wood on the back of the seats. I believe it was Zebrano wood if I recall. Like the fact that it was a LWB reminiscent of the Fleetwood 60 Special back in the late ’80s to early ’90s due to both separate models being FWD. IMO, the Fleetwood Limited looks better than the SWB Deville. Pretty rare car though and miss seeing it. That car was an indirect replacement of the Fleetwood Brougham that discontinued in ’96.

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    3. RR the fact I needed to tell you this tells me you have no Commonsense

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  2. The more color combos I see the more I’m liking the exterior styling.

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    1. Toney cross: Agreed.

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  3. Love seeing these new colors on the Celestiq!

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  4. “Warmth and peace rest comfortably inside”. I prefer cool and peace because I live in the tropics where the average temperature is above 85 every day.

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  5. $300k starting price for a battery Cadillac? I can’t wait to see what starting price of the Zora 400K? The Government and GM are accelerating the transition to EVs too fast and our country’s infrastructure cannot and will not be able to handle it. Energy prices are going to soar, blackouts will be a daily occurrence. People will be waiting in line to charge if they can find a charging station and the people with ICE vehicles will be paying $10 a gallon if they can find it. Going green over time is fine, but this administrations green mandate and stopping the production of fossil fuels is death to America as we know it. Instead of planning a smooth transition with a combination of ICE and EV’s they are desigining 300k Cadillacs which no-one will be able to afford.

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  6. Let me guess. The Pontiac Aztec designer is still at gm?

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  7. Going back to the 40’s when stylist were designing the slope back cars………I guess what goes old, becomes new again?

    I think the only thing that will attract a client willing to pay $300,000 is the one that just has to have the most unusual looking or the investor that stores it away , taking the chance it will go up in value over time.

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  8. Beautiful car!!!

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  9. Why in the world should a 300k sedan be custom
    built for the rich when a CT5 (which I have) exists
    And could be updated to improve , like better
    Looking C pillar and rear end ,several minor interior
    Details like power seat function and Sport seats like BMW etc.
    This car already has a great performance image vehicle, Blackwing! Just give us some better outside
    Tweaks that could better chase the BMW and
    Audi sedans at a lower price level.
    Take a close look at a 4 Series BMW Grand Coupe for details. I don’t want another SUV just another sporty replacement for my CT5 in a couple
    years instead of going German again!

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    1. Alan W: I think you may not be fully understanding the point of this car. Them selling just one of them at that price point will most likely net GM the equivalent of your CT5 in profit alone. Then there’s the trickle down effect where people who will buy this car (normally wouldn’t) will by default help Cadillac sell more cars to other people who normally wouldn’t buy one. The way I see it, Cadillac lost itself when they decided to chase the BMW/MB owners. Instead, IMO, they should have gone the path of true luxury instead of sport. But to each their own.

      BTW, you may be interested in another article on GMA about the 2024 CT5 updates.

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  10. Don’t construe my opinion as negative, although I would not pay $300K for this offering vs competitors. I have a hunch that the target audience/buyer, such as RR, Bentley, et al will not be lining up for this baby simply due to its polarizing design. Hope they do, but, my guess this will be another GM “one horse pony” in the long run…

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    1. To be fair, the ultra rich have many different variety of super expensive exotics and regular luxury cars in their collection. So, the CELESTIQ will fit right in.

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  11. So very painful to watch a train wreck in slow motion… and be unable to stop it.
    I understand the desire/assumed need to make a “dramatic” looking car to justify the dramatic price.
    But WHO is going to pay $300,000 for anything built by GM?
    This reminds me of a sarcastic take on of a line from The Rocky Horror Picture Show: “Excess is best!”
    For a 60 foot long “all-hatchback” vehicle which only seats 4. Make that “seats 3” when your chauffeur does the driving of you and your spouse plus which ever one of your best friends won the coin toss to come along… while their spouse takes a taxi.

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    1. The Escalade V is over $150K and has a long wait list so what make you question who would want a CELESTIQ twice the amount? Bold individuals who appreciate bold designs would want this. The Escalade in regardless of any configuration is a very bold looking vehicle. The CELESTIQ is much more bold than the Escalade now.

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      1. Johnls_39, you are quite correct… there is a list for the Slade which is in a totally different class. The two vehicles represent distinctively different market shares.

        The high-end Caddy is competing against the finest sedans in the world…Mercedes Maybach, RR, Bentley, etc. all of which are stiff competition. The boxy Slade SUV competes with the uber fast SRT crowd from Jeep, Ford’s Navigator, various Asian brands and on & on. Hopefully I am mistaken and the new $300K Caddy will be a sell-out with thousands being purchased.

        To be frank, I think the Celestiq is Caddy’s attempt to re-establish itself, even in some small way, as a (once prestigious reputation) manufacturer of at least one finely crafted high-end vehicle…time will tell.

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  12. So very painful to watch a train wreck in slow motion… and be unable to stop it.
    I understand the desire/assumed need to make a “dramatic” looking car to justify the dramatic price.
    But WHO is going to pay $300,000+ for anything built by GM?
    This reminds me a sarcastic take on a line from The Rocky Horror Picture Show: “Excess is best!”
    For a 60 foot long “all-hatchback” vehicle which only seats 4. Make that “seats 3” when your chauffeur does the driving of you and your spouse plus which ever one of your best friends won the coin toss to come along… while their spouse takes a taxi.

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  13. I will remain neutral till I see one.

    It is so far not my thing but with that said this car is positioned not to fail. They will build very few of these and they will sell out. The whole point here is to show case technology as a halo car. It is to show what Cadillac do via tech.

    After a short run look for this platform to have another body on it and offered in a limited edition. Could be a coupe could be an open top sedan. This platform is that solid.

    Like it or hate it this car will do what it was set to do.

    Oddly the brown not my favorite color has given this car a much different look than the blue.

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  14. I appreciate the dialog on the future efforts by Cadillac but what concerns me is that GM seems to to have only 1 or 2 cars/ sedans going forward and both being Cadillac (CT4 &5). Without some more
    Significant gains in sales even a pricey “halo”
    car may not trickle down to other car product
    Without some serious design and sales sustainment. We have at least gotten closer than
    Ever in modern day with Cadillacs but chasing imports is tough.
    Ps, does GM top Management read any of this
    Site?

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  15. Cadillac has been trying effortlessly fighting German imports for many years now. How can the German imports have a strong footprint in NA when Cadillac does not in Europe?
    I do not see a Sheik from any country in the middle east trading their long ownership of an S Class for a Cadillac (built at the Tech Center or not; $300K or not). For those guys who are the targeted customer and where money is not a problem, the Mercedes Sales team take the new version to them and just leave it at their doors and take the “old one” to be sold.
    Now, they have built this through years of customer satisfaction and presence all over Europe and the Middle East and the Far East.
    For this glamour, the Maybach S 580 4 Matic is $185,000 USD with a mild hybrid propulsion system, 4.0L BiTurbo an close to 500 HP. Coming soon is the S680 4 Matic with a 6.0L BiTurbo with 620+ HP. Price will come soon.
    Maybe someone will choose the Celestiq over the RR Phantom Extended Bespoke Platino to save some money as the latter is $650,000 USD.
    C’mon….

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  16. In what universe did cheap shiny black plastic slathered on the rockers, roof, grille and wheels constitute something costing 300k upscale? Anytime going in the past that denoted a low end trim level not a high end supercar. Taste truly has been lost!

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