The next-generation Cadillac XT5 will be exclusive to the Chinese market, per recent statements from GM President Mark Reuss.
During the GM Investor Day event held last week, Reuss discussed future GM products, including the redesigned, next-generation Cadillac XT5, which Reuss confirmed will only be sold in China and will not be available in North America.
“This is for China only, as we move Cadillac in the United States to an all-electric brand,” Reuss said in reference to the next-gen Cadillac XT5 during a presentation. “The XT5 is still a very high-volume segment in China, and we’re going to do that with a new design language interpretation, both inside and out.”
The next-generation Cadillac XT5 is slated to arrive for the 2024 calendar year.
In addition to confirming that the new Cadillac XT5 will be exclusive to the Chinese market, Reuss also confirmed the imminent debut of the internal-combustion-powered Cadillac GT4 for the Chinese market. What’s more, Reuss confirmed the upcoming debut of a new all-electric Cadillac crossover for the 2024 calendar year, as well as the debut of the new all-electric Escalade IQ and Escalade IQL full-size SUVs. The new all-electric crossover will be smaller than the Cadillac Lyriq in terms of exterior dimensions, and is expected to carry one of several recently trademarked names (Optiq, Symboliq, Lumistiq, Acsendiq, or Vistiq).
Meanwhile, the current 2023 Cadillac XT5 is offered in the U.S. market as the seventh model year for the current first-generation crossover, soldiering on with minimal changes compared to the preceding 2022 model year. Under the hood, the first-gen Cadillac XT5 is available in the U.S. with one of two engine options, including turbocharged 2.0L I4 LSY gasoline engine, which is rated at 235 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque, and the naturally aspirated 3.6L V6 LGX gasoline engine, which is rated at 310 horsepower and 271 pound-feet of torque. Both engines connect to the GM 9-speed automatic transmission, while under the skin, the XT5 rides on the GM C1 platform. Production for North America takes place at the GM Spring Hill plant in Tennessee.
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Sounds like there will be no heavy refresh ’24 XT5 over here like we thought. Bummer.
My initial impression of this is negative, but how good is a facelifted XT5 going to be in 2026 really? They probably decided why bother.
It won’t be around in 2026
Oh boy. Folks around here are gonna love this.
I’m not an electric naysayer, but even I don’t feel great about this. The counter point to this feeling is that it probably won’t be a product we’re terribly jealous of, judging by other China-only Cadillacs.
As a previous xt5 owner and now ct5 -v I didn’t mind the xt/ct then numbers , the whole iq thing just weird still lol
It’s “Pathetiq” if you ask me….
What this ultimately means is Cadillac fans will get product with RWD/AWD capabilities along with a Lyriq V with sporting characteristics that many have been asking for. No more FWD based CUVs. Exactly what everyone has been begging for.
Bring on the EVs.
The transition will be difficult for people, but the other side will almost certainly have better vehicles.
This company has no idea what the hell they’re doing? Not everyone is ready for an Electric vehicle and there is not enough charging ports around to charge all these vehicles. Have they really thought this out? I doubt it, typical GM. Why can’t they make the 2024 ICE XT5 here as well? So whats happening with the XT6? The XT4 is getting a refresh with a new interior. Lets skip hybrids and go all out on Electric vehicles, have they surveyed the public? I doubt it! This news makes me sick!
gm and their crosstown rivals have done an awesome job of destroying their luxury brands. They sent their core customers packing to Lexus, Benz and BMW. This move by gm is another swing of the wrecking ball.
Steve, Do you honestly think that any company as large and successful as GM (and most every other car company for that matter) would hedge a bet that large if they didn’t have the facts to back up their decisions? C’mon. Pick any other manufacturer and you will find that they are on the same trajectory. Infrastructure is growing. Ignorant thinking is not.
If this is true, we’ve bought our last Cadillac. I few years ago, it was said that the XT5 would be getting a redesign around 23/24, and would be the last new ICE Cadillac introduced (other than the Escalade, which is supposed to survive as an ICE vehicle into the 30’s). We’ve been holding off replacing my wife’s current XT5, in hopes that there would be one last XT5, but now it seems we’ll be looking at something foreign……for the first time ever in 50 years of driving.
Disney’s board finally got wise to the fact that woke isn’t good for business. We can only hope that GM’s board will wake up to this too, and dump Mary before it’s to late for the General!
Poor assessment of Disney’s issues. Enjoy the new RX; get one of the hybrids.
We came out of the RX to an XT5, sorry not going back to that one.
This is my 2nd post in this thread. I think GM might come to their senses and realize the Grid needs to be redone to accomodate all these new Electric vehicles and that takes a few years. Hopefully they’ll nd start building the new XT5 in NA as well as China. How could they put all their eggs in one basket? Very poor management!! On that note I’m glad we’ll see a nrw ICE Equinox. I love my 2019
Agreed. I currently drive the Cadillac XT-4 and was waiting to upgrade to the next generation XT-5. So this is not going to happen (unless Cadillac comes to their senses and changes their mind). I am now seriously looking at BMW X3 as my next vehicle purchase.
Completely ignorant comment, gbvette. “Woke” seems to be every older person’s new buzzword for some newer idea that doesn’t align with their old school ideas…& it is immediately deemed as bad. Open your minds to new things, people. Just because it is not your way, doesn’t mean it’s the wrong way.
^^this^^👍
Good. We need to speed up the transition from ICE to EVs. The only reason they’re taking so long to transition is due to the older generations being stuck in their ways and taking forever to adapt to new changes.
They’ll all be gone soon and we can work on fixing the damaged world they left behind.
I think the only thing Cadillac is transitioning to is extinction.
You do realize that the ICE replaced the EV in the late 1890’s early 1900’s? The reason for the transition from EV’s to ICE was the fact that EV’s take, longer to recharge, Ev’s cost more, and EV’s have less range than ICE. Hmmmm..Sounds like not much has changed? When you add up the energy loss from the grid, phatom discharge, and idle EV’s lossing their charge, I don’t think they really use up less fossil fuels. Especially since most of our electricity comes from Coal, Oil, and Gas. I do belive Hydrogen can fulfill the needs of a clean energy future. Just my two cents
We can’t be too surprised by this. GM is keen to move Cadillac toward and all electric future. Where I see issue is in how they are just confirming this now – that Lyriq is replacing XT5 in the U.S. portfolio. They’ve had all this time to work on transitioning XT5 buyers’ expectations to the fact that the model would be replaced with the Lyriq, but chose not to. This will surely hurt sales when current XT5 owners go back to realize they don’t have a similar option now. Furthermore, the ramp up of the Lyriq has been relatively slow. Will volumes be able to match XT5? Will current XT5 owners wait months on a reservation list for their new Lyriq? I have faith in GM, I just think they should have been more up front with this.
When I bought my XT5 I knew it was going to be the last, and I got on the reservation system as soon as the 2024 Lyriqs became available to order. Plan ahead and there will be no problems. By the time my Lyriq arrives i’ll be ready to buy a new car.
Well, that’s just plain stupid.
So one of the top air polluting countries will still burn gasoline with gm cars and less polluting country is forced to ev. I thought Mary was so concerned with climate change?
If they get their electricity from coal, which vehicle ultimately puts out less carbon dioxide: EV or ICE?
This is disappointing news. As others, we have a 2021 XT5 and we’re waiting for the next model which GM said would be the last ICE Cadillac XT5 model in the US. Now it appears that has changed. What are buyers supposed to see and buy as a replacement. Even if EV, like the Lyriq, it doesn’t have the level of some of the essential luxury options we have become used to, like adaptive suspension, power steering wheel, auto heated steering wheel, alcantara leather, etc. etc. Plus they are sold out over a year and no discounts. What are we to do? What about Cadillac’s base. First they went away from the luxury large sedans (CT6 and larger prior), also went away from great interior and exterior colors like greens etc. unless get the tiny CT5 (and that is only for exterior colors), now this. Then they cut the number of dealers in our city, so basically no competition, no discounts, get in line, no cars to test drive to see what options like, etc. Want to stay with Cadillac but they are making it very hard without any responses. When he confirmed that the new model was China only, should have also told us what the plan is for the legions of XT5 and XT6 customers are with at least comparable vehicles, options, availability and pricing. Disappointing.
The Lyriq has far more advanced features than the XT5 does. I have a 2020 PLT and even I know my Lyriq has far more than my current platinum. Learn more about it.
Dave, I agree that it has far more advanced features. It’s the other features that are missing that I referenced, like power steering wheel, adaptive suspension, etc. that were left out of the Lyriq to probably meet a price point. I am very aware and “know more about it”.
Those features you mentioned likely will be available or standard on Sport and Premium Luxury models.
GM is going to fail going all electric – first, the current electrical grid will not sustain the additional load and there has been no talk from anyone, even our fearless leader with his diminished capacity about building up the electrical infrastructure. Second, everybody who purchases these EVs already knows that they all have over the air updates – that means that they track your every move so they know how many miles you drive. This means that since they are not purchasing gasoline, they are not paying their fair share of road maintenance taxes. When they go to register their vehicles they are going to be hit with a road use tax. Third, what happens in 10-15 years when these EVs need new batteries? Nobody is going to shell out $20k – $40k for new batteries on a vehicle this old – these will then become disposable cars, the parts may be worth more than the whole. Fourth, how are they going to dispose of the used batteries with all those toxic components? You can bet that there will be a battery disposal tax coming. For EVs the future doesn’t look to bright.
While your concerns may be valid, they will be solved. This is going to happen and it’s going to be fine.
That’s the hallmark of a cultist belief.
Those issues are non-existent. Everything will be fine!!!!
Come on Auto Industry collapse.
Will current version of XT5 be made for 24-25-26?
Another dumb@ss move by GM ,,owning 2 XT5’s they are great , if we are unable to replace them in the future they will be the last Cadillac’s we have owned .
Given the number of people in China vs the US, wouldn’t it have made more sense to push EV’s harder in China?
It was monumentally stupid to commit to all EV Cadillacs before they’d proven they could sell any, much less enough to be profitable. They must have assumed oil prices would go way up or governments would mandate EV vehicles. With a very few exceptions, they’ve made a hash of Cadillac since the diesel bustleback Seville in 1980.
EV will sell because there will be no ICE alternatives, sorry to say.
I can’t believe this. I’m so waiting for the next generation XT-5 and it’s not coming to North America? BMW X3; here I come.
My Dad and I was talking about electric vehicles the other day and we have always been a GM family and have only owned a occasional other brand but always went back to GM but if they switch over to all electric vehicles we will definitely look else where when we need a new vehicle. I currently just bought a 23 Traverse and I really like it and have no interest in switching over to all electric I will say that if the Traverse had been offered as a hybrid I would have definitely considered it. I looked at a Highlighter Hybrid but just didn’t like the dimensions compared to the Traverse. One of my family members is a retired GM employee who bought Cadillac for years but I extremely doubt she would eve consider a electric Cadillac such as the Lyriq. I really think Cadillac will regret their decision to switch to electric especially considering most of the people I know who have Cadillacs are over 60 and really don’t want to deal with charging there car all the time.
Sorry GM, petroleum is our past, present, and future.
EV’s will and are failing dramatically.