2024 Cadillac Lyriq Production Start Pushed Back
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The 2024 Cadillac Lyriq drops in as the second model year for Cadillac’s all-electric crossover, offering GM’s latest Ultium EV technology, as well as no shortage of comfort and luxury. The start of regular production (SORP) for the 2024 Cadillac Lyriq was originally slated to kick off late last month, but now, GM Authority has learned that production of the 2024 Cadillac Lyriq has been pushed back.
As GM Authority covered back in January, production of the 2024 Cadillac Lyriq was originally set to get under way on March 20th, 2023. Now, however, GM Authority has learned that 2024 Cadillac Lyriq production has been pushed back to May 4th.
As before, production of the 2024 Cadillac Lyriq will once again take place at the GM Spring Hill plant in Tennessee. The final day of production for the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq was originally scheduled for March 17th, 2023.
GM Authority reached out to Cadillac for comment on the production date pushback. A Cadillac spokesperson did not confirm the later start date, but did state that Cadillac is “on track to begin producing MY24 Lyriqs later this spring.”
Highlights for the new 2024 Cadillac Lyriq include the introduction of a new trim level called Tech. The Cadillac Lyriq Tech trim level is tagged with the 1SA equipment group, and slots in as the new base-level trim below the Luxury and Sport trim levels. Pricing for the 2024 Cadillac Lyriq Tech starts at $58,590, including destination freight charge (DFC).
As GM Authority covered in February, some 2023 Cadillac Lyriq orders have been shifted to the 2024 model year, as confirmed by Cadillac Global Vice President Rory Harvey. Affected customers will receive an incentive for switching to the later model year.
As reported in March, a Cadillac spokesperson previously confirmed with GM Authority that in addition to the Cadillac Lyriq Debut Edition, GM will also produce non-Debut Edition units of the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq, including Cadillac Lyriq AWD and Cadillac Lyriq RWD variants.
The 2024 Cadillac Lyriq rides on the GM BEV3 platform, and features GM Ultium batteries and GM Ultium Drive motors for motivation.
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All this pre-order drama is why I won’t put money down on a car and wait for months to years hoping and wonder ping if it will ever come.
I will wait patiently until there are cars available on the lots without markups, test drive it, and take it home that day. It may mean having to wait for used cars to show up, but I’m fine with that.
I don’t know why people are so impatient to get the latest and greatest. It’s just a car, people. Good grief.
I agree but lease was up. Now I am without car because of GM. They don’t care about the customer.
I’m at the age where the Lyriq will probably be my last car. While I have a nice low mileage ICE car that I could continue to drive until the market turns to what you predict, I can’t wait many more additional years …. which is the way Cadillac is going it will take. During the intervening time the value of my current car will continue to decrease and the price of new cars will continue to rise.
The Lyriq by all reports rides very well while the Model E does not and the Lyriq I sat in has a great interior. I can’t see spending Tesla money on a car whose interior looks half assembled, no matter how great it’s technology. YMMV.
I agree that the lack of communication has been terrible. The rumor is there are software issues that GM is having problems with. GM Authority has published lots of misinformation, such as number of cars actually built, when 2024 production begins, etc.
Those blaming Mary Barra are way off base, except criticism for not hiring better engineers.
As far as China, Volkswagon is having the same issue with sales in China.
I love the way the Lyriq looks. I will continue to wait. I want a car that is trouble free over rushing to get it delivered. I do hope to get some compensation from GM for the delay and higher price.
What source do you have that shows GM authority information was wrong?
Yes what source do you have that its misinformation.
Has any owners posted video on their experience with their Lyriq.
Can anyone here tell us what the hell is really going on with GM’s U.S. EV production? Is it a problem with the LG pouch batteries? The Chinese Lyriq uses cylindrical batteries in place of the pouches in an otherwise identical architecture and they’re cranking them out like cookies.
Rick:
The issue is that Cadillac/GM WON’T SAY what the real problem is!
They produced a couple of thousand Lyriqs in 2022, but only delivered about 200. After the fact, they said they had put on a delivery hold in order to work out the production bugs – rear hatches that cracked, dash display issues, software and hinted at supply chain issues (chips, wheels & batteries??). There has been NO communication with dealers or the public. In fact, one salesman said he was tired of being lied to by the manufacturer reps.
Was this an effort to keep stock prices up, fear of embarrassment for the inability to meet production goals, parts shortages or ????? We just don’t know.
It is the lack of honesty, near total silence and ignoring prior public statements while making new optimistic ones and simultaneously spending huge sums of money on advertising for a vehicle that was not available (in the US, but is in China), that has people angry.
I can and will continue to wait for delivery of my Lyriq because after sitting in one I’m hooked. I’m now estimating delivery in December of this year or Q1 2024 on a May 25, 2022, place on the waitlist.
I’m a big boy….tell me the truth and I will deal with it. However, if I ever buy another new car, after being treated as a customer with such indifference, it certainly won’t be a GM product.
So sorry to read about the situation with your Lyriq. Methinks GM & LG have a big problem with manufacturing the pouch batteries. GM cancelled a third joint venture battery plant they planned with LG in Indiana a month or so back. Now, GM is quickly investing in other battery & battery tech suppliers. Understand that this is all new cutting edge technology. It’s very hard to go from the engineering lab to the production line and crank out this stuff in volume, but if General Motors can’t do it, who can? The same vehicle with cylindrical batteries is coming off the line in China on schedule just like it should. That’s what leads me back to a problem with LG. I sense promises not kept and or technology that can’t be delivered.
After the LG battery fires in Chevy Bolts last year, GM halted production and recalled Bolts. LG had to reimburse GM $1.9 Billion for defects in their batteries which caused the fires. That’s when things took a turn in relations between GM and LG Chem, in my opinion. These production delays were unforeseen.
General Motors NEVER would have announced Lyriq production, started marketing and advertising and taken orders such as yours if they didn’t think they were ready. There are more untold billions at stake here. GM’s billions. A blown launch like this is money never recovered, not to mention the loss of the good will of countless customers like you who were genuinely excited about this new electric car. The complete stonewalling of what’s really going on here says it all. Good luck to you with your upcoming Lyriq. I’m sure once it’s delivered it will be a great car. They really have no other choice!
Rick Sand:
A ‘Mature’, or “Adult” company would have foreseen or otherwise anticipated this type of trouble.
But I suspect they collectively were too dumb to realize problems until they were staring them in the face…
Its bad news when CHINA can actually manufacture essentially the same vehicle – perhaps GM should eat some Humble Pie and analyze their successes.
For around the past 40 years – I wondered when Incompetent GM management would get so Gawd-Awful that it would filter in a BIG WAY down to products ‘allegedly’ offered for sale.
That day has arrived.
It’s official! Cadillac sales at Costa Mesa Cadillac in CA have sunk to a new low! This just happened…
I get a call asking me to come in. They know how frustrating it has been waiting for the car I ordered. They’ll sell me the showroom model! Yahoo!!! I am jazzed!! Finally, they’re listening and providing good service…
AFTER I take it for a test drive and ask them to get moving on paperwork, they will only sell it with a $15K mark-up. They won’t honor the fact I have one on order without the mark-up. I pointed out that they’d make their “extra” $15K when they sell the one I ordered. But no, they want to make $30K off me. They weren’t try to make a frustrated customer happy that’s been waiting since September 2021, they are trying to take advantage us and make more money…Shame on Cadillac!! What a damn disappointment! I’ll keep waiting..
The real live Lyriq that I as able to see, touch and sit in (but not test drive) was in the showroom because the original would be owner had bailed and the car was “available”….with a $10K “market adjustment”.
I too was offered the “opportunity” to move up the waitlist and take that vehicle, but passed because of the white interior, RWD and I don’t “need” a Lyriq that badly.
I sort of panicked about the MA and was told by the sales manager that Cadillac had told them that they could add on MAs for cars where the person who ordered it declined delivery, but they had better not do it to someone who accepted their original order, or GM would reduced future allocations to them.
If I were you, I would have a similar conversation with your dealer’s sales manager – not your sales person who has a vested interest in not telling you the truth, or who has the authority of a manager.
What dealers are attempting to do with these MAs is why the dealership business model needs to die and things go to the direct manufacturer to consumer model Tesla uses.
Michele Morton:
That’s a great deal…. I was told by a dealership in Virginia that I could pick up an extra ‘DEBUT’ BLACK (since they have run out of Blue Paint a year ago) for only $60,000 plus a $25,000 mark up – that they NEED to charge the ‘Market Adjustment’ to pay for all the silly superfluous fast chargers GM is making them install. Or I could wait until 2025 (!) for a 2024 model year delivery.
I declined.
Guys,
Latest news that I got from one of the dealers. They will be building the Tech 1, luxury 1 and Sports 1 only right now. They are having trouble with the ability to supply super cruise components. With that said, either you wait for 6 to 8 months for Luxury 3 or sports 3 or you find a 2023 rear wheel drive. I will keep my order for now but I will continue to look at all the new Ev’s that are coming out. I am really considering the BMW IX 50. I hope this message helps everyone. If anyone hears of anything else, please let me know. Thank you
Hi Jay thanks for the information..
It looks like the production people are developing at least half a brain, and are turning out all these simpler trims (No autonomous driving, plain-jane 7 speaker radio, no 120 volt inverter) to at least get product on the streets, leaving the more esoteric stuff for when they can get it working.
You would think they would have done this type of thing from the start, but better late than never.
Where does that leave the Luxury 2 with AWD?
Same as Luxury 3. It has super cruise. For what I hear, you will not see it for months. I am talking about Luxury 2 and 3 will be delayed. Only base models.
I am a former quality engineer who worked for an auto manufacturing company and I understand the value of great-built autos, I believe this time GM is focused on quality first, instead of pushing a product out the door. The question should be asked, ” Do I want a new vehicle with quality defects or a great auto without quality defects?” GM has been plagued with quality issues before and it pushed customers to other car dealerships. This time GM wants to ensure its customers that when they experience the all-new Cadillac Lyriq they will enjoy a new experience like never before in their history of building autos. Now, I test-drove the all-new Lyriq and the response that I first experienced was that GM has put the Cadillac back into this Lyriq model. Before you bash GM I would wait until you test-drive this model. I promise you your thoughts will change and you will be very impressed at what they have produced. As I close, “Do you want a new experience or another defected launch project?” Great quality is what I am waiting on.
I and many others understood that there would be production issues with a first year model not to mention with a type of car that will be relatively new for GM. I expected that and am pleased that GM is assuring that we get a quality product when it is finally delivered. None of us like to spend days repeatedly with our cars in the shop for safety and quality issues that were not caught in the production QC. Being an involuntary beta tester is not fun.
However, what I don’t understand and will not forgive GM/Cadillac for is the near total blackout of information to those who were given vastly overly optimistic delivery dates, no communication other than automated replies, given the runaround by the Cadillac concierge, lies to their dealers (per my dealer), huge sums of advertising money spent last winter for a car that is still unavailable and has no projected delivery date, etc, etc, etc. Mary Barra and her executive team are handsomely compensated to make decisions that are in the best interest of the company. I can’t fathom what they have done, and continue to do, benefits GM.
All they need to do is to be HONEST with the dealers and their would be customers. We can handle the truth, even if the answer is “we don’t know, this is what is going on and why. We will update you when we have better information”.
Case in point. Now there is unofficial information that 2024 production will begin with base trim cars and those of us who ordered a Lux2 or higher trim are due for a long wait. If this is true, WHY doesn’t Cadillac not tell those of us who have ordered higher trims how long the wait will be and why?
There is one conspiracy theory floating around that Cadillac priced the car too low and is now loosing too much money per car, so they are slow walking the production and won’t admit it to keep their stock price from tanking.
While it does fit how GM has behaved, we probably won’t know the truth until some former GM exec eventually writes a book.
Meanwhile, Cadillac/GM has severely damaged the brand with people like me who will wait for their Lyriq because it will be a great car, but may not ever buy another Cadillac product because of how they were treated.
My dealer called and said he’s finally allowed to send my order in. I had to forgo the super fast charge capability, but I’m excited. Glad I stayed with it. Quality is what counts!! Thanks for the positive message.
Hi Keith!
Please explain what you mean when you say you had to forgo the super fast charging capability..
My 2023 luxury trimmed LYRIQ has a 16-19 kw level 2 charger and about 150 kw fast charging capability.
At home due to my limited facilities I can only do 40% of this max level 2 rate but at a 350 kw fast charger I can get the 150 kw. I got the car April 28th.
Hi Bill,
I was told by my salesman that could put my order as long as I was willing to go without a charging option that I chose. They gave me a $1500 credit. I’m pretty certain the option was a 19.2 kw capable onboard charging module (k20).
Oh ok Keith….
I wonder since the 2024 build price initially was $1,980 for the 19.2 kw unit over the now universally standard 11 kw model. Seems like a $1,500 discount is a bit too stingy.
Hi Keith!
Just checked the updated 2024 brochure. They don’t come out and directly say it, but whereas the now 19.2 kw charger used to be unavailable for the Tech only, it is now Also unavailable for the Luxury 1 and Sport 1 trims. They did LOWER the price $500 to $1,480 however.
If they still disallow it for higher trims they must be putting all the large chargers in the Hummers.
That is why I thought it was so silly to put the 80 ampere models in All 2023s like mine, since I and the vast majority of others would not need it.. As I say 32 amps is fine by me and for most people 48 standard is more than enough and they should have saved the 80s for YOU and Hummer buyers who were stuck with only 48 the first year.
Hey Bill,
I’m getting the Sport 2 AWD model, so that explains a lot. Appreciate the valuable information you share.
Nice to hear. Thanks.
Some have said in the past that my comments were unnecessarily detailed but there are those such as your self who need the info.