Cadillac’s future all-electric compact crossover, which we at GM Authority have been reporting as the sub-Lyriq EV, has just been fully leaked in China as the upcoming Cadillac Optiq.
Upcoming Cadillac Optiq Premium Luxury
The Asian country’s authorities have published the future product statement of the SAIC-GM joint venture for the upcoming Cadillac Optiq, revealing the first photos and main features of the model before the automaker officially revealed it. In fact, this leak confirms the official name of the luxury brand’s new zero-emission crossover that will be positioned below the Cadillac Lyriq.
Leaked images show that the upcoming Cadillac Optiq will introduce its own interpretation of Cadillac’s new design language, featuring similar styling cues to those of the Lyriq, but with unique elements that set it apart from its big brother. In this sense, the Optiq has a very sculpted frontal design that includes a smaller grille module and large boomerang-shaped full LED headlights that give it its own personality.
Meanwhile, the upcoming Cadillac Optiq’s profile features muscular shapes marked by prominent wheel arches and a rising beltline that combines with an accentuated C-pillar to give it an edgy look. In addition, the all-new Optiq adopts rear-quarter glass with a gradient horizontal line pattern that matches the top of the vertical taillamp clusters, forming a very futuristic looking rear section.
Upcoming Cadillac Optiq Base
As for dimensions, the Cadillac Optiq measures 189.8 inches in length, 75.3 inches in width and 64.7 inches in height, while riding on a 116.3-inch wheelbase identical to that of the all-new Chevy Equinox EV, Buick Electra E5 and Electra E4 – which all use the same variant of the GM BEV3 platform. The leak shows that the Optiq will feature a rear Ultium Drive motor with two power outputs, 150 kW or 201 horsepower and 180 kW or 241 horsepower.
The upcoming all-new Cadillac Optiq will make its world debut in the second half of this year, possibly in China where the introduction of the luxury brand’s second Ultium-based model has already been anticipated by the GM joint venture before the end of the 2023 calendar year. The Optiq is expected to be manufactured both in the Asian country and in North America, where it will expand Cadillac’s growing range of electric vehicles.
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Looks slightly better than the Lyriq.
Looks like Blazer and last gen Rav 4 got hitched. What a ugly CUV! Cadillac is doomed if this is the future.
CT-4 & 5 are beautiful examples of understated design. I remember people calling them too European, bashing the then head of Cadillac, but he had the right idea. CT 5 would be a sweet crossover coupe and CT/XT is better than IQ nomenclature.
I’d rather have a Buick Envision or used TourX
They are?? Seemed very uninspired to me when they came out and even more so now. Don’t even get me started on those terrible interiors either. Cadillac is on the right path now. Lyriq has gotten nothing but glowing reviews.
Agreed. The Lyriq has excellent road presence but this design flows a bit better
I like everything but the Grill, needs to be bigger like the Lyriq
Maybe even just wider. Doesn’t need to go lower.
why an electric car needs a grill ? do not understand this.
I thought the same thing. I have a Chevy Bolt and it has a small grill at the very bottom of the front fascia. I was told it’s an active shutter system that will open or close as necessary to cool the battery when needed. It is very small.
If Cadillac can continue giving family styling cues yet letting each model give its own interpretation of their electric design element I think they will be positioned to be a great 21st century car. Now they need something smaller and with the Lyriq and Escalade IQ they will effectively be replacing their sub ICE Escalade lineup. Goodbye Xt4, xt5, xt6, hello __?_iq, Optiq, Lyriq.
Lyriq is actually the middle child of the Sub Escalade lineup. The Optiq is the small XT4 replacement, the XT6 replacement will be revealed soon.
Since everything ends in “iq” and optic (Optiq) refers to sight , lyric (Lyriq) refers to sound, the next sense they could use would be the sense of hearing and that model could be called the Acoustiq 😀
Let me have a job naming cars, GM!
Under your thinking, the third should actually be smell, taste or touch. You already have sound…
How bout balsamiq for taste 😂😂
There will be ASCENDIQ, LUMISTIQ, CELESTIQ, OPTIQ, LYRIQ, and VISTIQ.
ASCENDIQ is a luxury sedan， LUMISTIQ is a large luxury sedan, OPTIQ is a small luxury SUV, and VISTIQ is a medium size SUV
There will be EV sedans in the pipeline later on but where are you getting your sources from and know the names of these two sedans?
This message is from an internal meeting of SAIC-GM (上汽通用), someone took a snapshot during the session. The two sedans are named ASCENDIQ and LUMISTIQ
Thanks for the information.
This vehicle can’t be a Cadillac. The Celestiq set the design themes that are to be used across all the Cadillac EV’s. This has none of the themes. It looks like the put a Cadillac front clip on an Equinox.
This is the XT4 replacement, it’s the same size as the Equinox EV and deff has Cadillac EV queues on it.
Another ugly new Cadillac. That makes 3 now. And the last thing we want is ANOTHER friggin EV.
agree with u, but sorry have to put dislike because people put dislike to me, so have to follow the trend
thanks for the dislike, appreciated. regards.
How bout balsamiq for taste 😂😂
Can’t quite judge yet but it looks decent. Does not appear to be as polarizing like the LYRIQ but I like what I see. I need more angle shots of the car including the profile. At least it is good to know that this is RWD in spite of it being shared with the Equinox EV.
Lots of happy people here in the comments lol wow-
I totally agree with Beachy29579 and SteveInvictaInsignia.
This is yet one more box that designers had to try and turn into something that looks good. A box is a box! This is no more a Cadillac than the Cimarron was in 1982. But at least the Cimarron looked nice.
It’s time for an automotive reset. Rid this industry of the over-sized stupid screen, over-sized wheels (specifically black rims) and reduce the number of CUV/SUV’s by half. Bring back designers like Harley Earl who can put this industry back on track. They can start with the concept that an EV doesn’t need to look stupid to be an EV. Make the current Malibu and CT4/5 into EV’s and keep the styling and watch people buy them.
Yes brilliant business plan! I’m sure you did a lot of market research to reach these conclusions…and by market research I mean you just assume that your own, seemingly antiquated preferences, are what everyone else believes and wants as well. I guess that’s just the human condition.
The market WANTS CUVs. This is proven in their sales figures. People WANT larger wheels and large screens. How do we know this? Market research into customer preferences. If this weren’t the case, every manufacturer wouldn’t be doing the SAME thing by offering these features.
Current Malibu?! Cimarron looked nice?! Oye vey. Okay boomer.
Yup: You are absolutely wrong in that everyone wants CUV/SUV’s. You are absolutely wrong that everyone wants huge rims, screens mounted to a box. But you seem to know everything already and so I’m sure there’s no room in your world for facts.
And your experience in this business is??
yes dan, Cadillac Cimarron (1982-1988) was a beauty caddy but with ugly name, sorry had to put dislikes on u because this is tool of GMA unfortunate and so do people to me…
MK: I’m honestly not sure what you are saying. Anyhow, when a person looks back at the Cimarron (like the name or not, it’s not my point), you can’t look at it so much from todays point of view. If you look at the Cimarron (all J-cars back then) from the viewpoint of 1982, they were attractive cars that looked much better than many of the cars from that same period. The point I was making in which “YUP” was too busy to understand is that the Cimarron wasn’t considered a true Cadillac back then and this box called Optiq is also no Cadillac. But in todays market, this Optiq looks bad and ill designed where as the Cimarron/J-cars were well designed cars in their day.
And yes, I don’t look at the Escalade as a real Cadillac either. It’s a totally glorified Chevy Tahoe. So why is it ok to others that GM does this glorified trim on a Chevy Tahoe and yet these same people will talk badly about the Cimarron. Double standard???
I feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone reading your responses lol
You still fail to realize your OPINIONS are not fact. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. There is no scientific measure of how attractive a car is because it’s all personal perspective. Clearly Cadillac is not designing cars for people like you anymore. I can see that frustrating you but that doesn’t mean they’re doing the wrong thing. It means they’re following the market…actually that is one thing here that can be proven with actual facts/numbers – that SUV/CUVs are a HUGE market that is only on the rise. Really hard to argue with that.
I am truly yelping at the Cimarron references…these are cars that, even in their day, were lambasted as some of the very worst examples of badge engineering EVER.
AND I never said anything about everyone wanting CUVs or large wheels and screens…just the MAJORITY of people do. Your personal preferences do not mean many people feel the same way as you. In fact, if sales numbers are to be believed, what you say is completely wrong.
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Rantanamo: Funny, I drive past an Enterprise lot daily going to work. What they have the most of now and for the past few years now has been CUV’s mostly from Nissan and VW. They have a lot of higher end makes as well. And then a lot of Hyundai and Kia’s. But nearly all are CUV’s or SUV’s.
well, the ALL vehicles manufacturers ARE since long not designing cars, ships, airplanes, helicopters for people like me anymore…. but older guys has experience in buying and equally taste. Dan has the right points, but understand now you all are new generations who does not know how to appreciate a correct designed product. if am gonna in store to see a caddy and has there this optiq, 1992 seville and cimmarron, all stupend new, go with 1992 seville with … sorry dan … updated interior with white leather and PLEASE NO REALLY NO WOOD
sorry… beg of pardon… have to decide for the 1985 Cadillac Seville
anyway why outer mirror on door and not on window ? strange for me.
the rear is so confusing like ioniq hundai lines but miracolly straight tailgate darkline … do not know if correct design confusing or ugly —- however it is not caddilac, colvo maybe ? or this is a buick bmw ? at end it is another electric, so it does not come to our garage, leave in china to sell well
Many, many, vehicles have door-mounted mirrors. Just the GM’s: Blazer, Camaro, all T1 trucks and SUV’s, Silverado EV, Blazer EV, Equinox EV, Hummer EV, Enclave, Envision, XT4, XT5 and XT6.
Placing it there improves sightlines and allows for better management of wind noise.
ALL WRONG styling saying… one reason do not make me buy those cars
wellllllll for me was so normal… to … then read optiq, and opened the post, otherwise would go still scrolling in other pages… HOWEVER that rear is not much optiq, isnt it ? ok so now did my comment sincere, and go back reading the other comments and put dislikes in them all, because people do this with me. it does not matter if agree or not
I liked the styling on all of Cadillac’s EV’s up until now. It almost looks like it’s been pieced together from another model.. You can tell those tail lights are a complete afterthought. I’m pretty envious to Cadillac’s that are exclusive to China but they can keep this one.
Looks like a 2nd generation SRX (which isn’t a bad thing at all)
So GM And Ford Have Let China Design All There Vehicles. Because Why Do All Them Get Leaked In This Same Place?
Simply horrible.
Doesn’t matter. Cadillac can’t produce the lyric, they won’t make this one either. They spent billions making a plant but can’t push out more than 14 per day. Sad. Tesla producing 85,000 mode Y. Cadillac cant produce 2,000 Lyrics in 6 months.
personally, I don’t like the styling. looks weird. also the power is lacking. but the interior should be nice and i like the fact that its rwd.
Not sure about those rear lights. Doesn’t look like a modern Cadillac but I will withhold final judgement until the High Res images come out or I see one in person.