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GM Announces Local Name Of All-New Cadillac Optiq In China

Almost a month and a half after the global debut of the all-new Cadillac Optiq in China, SAIC-GM has just officially announced the name of the upcoming Cadillac electric crossover in the Chinese market.

General Motors’ primary joint venture in China announced that the local name of the all-new Cadillac Optiq in that country will be “傲歌” or Aoge, whose meaning in Mandarin is linked to music in much the same way as the Chinese name “锐歌” or Ruige of the Cadillac Lyriq – which roughly translates to “Cutting-Edge Song.” As such, the full commercial name of the Optiq in China will be Cadillac Optiq 傲歌.

The announcement of the Optiq’s name for the Chinese domestic market coincides with the launch of marketing efforts for the model in China. In fact, it’s now become a common practice for GM to give global vehicles their own name specific to China. To that end, the Optiq is the second Cadillac vehicle with a Chinese-specific name since the marque officially launched in the country in 2004. Before the Lyriq and Optiq, all Cadillac models had an alphanumeric name in China, much like in other parts of the world.

It should be noted that the name “傲歌” of the all-new Cadillac Optiq arose from an official consultation by Cadillac on social media channels in China, which was open for about a month and consisted of an online voting process open to the public. Participants could choose between about eight different names, and the result of the vote was the name “傲歌” which received over 90 percent of the votes.

As a reminder, the all-new Cadillac Optiq was first presented in mid-November during the 2023 Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition in China – better known as the Guangzhou Auto Show. The vehicle, which is a global model that is positioned below the Lyriq as a “tweener” compact-midsize crossover in the brand’s zero-emissions lineup, was introduced as Cadillac’s second all-electric vehicle in the Asian country.

The all-new Cadillac Optiq is expected to be officially launched in China during the first half of the 2024 calendar year, as production is scheduled to begin for the Chinese market at a to-be-announced SAIC-GM plant capable of producing vehicles on the Ultium architecture. As previously reported by GM Authority, Optiq production for North American markets  will take place at the GM Ramos Arizpe plant. The model will be sold in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Middle East.

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Deivis is an engineer with a passion for cars and the global auto business. He is constantly investigating about GM's future products.

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Comments

  1. I’m surprised the North American model will be built in Mexico. Will it still qualify for a tax credit?

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    1. The Blazer and Equinox EV are built in Mexico and they are eligible. Why wouldn’t the Optiq?

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  2. …back end looks like an Oldsmobile.
    (And not in a good way.)

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  3. It’s just another extended CR-V clone. The market has dozens of these.

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  4. I’m confused. Does this simply mean the model will be called Cadillac Aoge for the Chinese market? Is the Lyriq called Cadillac Ruige there? Well atleast the Chinese aren’t coming up with nonsense names like “Caddy McCadface.”

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    1. Yes and yes. Both correct.

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      1. Any update on when the Escalade IQL will be revealed this year?

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    2. ….“Probe” and “Hummer” were already taken.

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  5. It would of make sense to stick with alphanumeric globally if another country was going to rename models for that country.

    Always a pro and con when it comes to having actual names for vehicles.

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