Cadillac Celestiq To Start Production As 2025 Model
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The production-spec Cadillac Celestiq made its formal introduction in October of 2022, debuting the brand’s all-new flagship sedan, complete with GM’s latest all-electric propulsion technology. Offering an extreme level of customization and a starting price around $340,000, the Cadillac Celestiq is intended as an exclusive offering for well-heeled buyers. Now, GM Authority has learned that the first units of the Celestiq will officially roll out as 2025 model-year vehicles.
When it was first unveiled in production-spec form, the Celestiq was initially expected to arrive for the 2024 model year. However, GM Authority has since confirmed with General Motors that the first completed units of the Celestiq will be classified as 2025 models.
Every unit of the Celestiq is assembled by hand at the GM Artisan Center in Warren, Michigan. Customers are provided with a staggering array of customization opportunities, including materials, finishes, colors, and more, with a number of design themes available to give each customer a starting point on their customization journey. The opportunity to purchase a new Celestiq is available exclusively via waitlist.
Cadillac chief John Roth announced that Celestiq production was under way earlier this year during a media briefing attended by GM Authority. Sources indicate that the automaker is planning to produce between 100 and 150 units annually.
As for the technical specs, the Cadillac Celestiq rides on the GM BEV3 platform, with a 111 kWh GM Ultium battery pack and a pair of GM Ultium Drive motors onboard for motivation. Peak output is rated at 600 horsepower and 640 pound-feet of torque, with the run to 60 mph estimated at less than four seconds. The interior is awash in luxury, with an array of digital screens on hand for the driver and passengers.
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Just cancel it already. It never should have been green-lighted (Mary).
I think cancelling this car would be a dumb idea and a missed opportunity. Mostly because this car is intended to do the same for Cadillac as the K900 did for Kia. Intended to elevate the brands perception (just like the Cimarron lowered it). The car was never meant to be a volume product but is intended to be a halo car. And it has been high time GM starts taking Cadillac seriously and compete better with the likes of the German brands.
But it doesn’t elevate the perception! It just highlights the erratic design, engineering, and management philosophies currently plaguing the general! It doesn’t scream luxury! It is too big to be sporty. It’s minimalistic design forms are more Scandinavian than American! It’s being built in a mailroom in the rundown industrial wasteland of Warren Michigan! Not exactly a place you want high value customers coming to view your operation, even if the glorious Technical Center is across the street! Who exactly is the customer for this car? They sure aren’t Rolls Royce customers! I have a deep love for high-end luxury cars like Rolls-Royce and classic 30s and 40 era Cadillacs, along with performance cars, but this car in no way appeals to me. This should be a car that someone like me drools over! Every time I look at it I just think a psudo-wealthy douchebag’s got to be inside and I laugh! So, sorry to the engineers who have been seen driving!
What happened to production starting in January, as Roth previously confirmed, and Celestiq being “sold out until 2025” as GM proclaimed in 2022?
In May, C&D toured Cadillac House at Vanderbilt and published photos of the cars proportedly in production. They said at the time “Cadillac says 15 people currently build the cars, with 10 people working on the line that has up six cars at any time. There are seven stations, and every car spends about four hours at each. The Artisan Center is capable of churning out about 400 Celestiqs per year.”. They also indicated Cadillac had begun meeting with customers last summer and outlined details of some of those customization sessions. Based on their reporting, at this point, there should be perhaps 200 or more examples in the eager hands of the nouveau riche. However, now GM is saying there will only be 100-150 units built in total and that the first completed units WILL BE (future tense) 2025 models.
As has been the case with other GM EVs, like the Hummer EV, it seems difficult to get a clear picture of what’s going on and whether the products are indeed in high demand as GM states.
I would not read too much into this. I believe C&D story since they have critics toured the plant a lot quicker than some baseless source GMA got it from with no proof the unnamed source actually said 100-150 units which sounds low in the first place. 400 annually sounds about right for Cadillac to start work on the CELESTIQ for the very first time since 1958 the Eldorado Brougham was built the last time completely here.
Then those can sit out front of your local Cadillac dealership just alongside the 34, yes thirty four Lyriqs’s at my local dealer. Just saying….
These are built to order, so the only time you might see one at your local Cadillac dealership is when it’s in for service.
They would still probably need a demo car so customers know what they are shelling out $340K for.
Small dealer. Mine has 113 in stock. Only 33 slades though.
WOW MR M I know you work for a OIL company trying to bad mouth EV cars. Unfortunately for you, the oil ad campaign is failing the lyriq is the hottest selling luxury EV. The Celestiq is sold out for 5 years. The other negiive people here are just jealous they cant afford this masterpiece.
Masterpiece?? Looks good to the B pillar, after that….Aztek f’n ugly!!
A halo car?? Hay low we build ugly cars…
Engineer for a major auto manufacturer. 😉 Sorry, not an oil exec.
The Celestiq will provide something dynamic to the automotive landscape.
Just like the Allante did…….ahhhh didn’t.
Hard pass. Long road to building a quality, reliable EV. Just ask early adopters of EV’s. The most pleasing vehicle I have driven recently is my son’s Bentley Flying Spur Speed. It is beautiful, powerful, quiet interior, pleasure to drive, luxurious vehicle. Cost similar to Celestiq. Personally, I would never spend the amount either of these cost on a vehicle.
Meanwhile Aston Martin announced they are still using AMG engines for the foreseeable future and Ferrari is now planning to further develop V12 engines (as their latest flagship is named 12Cilindri, Italian for 12 Cylinders).
Hand built is a gimmick. Machines build better cars than humans. The car is merely a way for a wealthy person to show off when they go out to dinner. These cars can’t be taken seriously as real transportations.
That is one of the ugliest cars I have ever seen. It makes the Aztek I owned look attractive. Where in the world does Cadillac get their designers??
Can’t sell a beautiful CT6 Blackwing for $100K, but expect to move these at $340K.