General Motors launched the Cadillac CT5 luxury sedan for the 2020 model year, and although the CT5 was refreshed for the 2025 model year, a new generation is inevitable – and in fact, the CT5 may be replaced outright with a new EV. Now, it looks as though we just got a glimpse of The General designing the next-gen Cadillac CT5 / CT5 EV at the GM Tech Center in Warren, Michigan.
In a new video, The Wall Street Journal walks through the Warren Tech Center to check out the facility’s latest updates. In the background, the video captures several design teams hard at work refining the styling of several upcoming GM models. One of them appears to be a sedan that could very likely be a next-generation CT5 or CT5 EV.
Model under development
2025 Cadillac CT5 Sport
Although the shot of this particular model is quite brief, there are a few interesting things to point out. First and foremost, it’s the only sedan body style spotted amongst the many models under development at the tech center, at least among those seen in the video. Secondly, the front end shows a new look that includes a few design elements from the refreshed 2025 Cadillac CT5, including angular styling elements in the front bumper; tall, vertically oriented lighting elements in the corners of the fascia; and slim upper lighting elements.
Also notable is the grille treatment, which appears to be similar to that of Cadillac’s current EV lineup, such as the new 2025 Cadillac Optiq. This grille incorporates curving lines and a centrally placed badge, as well as a sweeping lower styling element.
Model under development
Cadillac Optiq
Although it’s unclear, this grille design could be an indication that this mystery sedan is a new EV model, possibly replacing the Cadillac CT5 sometime in the future. If it is a new CT5 EV, it will likely launch with a new name that follows Cadillac’s “-iq” naming convention. That said, Cadillac has changed course in its electrification plans, and now promises to offer customers the “luxury of choice” when it comes to choosing between either an EV or ICE-based product.
Check out the full video right here. The possible next-gen CT5 / CT5 EV shows up at the one-minute, nine-second mark:
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both does not make me a wow… too boring … too generic… too neutral… too inperceptive
Hope not….
Caddy needs a hybrid, not a 6000lb sedan
First of all, looks like a CT4. As if that could be the refresh. Almost nothing like a CT5. Second, you guys in the comment section are actually annoying. We still troll in 2024?? Come on guys.
The Design Center was staged for media tours. That’s my opinion. I would think they rolled out some old clay models for the tours and hid the 2029 models they’re actually working on now.
They for sure didn’t let the media come traipsing through the studio with future vehicles in plain sight but in order to portray an accurate picture, they had to have some actual clays being worked on by the designers.
Exactly correct. Any and all tours are staged and well choreographed depending on the attendees. I’d guess they’re in one of the production studios based on it’s size.
Basically there are (or were?) two levels of design studios at Design Staff. The “advanced studios” worked on the initial concept drawings, initial packaging and very advanced clay models at least 3+ years in the future. Those were very cool “must attend” meetings I always looked forward to. Then there are the “production studios” where an approved program goes to work out the final design and all the production intent details. Also very interesting but involved long challenging meetings because even smallest details developed at this stage can have a major effect on the success or failure of a product program. The devil always being in the details.
Once again, Ms Mary Bs ideas are terrible.
I hope Mr Marke Reuss and Mr Duncan Aldred stop it….but too late. Their words are not heeded anyway…
You say a lot of nothing.
Maybe you misread. I am saying that Ms Mary’s decision to kill the CT5 ICE like they are doing with the Malibu is pathetic. I wished Reuss and Aldred could at least try to convince otherwise, but she likely will have her way…
If their bonus structures/compensation are tied to profits or stock price, they’re probably fully on-board with Barra. GM has been immensely profitable over the last decade or so, and within this time they’ve managed to develop an EV architecture on which they can start making money before the sales mix flips to EVs, at which point margins will be even higher.
Its pretty cool to see the final product of the new Design Center. The company I work for manufactured and installed the steel base floor plates in that building (the flooring under the clay models). We have some pretty cool pictures of that building in our offices, but none that have any unreleased models in them.
It looks like a CT4 to me. Possibility of a refresh coming in a year or two that we weren’t expecting. All we know is that the CT5 just got an update for the 2025 model year so I wouldn’t expect next gen CT5 gen by 2030 or a EV CT5 by 2030. I’m glad Cadillac hasn’t given up on sedans, as the younger generation doesn’t want to drive the same types of vehicles their parents did.
That is a Cadillac Optiq!
Why is Mary destroying GM? She has been warned about the too aggressive EV investment and the vehicles made in Mexico and other foreign land. Now the EV credit will go away and tariffs on GM imported cars! So tired of the arrogance. I have only bought GM vehicles made in the USA for over 40 years but the options are running out. Shameful and no loyalty to american worker or America!
Tired of this woke E.V mumbo jumbo. Numbers prove that people don’t wan’t that crap anymore… Give us well-made hybrids with nice interiors with physical buttons… not with the jumbotron bullcrap… and leave the performance cars ICE like how they are supposed to be!!
Rob
Cadillac needs to stop changing sedan naming scheme. Stay with CT4 or choose real names minus IQ.
Cadillac telling me I’m spart for buying EV is cringe
I am pretty sure the CT5 EV will not have the CT5’s name.
It wouldn’t. But in the meantime, we are referring to it as such.
They are all just styling exercises. Clay “what ifs”.