The 2025 Cadillac Lyriq introduces the all-electric crossover’s third model year, bringing with it several important updates and changes. These include deletion of the entry-level Tech trim, improved range-per-charge ratings, and a significant parts reduction. Interestingly, GM also deleted the Lyriq’s underhood beauty cover.
Lyriq with underhood beauty cover
2025 Cadillac Lyriq without underhood beauty cover
An image of the 2025 Cadillac Lyriq’s new underhood look was recently posted online, illustrating how much of a difference the cover makes. Under the hood of the 2024 Cadillac Lyriq, we find a large plastic piece that completely covers the underhood area, with a small opening on the passenger’s side to accommodate the windshield wiper fluid bottle filler, plus a few other removable panels. In the center of the cover, we find a Cadillac crest in the bottom center of a stylized, textured section.
By comparison, the underhood appearance of the 2025 Cadillac Lyriq is a mishmash of cables, wires, hoses, and various electrical propulsion components. It’s definitely not a clean look, but for anyone interested in the inner workings of this EV, it’s obviously far more accessible without the cover.
As GM Authority covered over the summer, the 2025 Cadillac Lyriq utilizes 24 percent fewer parts than the equivalent 2024-model-year Lyriq, as confirmed by GM CEO Mary Barra. The move is part of General Motors’ Winning with Simplicity strategy, which aims to streamline the automaker’s product offerings.
“Winning with simplicity, which is our drive to eliminate unnecessary complexity in the way we engineer and equip our vehicles, will help ensure that we can continue to sustain and even improve our margins in the future,” Barra said during GM’s Q2 2024 earnings presentation. “For example, through smarter contenting and optimizing selectable options, we have been able to eliminate more than 2,400 unique parts on 10 vehicles we’re launching through the first quarter of 2025.”
The 2025 Cadillac Lyriq also deletes the entry-level Tech trim, making the Luxury 1 the new entry-level trim. Pricing starts at $59,990. Check out our previous coverage for more information, as well as a full breakdown of 2025 Cadillac Lyriq pricing, including options and packages.
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There is totally room for a frunk even if it would be shallow. Do I have to beg?
Find a cardboard box, put it under the hood, call it “My trunk”, and the problem is solved.
Gross, put it back on! Put it back on!
GM is just so awful at the little details.
First off it should have a Frunk.
Second, it is a Cadillac what the actual hell GM. Stop penny pinching your customers.
What an awful and completely idiotic decision.
Winning with simplicity!
They probably deleted a dozen or more pieces of plastic and fasteners. As Momolos said though, the Lyriq is sold as a Cadillac which should mean it wasn’t built on the cheap.
thought this car is electric…
Drop a V-8 in.
It does not fit!
Why can’t it just have a frunk? I mean give me one reason to wanna take the electric Lyriq over my beloved XT5.
Your XT5 has no frunk, looks no better under the hood, and is in a competition to be one of the oldest cars on sale. There are plenty of reasons to get a Lyriq, AND the Lyriq could benefit from a frunk. However, acting like the XT5 is superior because the Lyriq has no funk is just silly.
I never implied that at any point. Quite the contrary. I am saying if it had a frunk it would be a one up for the Lyriq over the XT5.
Other than the reservoir fluid for the windshield, what are the other fluid tanks for the LYRIQ, power steering fluid and brake fluid?
So, what percentage of LYRIQ owners look under the hood and care anyway if the car has a plastic cover? The car should be just as quiet.
coolant for power electronics and battery.
Owners aren’t going to look under hood but it’s the details that distinguish luxury products. This is GM treating this like a Chevy and not a Cadillac
They should have made it an add on and charged extra.
I had a 24 lyriq and it was in the shop 10 times in 6 months . GM bought it back. Lyriq has to many problems. Can’t believe GM is still pushing this car
Was going to come in and chide the Lyriq for this, but now I’m like, Lyriq customers will probably NEVER open the hood anyway. This just makes it easier for mechanics to work on the car, which will be often enough. It’s always a pain to take this stuff off and then get it refastened properly. As long as the 500 cu in V8 is as whisper quiet without it, I’m OK.
Gm bean counters at it again
The hood IS the cover! Why have a cover under a cover? Good move, Cadillac.
No cover for a luxury car? Back in the day the Rolls-Royce, the epitome of luxury, LOCKED the bonnet and did not give the owner the key.
The thought was that ONLY properly trained Rolls-Royce mechanics had any business mucking around with the bits under the bonnet.
A Rolls-Royce owner shouldn’t have to lower themselves to do what should be properly left to a tradesman.
Is GM thinking that way? I doubt it. They are just trying to lower the cost of the car so they can eventually make a profit building the Lyriq.
Look at all the hoses, o-rings, crimps and fasteners. And EVs are sold as “basically no maintenance”. Yeah, after a few years and miles get put on them I can’t imagine long term those hoses are never gonna crack and leak. WAY more hoses/pipes on an EV than an ICE. I wish people could just sell EVs on their own merit, not make up fake stuff to promote sales like “they never need maintenance”.
You do realize how many hoses there are on an ICE engine, not to mention other parts? I recently had to repair a leaky transmission line in one of my ICE cars and a leaky coolant hose in another ICE car. I have owned 3 Chevy EVs and driven them over 125k miles combined. I’ve never had to change the oil or spark plugs, never had a transmission go bad, no water pump go bad, no starter go bad, no alternator go bad, no distributer go bad, no gasket leak, no fuel pump go bad, no fuel filter get clogged, no exhaust system rusting out, never had a belt break, and I NEVER will 🙂 All of those things I’ve had to replace on my ICE cars. Not only that, I’ve only had to replace 1 brake pad, and that wasn’t due to wearing out, it actually rusted apart before it wore out! EVs have FAR less things that can go wrong and FAR less maintenance than an ICE, it really is true, I speak from experience. I drive EVs as my daily drivers so I can keep costs down to afford my two classic cars.
Cadillac for decades was considered “The Standard of The World” Apparently that notion has been long abandonded by the bean counter overlords who are the unseen masters of virtually every automaker on the planet. Was this “cover” necessary, no, of course not. Did it improve the underhood look of the vehicle? Immensely, being absolutely perfectly suited of performing its design of hiding the jumble of wire and other assorted bits beneath it. This is nothing but a quick and dirty cost save, that I’ll wager was NOT passed on to the consumer. Luxury cars don’t show off their own dirty laundry. This needs an immediate rethink.
Well, there always is the less weight, less things to go wrong or replace argument. But as Mary mentioned, more profit.
Is it Winning with Simplicity or Failing with Flair? I truly think they’ve fully killed my enthusiasm for gm totally. This once again shows gm doesn’t understand Cadillac or what the brand is supposed to mean. Bulldozing the Renaissance Center makes me want to sell my GM vehicles and be done!