New units of the 2026 Cadillac Vistiq are now arriving at dealers across the U.S., offering customers three rows of all-electric luxury. Making its big debut late last year, the Vistiq presents Cadillac’s latest all-electric design language, paired with a range of high-tech technology features and a surprisingly potent powertrain. The new Vistiq slots in between the Cadillac Escalade IQ and Cadillac Lyriq with regard to Caddy’s EV portfolio.
The new 2026 Cadillac Vistiq trim level cadence starts with the Luxury, priced at $78,790, followed by the Sport trim at $79,290. Higher-spec models include the Premium Luxury trim at $93,290 and the range-topping Platinum trim, starting at $97,890. Check out our previous coverage for in-depth 2026 Vistiq pricing information, including options and packages.
Stylistically, the 2026 Vistiq adopts visual cues from both the Lyriq and Escalade IQ, with the front end showing a Black Crystal Shield grille, vertically stacked lighting elements, and thin horizontal light signatures. In the sides is a sculpted D-pillar, while standard 21-inch wheels can be swapped out for larger 22- or 23-inch options, depending on trim level and buyer preference.
Inside, the cabin layout is dominated by a massive 33-inch diagonal LED display that serves as both the instrument cluster and infotainment hub. Cabin materials vary by trim, offering options like carbon fiber with Noir upholstery, Black Ash Cluster wood, and sustainable fabric accents made from 100-percent recycled materials. The Vistiq also offers five-zone climate control, a 23-speaker AKG sound system with Dolby Atmos, and GM’s Super Cruise driver assistance system, all of which are included as standard.
Providing the motivation is a dual-motor, all-wheel-drive EV propulsion system delivering 615 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque. The two motors are juiced by a 102 kWh battery pack, with an estimated 300 miles of range. Set in Velocity Max mode, the Vistiq can sprint from 0 to 60 mph in just 3.7 seconds.
As a reminder, the new 2026 Cadillac Vistiq rides on the GM BEV3 platform, while production takes place at the GM Spring Hill Assembly plant in Tennessee.
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when GM will redo beautiful cars again ? because thoseare cheap
I have no issues with the looks – it’s definitely an upgrade in appearance from the dated XT6. Just wish it was a V6 gas model, not electric. And to be fair, I do think there is a market for EVs, I just think its crazy to abandon ICE vehicles entirely.
comprate please this thing with a 1975 Oldsmobile 98 sedan and see the details.
It’s far more attractive than the vehicle it’s replacing (XT6).
noth equal boots
When it comes to their new crossover and SUV EVs I totally disagree. If I was in the luxury market, I’d pick one of these over the XT6 any day! Same for the Lyriq over the XT5 and Optiq over the XT4. These Cadillac EVs are superior crossovers.
And folks have been camping outside Cadillac dealerships waiting for them. LOL, not.
Why are so called GM fans constantly bashing on these Cadillac EV’s?
Are you a GM fan or not?
This is the decision that GM made for the Cadillac Brand and as of right now their transaction prices are up and not down towards the bottom of the segment with their ICE options.
Good job GM and keep these awesome vehicles coming!!!
GMer of past here… but GM lost the feelings for me… just continue seeing the page, to see launchs if comes something beautiful and interesting but sincere since 10 years GM and others cars industry do only ugly, however as worked for GMb from 1995 to 1997 and was among the 15 companies which have to be, the “correct”, together with honeywell and VWb … all correct work positions…. alll rest were shiiiiitties in germany, 3rd you know unfortunate, but USA companies are better than german or europeans ones, german companies has too much mobings from colleagues and chefs so honeywell and gm were apprpriate, asgm was the unique vehicle factory then the reason… no did not became exterior designer professionally unfortunate, but see the vehicles, since 15 years home… how they do today
Momolos,
Maybe because they’re all soulless, bland CUVs. Cadillac now has a lineup of electric utilities with cheesy light-up plastic front ends in small, medium, large, extra large, and XX large. And then….essentially nothing else. No coupe, no convertible, no roadster, nothing soul-stirring, just silver boxes in different sizes all built on generic GM running gear that aren’t luxurious or aspirational in any way. Cadillac fans, more than anyone else, see what a fall from grace this is. We see how a brand once noted for having the industry’s biggest 500 CID V8 with the trend-setting style and swagger to accompany it has become a purveyor of utilitarian wagons with generic battery packs that nobody lusts after.
Granted the market seems to embrace these practical boxes these days but why must there be five of them in Cadillac’s suite and nothing with any flamboyance or glamour or any of the other characteristics that made Cadillac famous.
It’s the fans who know and love the brand the most who actually have higher expectations than this and realize how much of the Cadillac mystique is missing in every new silver electric box they launch.
@Rocket3
Things in life change. If these are not for you that is fine but Cadillac will continue to raise their transaction prices because they can. That means that customers are willing to purchase these and are no longer looking at Cadillac for basement level pricing to say they drive a Luxury vehicle.
I understand someone saying these (BEV’s) are not for them but the constant whining is insane. Someone is either a GM fan and wants them to succeed no matter what (Even if the future is no longer 8 LITER V8’s) but now BEV’s or they are not.
There’s plenty of GM vehicles from the past that people miss but life goes on and things are constantly changing.
The only thing we can ask of GM and Cadillac is that they are the best they can be at each segment they decide to enter. All that matters!!!
First sentence is spot on the money. This is what a luxury brand does and Cadillac is behaving as a luxury brand now.
Because these guys have no lives. It’s obvious they have no interest in Cadillac or EVs but they make it a point to comment on every Cadillac thread. There’s a very specific group of people who make hating EVs their personality and we all know who they are.
I’m not interested in buying any EVs for the foreseeable future but I’m not going to hate on something that other people seem to enjoy. A lot of these guys are just miserable.
Slap a Chevy badge on it call it the Traverse EV will sell like hotcakes
maybe is saic gm buick too or a chevrolet brasil equinox, see no difference, a boxy boot like a german soldier… you know…. a rr culinan… orthose lexus strangers all the same ugly…. N O T A S E D A N
Seems that you need a lot of GRAMMER lessons.
From the pre-production photos, I thought the Vistiq was going to be the best looking of Cadillac’s five electric crossovers and it might still be but seeing one in a real life setting, in soulless silver, it’s still the definition of dull. It might look more coherent than its stablemates but it still looks like everything else on the road. It could easily be a Grand Highlander or any of dozens of other similar Asian products.
GM design wasn’t always that way. I am partial to the Bill Mitchell era at General Motors (designs launched between 1962 and 1980) and I think most other people are too. There were so many cars from his tenure that are just gorgeous. I still go back to them now and marvel at their beauty and originality. Cars like the ‘63 Riviera, ‘66 Toronado, ‘67 Eldorado, ‘70 F-bodies are just magnificently shaped. Truthfully though everything from GM in that era was. The basic 1970 mid-sized Chevrolet, a nothing-special affordable car for the masses called the Chevelle, is itself a carefully sculpted work of art. It is still much loved today in part because of its gorgeous shape.
There are two models that I think are truly interesting though. The 1963 Corvette and the 1968 Corvette and then the 1976 Seville and 1980 Seville. What I find so interesting about these cars is how magnificently beautiful and original the ‘63 Corvette was and then how Mitchell wasn’t willing to rest on the proverbial laurels of that design. At all. Instead he and his team totally abandoned what Mitchell and Larry Shinoda had done for ‘63 and in its place created a 100 percent new shape for the ‘68 Corvette that was equally arresting. Both designs are still revered to this day and both are iconic Corvette shapes but they couldn’t be more different.
Likewise in 1976, the first International-sized Cadillac was launched. The Seville was over a foot shorter in length than other Cadillacs sharing the showroom in 1975 and had lost much of what the world thought was the essence of a Cadillac; their size. Yet Mitchell created a new ethos that only heightened Cadillac’s esteem in the design world. It was an instant classic and virtually every American car that came after it for the next 15 years emulated it. The Seville-look, or sheer-look as Mitchell called it, with its razor sharp roofline and crisp corners redefined what a luxury car should look like.
Despite the tremendous reception of that ‘76 Seville, Mitchell again refused to only refine that shape for 1980. Instead, he started over. He had Wayne Kady pen something entirely new for the Seville’s second generation. Taking inspiration from classic Rolls Royce’s, the 1980 Seville, with its neo-classical “bustle” trunk design, again was a huge departure from the original. And, like those two Corvettes, the two Sevilles are still talked about today and the merits of their designs debated. Cadillac said the second Seville, which was Mitchell’s swan song project, was “Unique in all the World”. Indeed it was. It was an entirely unique design and a beautiful capstone for Mitchell to an extraordinary career leading GM Design. His years were never dull and I have to imagine they kept GM customers enthralled.
I think what’s most interesting is that he was fearless. He (and GM) were never afraid of what might happen if the public that really loved a current design didn’t care for the replacement. That didn’t seem to concern them. They kept customers wondering what was coming next and never stopped reinventing the look of the automobile with one icon after another The list of great designs is truly long.
Against that backdrop and that incredible history, we find ourselves today with another new Cadillac crossover that looks like the other four which look like what every other automaker is doing. And they all look like what they did five years ago. They are all silver boxes with swoops and choreographed lights trying to hide their in-artful overall form. There’s no fearlessness anymore. No originality and no icons for tomorrow. Cadillac once flew way above the ordinary and set the trends. The Vistiq, although perhaps the best looking of five similar crossovers, is sadly all too ordinary.
Momolos asked above why everyone is so down on Cadillac’s new EV crossovers and that’s my very long answer why. They’re just not at all stimulating or interesting and automobiles from Cadillac used to be.
Thank you for going back in history what Cadillac and GM design was like back in the day of that era from the ’60s to the ’80s. However, times have changed and your dislike of the current Cadillac’s design is your opinion. Cadillac is doing something similar right now like they did in their heyday but it is all electric now with CUV and SUV. People walked away from sedans and coupes so little money is being poured into them but there is talk of two electrified sedans, medium and large, coming to replace the CT5 here. There will be no CT4 replacement unfortunately. The CELESTIQ is controversial but Cadillac is having people talking about that car.
So, what I am saying is times have change and two eras in the past and now are not comparable because they are apples to oranges. In the past there were no CUVs and SUVs for the luxury market except for the G Class and Range Rover which were new in a niche segment back in the ’70s whereas the public did not take seriously but they were never sold here in the states until the late ’80s with the first generation Range Rover and G class came to the states in early ’00s. Back then the market percentage of sedans, coupes and wagons were majority of the market while the trucks and SUVs had a small chunk of the market. Anyway, blame the automakers for making CUVs so good now where the general public are ditching sedans for them especially in the luxury segment. It is happening in the EV segment too.
The current Cadillac EVs are gorgeous and they are finding new buyers which are more conquest buyers than GM buyers. The dealerships need to treat Cadillac as a luxury experience because there are differences in mainstream and luxury customer/client service. The dealers need to get it right with Cadillac.
I’ve seen the VISTIQ and was behind it in traffic yesterday. It was red with the dealer tag on the back of it. Looks stately looking so I believe it will do well.
Bring back apple car play, even charge for it, but eliminating it means after 20 years of GM vehicles and 3 recent Cadillacs I will need to seek an alternative vehicle. When you take choice away from the consumer they still have a vote
A shame corporate thinks they can dictate to loyal customers
Because of the lack of apple car play, not the car itself? Interesting…
There are many more Android smartphones than iPhones. And trump imposed over 100% tariffs on Chinese products, including iPhones made in China. So there will be fewer new iPhone and many more Android phone sold now.
BTW, which “alternate vehicle” will you buy? Will you betray the U.S. and buy an import?
I’d buy the import as many others would do.
97K? 300 mile range? —- No thanks!