Cadillac’s all-electric flagship sedan, the Celestiq, is highly exclusive – especially when it comes to the inaugural 2025 model year. Originally slated for launch for the 2024 model year, the first customer-bound units of the Cadillac Celestiq units are now scheduled to arrive in mid-2025. In addition, General Motors has confirmed to GM Authority that only 25 units of the ultra-luxury EV will be produced for the 2025 model year.
Of course, the Cadillac Celestiq has always emphasized exclusivity, with each example assembled by hand at the GM Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. However, a series of delays have pushed back the initial deliveries to the 2025 model year.
“Before delivering to clients, our team is ensuring Celestiq is held to the highest standards and perfected for the superior driving experience they deserve,” GM recently told GM Authority in a statement. “As part of our internal process, we do not share that information externally.”
The delays appear to stem from unspecified software issues related more broadly to GM’s EV models, with The General carefully ramping up production to ensure every unit of the Celestiq meets Cadillac’s standards. GM President Mark Reuss frames the delays as a strategic “relaunch” for the Celestiq.
“We didn’t want to execute the car without everything being perfect on the software front,” Reuss said.
According to previous GM Authority coverage, annual Celestiq production will fall around the 100 to 150 unit range. Vehicle Chief Engineer Tony Roma recently confirmed this, noting in an interview that that Celestiq output would remain in the “hundreds, not thousands.”
With a starting price around $340,000, every unit of the Cadillac Celestiq is tailored to the buyer’s specifications, offering nearly limitless personalization through Caddy’s bespoke customization program. As for specs, the Cadillac Celestiq rides on the GM BEV3 platform and features dual electric motors juiced by a 111-kWh battery pack, delivering 655 horsepower and 646 pound-feet of torque.
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PT Barnum
I really wonder do they look at there designs. To save this car take that rear hatch off and make it a Trump. Ot also needs the long range battery in the iq 450 mile range. What are they thinking!
That was trunk
I would suggest that building and selling are two very different things !!!
That is one ugly car. Take everything gaudy and throw it at the station wagon. Good luck!
Henry! Old buddy, it’s Harry Bennett.
I agree. I would take it one step further. Aztek.
Careful there Harry. Mark Reuss was the chief Engineer of the Aztek. That should clear up any mystery about how the Celestiq got approved.
Since the Celestiq is handbuilt and bespoke, each one that is built is sold. You’ll never see one ordered by a dealer for stock inventory. I’m sure they’ll sell very well to the billionaire set!
What the… hilarious. We are all in on EVs. We are going to be delivering hundreds of thousands per year. Opps, sorry, cannot deliver in 2024. Have to wait for 2025. 2025 arrives, well, we can only build 25 units and this is a positive and good thing.
What’s the loss per vehicle on this? I’d say way worse than the Brightdrops that have been discounted by $25.5K, which still aren’t selling.
This was always intended as a low volume halo vehicle.
I’m sure GM is not happy that only 25 will be sold in 2025, maybe 26 will be sold in 2026.
Why wouldn’t they be happy. This is literally not intended to ever make more than hundreds. The exclusivity is a feature.
Meanwhile they’re selling Escalades (both gas and electric) by the thousands with a six figure ATP.
Besides the fact that I think it would look way better as a traditional sedan instead of the extended roof hatchback thingie, it’s just too expensive. The amount of people that can afford to drop $350k on a car is pretty limited, and then those people have to want this bodystyle, and be ok with an ev drivetrain. I really think they shot themselves in the foot on this and priced it too far out of the range of the majority of people that would consider one. I haven’t even seen spec sheet on it yet. What features do you get for the price? …what is the range and charging speed? What are the interior/exterior dimensions? …does it have a frunk? Also, not all of those 25 production spots are even spoken for yet. I wouldn’t be surprised if this is a one and done.
This is a hand-built car targeted at the ultra-lux market. It’s not supposed to be affordable. It’s supposed to signal that you’re rich enough that you don’t care.
If you want volume luxury, they have a whole portfolio of other EVs (with more to come).
Whatever Burg. That territory has never been for GM, but suddenly Mary gives it the green light.
Out of touch comes to mind.
“One and done”… I see what you did there.
Avenir, they have an updated spec’d sheet on GM’s pressroom site under Cadillac which is their media site if you type in the keywords on the search from Google or Bing. Once you look for CELESTIQ information, they have specifications with updated pics. It is pressroom.gm.com I believe.
Noticed that Ja Leno test drove a subtle smoky green example, and that the one pictured here is a soft, light blue. Gentle colors look way better on the Celestique than the reds, bright blues, and that horrifying green. Of course, what it really needs is a restyled rear end–the Soliel showed us what is possible.
But remember, this is gm.
Jay
Did you down vote yourself?🤪 If not who would do that? Some people’s children…..
So a Blazer EV with fancy interior and body for $325K? Sounds like the old gm.
What’s wrong with that? I had a Cimarron. It had an electric aerial and leather seats. Comfy too. I miss that car. It was whisper quiet and had an AC vent for my privates.
So a Blazer EV … with a completely different body style, different suspension, different brakes, different materials and features not available on any other GM car. About the only common element is the battery cells and likely the motors (with the Blazer EV SS).
Back in the day the Impala was the same as the Catalina, LaSabre and 88. The Impala also became the long wheelbase version for the Electra Park Ave, 98 Regency, Sedan & Coupe deVille and Fleetwood/ Sixty Special so nothing new here except the ridiculous markup in cost for the Cadillac. Going even further the Fleetwood could be ordered as an even longer wheelbase 3-row Fleetwood 75 limousine. The 2nd row seating was “occasional” fold out seats BTW.
Think THIS is funny?
Wait til F1 .
Okay so they’ll build 25 for ‘25. The question then is why? Why start production in “mid-2025” and call them 2025 models? Nobody else does that. GM is starting production of ‘26 Corvettes at the beginning of August. And why only 25 units when production finally commences? GM has said the car is sold out for two years. In December of 2022, Tony Roma said GM would build two per day so 25 cars per day is only two weeks of production. What happens two weeks later when those 25 cars are built. Production stops? They switch to ‘26 models.
Roma specifically said that they had enough folks lined up to buy the car to keep the assembly team busy for 18 months which would be about 800 orders and that was in December of ‘22. Surely with all the promoting of the car GM has done since, including two test drives by Jay Leno, there are even more orders now.
Nothing about the Celestiq has ever made sense. All the delays, excuses, and secrecy following bold “sold out” proclamations are hard to understand.
Logic and profit goes out the window when you are virtue signaling to the EV/fake green crowd.
I believe you are reading too much into this.
If you read the story, Cadillac wants to make sure the launch comes out seamless without software and quality control glitches. IMO, it is better to delay deliveries than launching cars to clients with a six figure price tag with glitches and errors. They will build few hundreds of these starting in ’26 from here on out annually.
OH I,M satisfied with the price ,now i could afford 2 .. Another shot in the foot by Mary And it,s an ev ,, how many feet does GM have ,,must be 1,000 and counting..
only 25, my eyes thank them.
25 too many. LOL
GM has kind of admitted sales of the super ugly $340,000+ Hearse Mobile are 25/year. The losses on this super ugly vehicle must be staggering.
Another money wasting vanity project from Mary Mediocrity Barra’s GM.
WOW everyone here either works for Toyota or Exxon Mobile or is Chinese. Please stop the negative comments. GM did a great job and well deserved praise for building a world class car that is very unique. I think negative people are just sour people who have no life and love to focus on all negative things.
I agree but I have to admit that reading the negative comments are hilarious at times because these people get so worked-up on a halo car they will never see and care about owning because they are not the target market. Yet, they are the same people who would praise for the RR and Bentley but don’t care to own either of them as well because they are not the market catered towards them.
Good, Bad or indifferent. People with $350K to spend on a car aren’t gonna buy a GM. A couple will that GM decides to “High-Profile” the car to (Discounted) for hawking it–like say Jay-Z, but the common folk will buy a Bentley or a Maybach or a RR..
“[T]he common folk will buy a Bentley or a Mayback or a RR..” is a deeply funny statement.
It’s a step down from the Rolls/ Bently Maybach vehicles. First the Celestiq does not have individual styling the Rolls/ Bentley have. The attention to details is lacking in the CadilLAC when compared to the Rolls/ Bentley. It’s just doesn’t have the “Snob Appeal” the others have to be honest here.
I will assume that you have not seen the CELESTIQ in person to make a bold statement that you believe it is lacking compared to Rolls and Bentley. Maybach should not be included because they are based on lessor vehicles like the standard S Class and GLS while the CELESTIQ has a platform all to itself custom commissioned.
It’s time for a refresh at this point
Yes it’s “highly exclusive” since few people want to buy it. I can’t even keep track of how many new Caddy EVs, that few people want, are for sale now. And yet they don’t make an smaller entry level ICE Escalade, which is a popular brand for them, at the $75K price point to complete with the X5 and the GLE.
“General Motors has confirmed to GM Authority that only 25 units of the ultra-luxury EV will be produced for the 2025 model year.”
Imagine if they spent those engineering and financial resources on….well, pretty much any other product that would deliver a better ROI. Maybe even one that average buyers might like and can afford.
As I have noted, looks like the front clip of one vehicle welded to the rear clip of another. Aztec may lose the title of one of the ugliest vehicles in automotive history.
Cruise … Celestiq ….. F 1 …
A hat trick .
$ 5 – 10 Billion down the toity .
Keep up the good work, Mary .
Cadillac finally put the 1949 proposed “CO” Pill bug as it was referred to, in production.
Another failure like Cimarron, Allante, Catera, XLR, ELR. Am I missing any others?
Drop in the 3.0 TT V-6 and 25 suddenly turns to 25K sales.