The Cadillac XT4 just exited the U.S. market. Surviving only one generation, it served as GM’s luxury brand’s smallest and most affordable crossover, starting at $41,990 in its final model year. Although reasonably affordable by luxury SUV standards in the States, the XT4 is currently even cheaper in China – by a significant margin.
Looking at the Chinese Cadillac website, all three trims of the Cadillac XT4 get price cuts of 30 percent or more. The base Urban variant’s starting price drops from 229,700 to 159,900 yuan, the Luxury model’s price drops from 262,700 to 179,900 yuan, and the top Premium trim’s starting price slides from 275,700 to 189,900 yuan.
Putting those numbers in perspective, those prices in USD translate to about $22,200, $25,000, and $26,400, respectively. So, its starting price is 47 percent lower than the base price of the final USDM Cadillac XT4. Compared to GM’s lineup in the U.S., the Chinese XT4 is in the same pricing territory as Chevy‘s most affordable models: the Trax and Trailblazer. The aggressive price cuts on the Cadillac XT4 are part of a raging price war in the Chinese automotive market, which has been flooded in recent years by domestic competition that’s hyper-competitive on price.
Surely, the considerably lower pricing of the XT4 in China must mean there’s something different about it. There is, but not much. The base engine in the Chinese spec of the Cadillac XT4 is a 1.5-liter turbo 4-cylinder producing 208 horsepower. The 233-horsepower 2.0L I4 LSY, which powered every USDM XT4, is optional in the Chinese version.
The Cadillac XT4 is available for sale at the official Cadillac dealer network in China, where it is manufactured at the Cadillac Jinqiao plant exclusively for the domestic market. Notably, the XT4 ceded its position as the brand’s entry-level crossover to the sleek and wagon-like GT4, which it differs from with beefier looks and higher ground clearance.
Cadillac GT4
In other Chinese Cadillac news, a next-generation Cadillac XT5 launched there last year, which we won’t see in the U.S. as it’s phased out to make room for EV production. China also got a mildly refreshed Cadillac XT6 for the 2026 model year, which is being discontinued in the States to be effectively replaced by the 3-row Cadillac Vistiq EV.
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In a pro-EV market, GM deployed latest XT5 and imported FSSUV (proven to failure).
In a pro-ICE market, GM went all in EV on their top branding.
The world has been crazy since 2020
Because deflation. NOT a sign of a rosy economy.
China no longer needs gm. Can build all needed vehicles at their own plants now and even flood other markets worldwide with unfair trade if not controlled with tariffs. Got all the technology & production knowledge needed from western companies.
And yet, after all that, countries still trade with them and even bend over backwards for them. Their companies were forced to partner with them, robbed them of their IP, can completely disrupt their supply chains at any whim just because, some forced into debt diplomacy under their Bait and Rob Initiative (BRI), and then forced out of their markets by their own products.
But hey “the US will never be trusted anymore” because of these tariffs.
Yeah no. I don’t buy that claim. America will be fine. So long as the dollars are still talking and we are still a consumer nation, others will still trade with us like nothing happened considering we and everyone else are still bending over backwards for the Ch!nese after all they have done which is 10 times worse and more devastating.
That’s what I’m seeing as well. Working in 2 global companies, nobody trusts China, and still sees America as the dominate super power, and really don’t believe me when I say we have been significantly weakened. Course China is on pins and needles right now so their not much better anyways. Right now their government is racking up debt faster than we are (though we have started a lot sooner and are father behind on debt) trying to stimulate a crashing economy. As long as they don’t result to war, it’ll be interesting to see how things turn out over the next decade.
It happened decades ago with lots of countries. China is just fhe last one to know-how to build cars. What is the matter with this?
But with that comes chinese build quality so you get what you pay for.
The only good communists are in graves
A Cadillac for the price of a Chevy. Why not? It’s what you’re getting anyway.
The Cimarron formula still in full force with GM [oops…gm… great idea Mary…shrink to world domination…].
The Cadillac name has carried zero weight as a luxury brand for the past 20 years.
Yup, that is why it is compared to the likes of BMW and Mercedes in performance sedan comparisons. That is why the Escalade is lauded after and winning comparison tests in full size shoot outs doing what it does best. That is why their current crop of EV’s has been highly touted (have you seen the reviews of the Escalade IQ, Vistiq, Lyriq, Optiq and lets not forget about the Celestiq). While the regular buyer for EV’s is lower and growing, the wealthier can gravitate more that way and are treated to some excellent vehicles. Cadillac is making a come back for the past decade or so, not the other way around. Don’t get me wrong, I am Ice through and through, but I don’t wear rose colored glasses and see the appeal of certain EV’s, especially hybrid set ups as a stop gap for the next few decades.
The XT4 is more Chevy than Cadillac. It’s what you buy when you want a Cadillac, but only have Chevy money
The Cimarron formula is still in use with VW/Audis and Toy ota /Lexus and nobody complains …strange this.