Cadillac Optiq Will Join V-series Lineup

Will be interesting to see the whole 3/4 view image with that back wing.

Definitely need this as 300 hp in aa 5,000 lb car or whatever these weigh is adequate but not a lot.  I imagine it is easy to go to the Lyriq's 500 hp motors, swap in some better brakes and beef up the suspension a bit.   They should V-series all Cadillacs, especially if selling in China where they have all these 1,000 hp or 1,500 hp cars.

On 4/23/2025 at 6:33 PM, smk4565 said:

Definitely need this as 300 hp in aa 5,000 lb car or whatever these weigh is adequate but not a lot.  I imagine it is easy to go to the Lyriq's 500 hp motors, swap in some better brakes and beef up the suspension a bit.   They should V-series all Cadillacs, especially if selling in China where they have all these 1,000 hp or 1,500 hp cars.

Horsepower means next to nothing nothing in EV. It’s a meaningless metric. Show me torque at zero rpm.

1 hour ago, Drew Dowdell said:

Horsepower means next to nothing nothing in EV. It’s a meaningless metric. Show me torque at zero rpm.

It means something in advertising and the Optiq is like a 0-60 in 60 seconds car, which is fine for 90% of buyers but you have to have that 500 hp option for a 4 second car.

And I get that all these EV's are fast, but all these Chinese EV's are doing self driving and crazy horsepower or they can double as a boat or jump over speed bumps or some other crazy thing so you have be able to complete with them in Asia.  And in the USA, Cadillac has to compete with the Germans who all do performance.

15 hours ago, smk4565 said:

It means something in advertising and the Optiq is like a 0-60 in 60 seconds car, which is fine for 90% of buyers but you have to have that 500 hp option for a 4 second car.

And I get that all these EV's are fast, but all these Chinese EV's are doing self driving and crazy horsepower or they can double as a boat or jump over speed bumps or some other crazy thing so you have be able to complete with them in Asia.  And in the USA, Cadillac has to compete with the Germans who all do performance.

The Optic competes with the EQB which it out accelerates, charges faster than, has more range than, has more power than, looks better than, and has a substantially nicer interior than. The EQB interior is just trash for the price. It feels like they took a Dodge Colt Vista and tried to make it luxury.

BMW doesn't even compete in this space yet. 

Audi has the Q4 eTron, but the Optiq again has more range than, has a nicer interior than (though the Q4 is closer than the EQB), and I think the Cadillac looks better than.  Sure there's the Q6 eTron and Q8 eTrons, but then you're into Lyriq and Lyriq-V price range.

Optiq seems to be selling pretty decently too.

Anyone selling EVs these days needs to switch their advertising to torque instead.

33 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

The Optic competes with the EQB which it out accelerates, charges faster than, has more range than, has more power than, looks better than, and has a substantially nicer interior than. The EQB interior is just trash for the price. It feels like they took a Dodge Colt Vista and tried to make it luxury.

BMW doesn't even compete in this space yet. 

Audi has the Q4 eTron, but the Optiq again has more range than, has a nicer interior than (though the Q4 is closer than the EQB), and I think the Cadillac looks better than.  Sure there's the Q6 eTron and Q8 eTrons, but then you're into Lyriq and Lyriq-V price range.

Optiq seems to be selling pretty decently too.

Anyone selling EVs these days needs to switch their advertising to torque instead.

The EQB is a bad car, and the Optiq is the best of that group but also the newest.  
 

We’ve seen the new CLA that charges twice as fast as the Optiq, that will become a new GLB in a year and there will be an electric GLC in about a year.

53 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

The EQB is a bad car, and the Optiq is the best of that group but also the newest.  
 

We’ve seen the new CLA that charges twice as fast as the Optiq, that will become a new GLB in a year and there will be an electric GLC in about a year.

At a minimum of $10k more than the Cadillac, higher due to tariffs if they don't build it in the US.

3 hours ago, Drew Dowdell said:

At a minimum of $10k more than the Cadillac, higher due to tariffs if they don't build it in the US.

The Optiq isn’t made in the USA either.

12 hours ago, smk4565 said:

The Optiq isn’t made in the USA either.

True, but there are exemptions for vehicles that are able to comply with USMCA