Cadillac Optiq 2025 Review: prices, specifications, availability

“The OPTIQ algorithm minimizes your time,” Cadillac said in response, “based on the battery status and charger in your area. Choose the route and charge stations for the faster [travel] time. The remaining destination calculations are based on vehicle models using traffic models and elevation variations along the route. The fluctuation can come from the changes to the traffic models, to the winds and the driver’s behavior. ”

Certainly a deal for some, there is no mirroring for cell phones, so Apple Carplay and Android Auto are completely absent (as they are also in Tesla, Rivian and Lucida). Instead, drivers enter their user names and passwords in the apps on the Dash screen and the car provides connectivity through its cellular connection. For three years.

Subsequently, the owners have to pay $ 15 per month to continue “access to the app” … or return to their phone, without the security of having reflected it on the cash display. This is at the top of $ 25 per month for Super Cruise after his 36 -month test. It is all part of billions per year in incremental car manufacturers of “digital services” have promised to the financial world. Buyers are the losers here; Now they have to pay monthly for a function they have used to get for free.

Oh, that rear part

This is the smaller and shortest Cadillac, and while I found the two front thirds of the Optiq fine, the rear end was confused at best. There is a line of belt kicked on a short rear protrusion, the vertical rear lights of the brand and a strange reason for horizontal lines that are not numerous on the windows of the third side. Cadillac’s largest SUVs and the Ultra-Luxury Celestiq sedan do a better and more consistent job with the same design language.

The belt line is high and only the glass roof has prevented the interiors from feeling claustrophobic. But what an internal. It is adorable, with fabric fabrics, some slight bright blue accents in what I have guided, and a handful of sustainable materials: yard based on 100 % recycled materials intertwined in emphasis on reasons for motifs motifs and veneer of “paperwood” from tulip wood and recycled newspapers.

It is also one of the quietest machines I’ve ever driven, EV or not. Passengers are treated with a calm, smooth, pleasant and completely beautiful experience inside. This makes it an easy vehicle in which to cover miles, especially with adaptive control of the hand cruise cruise.

The internal space for four is generous and, although it can be a “compact” SUV in North American terms, three people can ride on the rear seat without hating each other. Like all GM electric vehicles under the large trucks, there is no front trunk. This is a lost bet. A rear wipers is also missing; Cadillac claims the air flow through its “high -speed air rear flow spoiler channels” to keep the rear window clean. The spring rain times sloppy in the state of New York ask to differ. Cadillac also suggests using the video rear view mirror as an alternative to the glass you can actually see.

Wait for hot Rod?

The acceleration of the OPTIQ can be better described as deliberate. It is not slow and the “sport” mode is more pressing, if a Cadillac driver ever uses it. GM has some of the best regenerative driving algorithms and single driving in the sector and overall Optiq is easy to drive and keeps the way properly. Its weight and dampening the bad roads and make the holes deeper.

But it absolutely does not offer any of the accelerations of calcium that sold many electric vehicles in the early years. This has just announced the Optiq-V Hot-Rod Cadillac model. In the same compact crossover vehicle, the energy increases to a pair mentioned 382h kW (519 hp) and 650 pounds (880 nm). In the “Velocity Max” mode, Cadillac says that Optiq-V will accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds. The estimated range is 275 miles; This autumn will enter into production.