Cadillac Has Finally Delivered the First Celestiq to Its Buyer
We first learned about the ultra-luxurious, ultra-expensive Cadillac Celestiq a couple of years ago, but the automaker is just now delivering the first customer car. The handoff happened at an event at the Automaker’s Cadillac House At Vanderbilt, where it also hosts a customer design studio for the cars.
We don’t know much about the Celestiq Cadillac delivered, but the announcement came with an image of a brown car with a tan interior. Like Rolls-Royce has done for decades, Cadillac allows buyers to customize nearly every part of the Celestiq’s interior and exterior, so it’s not surprising that its very Rolls-like price tag can climb quickly.
Cadillac says the car starts in the mid-$300,000 range, but upgrades like premium paints, better leather and upholstery, and custom carpeting will likely push that well past the $400,000 mark without much effort. Buyers have access to a Cadillac concierge and designer to help gouge as much money… I mean, tastefully customize each car. The Celestiq is built to order at Cadillac’s new Artisan Center on the GM campus in Warren, Michigan.
As a reminder, the Celestiq rides on General Motors’ Ultium platform. The automaker quotes 655 horsepower and 646 pound-feet of torque for the all-electric powertrain, which it says is good for a 3.7-second 0-60 mph time using the temporary Velocity Max boost mode. Cadillac also quotes a 303-mile range for the car.
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Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.
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If we're on the subject of halo cars Cadillac needs to make, put the Sollei on the list. It's absolutely stunning, and aside from Rolls or Bentley, no one's really doing high end big, sumptuous coupes anymore.
GM needed to make this its own car and not a stretched and contorted Lyriq. They forced their new design language on it and it looks like terrible because of it. It’s not elegant or refined; just awkward.