Cadillac’s Lyriq EV will start at $59,990

[Mike Mercury]

The brand’s first electric SUV is ready for production in early 2022

https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/21/2...ice-specs-2022

Cadillac has announced that its first electric car, the Lyriq, will start at $59,990 before tax, license, and dealer fees. The luxury brand of General Motors also said the electric SUV will be available for reservations starting in September ahead of the start of production in the first quarter of 2022. The Lyriq SUV will officially go on sale shortly after that in the first half of the year.



The Lyriq got a proper debut last August, but that was technically still just a show car. The photos Cadillac showed off Wednesday as it announced pricing are of the final production version. You’d be forgiven if you didn’t notice the difference; even Cadillac says that there have only been minor changes since then, like the addition of an extra seat and cupholder, smaller wheels, and a slight difference in the door design.



Cadillac also released a more complete spec sheet, though there aren’t any big changes here either. The Lyriq is slated to get “more than” 300 miles of range out of a 12-module, 100kWh version of GM’s new flexible Ultium EV battery pack. The SUV will be powered, for now at least, by just one electric motor capable of generating 255kW of power (around 340 horsepower). And owners will be able to charge it quickly when they drain the pack. The Lyriq can charge at up to 190kW at public fast charging stations or up to 19.2kW at home (with the right equipment), which adds around 52 miles of range per hour. Oh, and the Lyriq weighs an astonishing 5,610 pounds.

The Lyriq is not only Cadillac’s first EV, but it’s going to be a showcase for a lot of the automaker’s other leading technologies. It will, of course, have Super Cruise, which is the hands-free driver assistance system that started at Cadillac but is now spreading to other GM vehicles. The Lyriq also features a massive 33-inch display that stretches from the left of the driver all the way to the middle of the dashboard. There’s an active noise cancellation system to dampen road noise, LED headlamps, and more.

The $59,990 starting price isn’t cheap, but Cadillac is clearly trying to make the Lyriq as enticing to EV-wary buyers as possible. The real question will be how quickly that price tag escalates start picking trim levels.

[MadInNc]

5600#’s.

It is heavier than my ‘73 Eldo

[Rob]

For the 100Kwh model you will be looking closer to $85k - 90k price tag.

GM, Ford, and VW have all been asleep at the wheel and now it is going to cost them a lot of money to play catch-up

[Steve_R]

WTF is a Lyriq? Where's the law that the front of every EV has to be fugly?

[Bill]

I don't see the appeal here. This is a definite road tripper car, but who would dare take it too far from home and risk being stranded when there's no facilities to charge the batteries? Who is going to "stop for gas" and wait hours for the battery to recharge, even if there is a charging station to be found?

I can see fully electric vehicles being used as commuter vehicles, or maybe even route vehicles, that all return to home base at night, where they have a guaranteed place to be recharged. Do anything different, and any trip would be ruined with anxiety about the ability to charge the vehicle. Will I find a place to charge it? How long will I have to wait if there are a few folks ahead of me waiting on that charger? There's a charging station up ahead, but my battery is at 50%.....maybe I should stop and charge, just because this is a sure thing, and I don't know what I'll face going forward.

I don't see how this ever becomes mainstream, unless these vehicles have an on board diesel generator that can power them when electric charging is not available.

[Rodnok1]

Fuglier than a Lexus... And that ain't easy.
5600 lbs? That may be heavier than my furd f350xl long bed.

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by Rodnok1

Fuglier than a Lexus... And that ain't easy.
5600 lbs? That may be heavier than my furd f350xl long bed.

Cadillacs have been fugly for decades.

[Rodnok1]

Originally Posted by dvarapala

Cadillacs have been fugly for decades.

I cannot disagree with that statement at all.

[73sbVert]

I don't get the appeal for EV's at all.

As for a Caddy, I'll wait for the new Blackwing next year! I don't even like 4-door cars, but I'd drive that.

[mrvette]

Stylists are out of concepts/ideas/schemes.....and have been liberated a bit by LED lights, make any krazy light you want and design around it.....

ALL cars today are hurting in the design.....they all look basically alike.....

[m and t's77]

I guess the Cadillac ELR never happened or at least it should have never been.

[Mike Mercury]

Yvonne just bought a new XT5; I really like it.

[Dan47]

I don’t think it looks that bad but not interested in an EV. Want to get one of those CTS-V wagons with the manual transmission they built a few years back.

670 whp Cadillac CTS-V Wagon | Manual Trans Widebody - YouTube

Highly modded version, I know.

[snide]

Originally Posted by Dan47

I don’t think it looks that bad but not interested in an EV. Want to get one of those CTS-V wagons with the manual transmission they built a few years back.

670 whp Cadillac CTS-V Wagon | Manual Trans Widebody - YouTube

Highly modded version, I know.

Those wagons are fugly as sin, but I want one too.

[markids77]

I'm not certain what demographic Cadillac seeks to sell this steaming pile to, but I am definitely not it.

[A/E]

I got the Junk E-Mail from Caddy Marketing Spammers too on this thing . . .

Kinda like the look of the next 2022 INFINITI QX60 Monograph . . .

Then again . . . Everything is gonna like the Thing Tiger Crashed in the upcoming years . . .

And they aint gettin cheaper . . .

Kinda makes one wanna get a mini bike the Lloyd in the Dumb & Dumber movie traded the Dog Van for . . .

Excellent Fuel Economy, Open Air Experience, and still possibly Street Legal in a few rural areas . . .