The Cadillac Optiq is a 5-door SUV from Cadillac, built from 2024 to 2026, in the decade the industry is turning electric. Jason Chen / Namsuk Lee / Dillon Blanski / Hoon Kim / Mark Ferri (Sculpting) / Nelson Chan (Sculpting) drew it.
Where it came from
The Cadillac Optiq is a battery electric compact luxury crossover SUV marketed under the Cadillac brand of General Motors and manufactured in China by SAIC-GM, a joint venture between General Motors and SAIC Motor. It has been marketed in China since late 2023, in North America since early 2025 and in Europe starting late 2025.
Under the skin
The record carries the shape — a 5-door SUV. The engine, output and weight have not yet reached the open record, and MotorJury does not guess at them.
In context
Its family tree is legible: assembly was at Wuhan. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Tesla Cybertruck, the Nissan Z, the Kia EV6 — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Cadillac catalogue sit the Cadillac 353 and the Cadillac ATS.