Production of the ultra-luxury Cadillac Celestiq electric vehicle will begin in December, and it looks like the first visitor cars are rolling off the line, as a bright green Celestiq was seen driving down Woodward Avenue in Detroit just before Christmas.
Posted to Facebook by Pasteiner’s Auto Zone Hobbies (apologies for the low resolution), the images show just how wild Celestiq buyers are willing to go on their specifications. The Celestiq, in case you missed it, is not your grandmother’s Caddy. Instead, it’s a new era for the Detroit-based brand, an electric sedan targeting Rolls-Royce head-on in the ultra-luxury segment.
Aimed at a very different type of customer than the Cadillac CT5 or even the Lyriq EV, Celestiq customers will have carte blanche in the design of their Celestqi, and Cadillac will adopt the precept of being able to say no, no to a customer. It doesn’t matter what they ask for.
It’s pretty evident in the case of this bright green model, but it shows that first-time buyers don’t shy away from drawing attention to themselves. In recent years, Rolls-Royce buyers have adopted a similar mindset, with wild colour combinations and ambitious custom designs to suit their needs. the norm for the brand, and Cadillac thinks it’s conceivable to take advantage of that point of personalization with Celestiq. Buyers will even get a Rolls-Royce-point remedy during the design process, visiting a personal studio where they can check out all the customization features to be given to them.
Your potential design choices will also have effects on delivery times, meaning that just because you’ve placed the order in advance doesn’t mean you’re the first to drive one.
A Cadillac representative recently showed CarBuzz that “CELESTIQ will begin reaching consumers in 2024. Individual delivery time for consumers will vary depending on the point of customization, as each CELESTIQ will, in fact, be a 1:1 mirror image. ” “of the style and personality of each client. “
This probably means that this eco-friendly example is one of the simplest orders ordered and we can expect crazier designs to arrive (at least from a complexity standpoint; Celestiq buyers possibly won’t be too vulgar in their design choices) in due course. . course.
While the Celestiq has a base value of $340,000 (a bit more expensive than expected), this point of customization likely means that no car will sell for that low value. Some versions will also sell for a lot more, and we’ve already seen a “Commissioned Through Cadillac Carmen Celestiq” from Neiman Marcus worth $975,000.
For that money, you get an ultra-luxury electric sedan with 600 horsepower, 640 lb-ft of torque, and a circa-300-mile driving range. But you also get the privilege of owning a totally unique vehicle that signifies Cadillac’s re-entry into the ultra-luxury segment.