Cadillac was severe when it mentioned pricing for the Celestiq EV flagship would begin above $300,000.
In a LinkedIn put up final week, Cadillac chief advertising and marketing officer Melissa Grady Dias introduced the beginning of buyer commissions for the hand-built hatchback, and confirmed the bottom worth is roughly $340,000 earlier than vacation spot.
That base worth is for what Dias known as a “clean canvas,” which means precise transaction costs of particular buyer automobiles will probably be greater as soon as factoring in personalised choices. Cadillac hasn’t supplied full particulars on what these choices will likely be, however they’re anticipated to be in depth, extra in keeping with Rolls-Royce or Bentley than a typical Cadillac.
2024 Cadillac Celestiq customization at Cadillac Home at Vanderbilt
Clients will likely be put in contact with an on-call concierge, in addition to Cadillac’s designers, to spec their automobiles. Clients may even be invited to go to, both bodily or nearly, a brand new Cadillac Home location on the Normal Motors Technical Heart in Warren, Michigan, the place the Celestiq will likely be inbuilt restricted numbers.
Manufacturing begins in December at an anticipated price of simply 1.2 automobiles per day, which means annual manufacturing will likely be lower than 500 items. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2024, a comparatively fast flip contemplating the preliminary Celestiq present automotive was solely revealed in July 2022. Dias mentioned there’s been “extraordinarily excessive demand” for the Celestiq, however did not affirm whether or not all the first-year construct slots had been stuffed.
The Celestiq is predicated on GM’s Ultium part set, on this case utilizing a 111-kwh battery pack anticipated to allow about 300 miles of vary. Electrical motors for every axle present a mixed 600 hp and 640 lb-ft of torque, which Cadillac says will get the Celestiq from 0-60 mph in 3.8 seconds.
2024 Cadillac Celestiq customization at Cadillac Home at Vanderbilt
DC quick charging at 200 kw can add an estimated 78 miles of vary in 10 minutes. The Celestiq may even function four-wheel steering, a four-panel glass roof, and a 55-inch dashboard-spanning show with parts (known as “digital blinds”) that may darken a part of the display screen to assist stop driver distraction.
GM goals to make Cadillac all-electric by 2030. The Celestiq will not contribute a lot to that purpose in gross sales quantity, but it surely would possibly produce a halo impact for different Cadillac EVs, such because the Lyriq and forthcoming Escalade IQ.