The Lyriq looks lonely in the American luxury brand’s local showrooms Cadillacbut it will soon have company.
Two more electric SUVs – the mid-range Optiq and the full-size three-row model Vistiq – will be launched soon, with sales set to begin “shortly” after prices are confirmed.
The Optiq comes here in a single Sport trim priced at $80,000 (excluding on-road costs) and features a 224kW/480Nm dual-motor all-wheel drive system.
The Audi Q6 e-tron and Polestar 4 competitor offer a WLTP range of 425km with a 75kWh nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) battery that can be charged using DC at up to 110kW – up from 150kW on US market models that use a larger 85kWh pack.
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It is essentially available in a fully equipped configuration, with standard equipment including an AKG Studio Audio system with 19 speakers and Dolby Atmos, a panoramic glass roof with electric sunshades, automatic parking assistant and eight-way power-adjustable front seats with heating, ventilation, massage, memory and four-way lumbar adjustment.
Like the Vistiq (and the Lyriq), it features a 33-inch curved display with an integrated digital instrument cluster and infotainment touchscreen, the latter with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto – something US-market Optiqs and Vistiqs lack.
The Vistiq is a 5.2 m long three-row SUV that is only available in the top Platinum trim with six seats and captain’s chairs in the second row.
Priced at $116,000 before on-road costs, the Vistiq Platinum features a 459kW/880Nm dual-motor all-wheel drive system with a WLTP range of 461km from a 91kWh NMC battery.
This battery is smaller than the 102kWh unit used in the US market Vistiq and even the Australian market Lyriq, and the DC charging power drops from 190kW to 130kW.
However, it is lavishly equipped, with adaptive air suspension, a panoramic sunroof and a separate fixed glass panel above the third row, a 23-speaker AKG sound system, four-zone automatic climate control, night vision and eight-way power front seats with heating, ventilation, massage, memory and four-way lumbar adjustment.
Despite only being offered here in the top Platinum trim – with Australia skipping the cheaper Luxury, Sport and Premium Luxury trims offered in the US – the Vistiq is still priced below the pre-road launch prices of the Hyundai Ioniq 9 and Kia EV9 GT-Line.
Optiq, Vistiq and Lyriq all share General Motors’ BEV3 electric vehicle (EV) platform.
The launch of the Optiq and Vistiq means Cadillac will have more models than it has dealers in Australia, as the luxury brand has only opened one experience center – in Sydney – for now. The brand has also opened pop-ups in Melbourne.
The Lyriq hasn’t been forgotten: current 2025 model year (MY25) examples now cost $95,000 drive-alone through March 3, 2026.
A hot version of the V-Series Lyriq is scheduled to arrive later in 2026, although Cadillac has so far ruled out the smaller Optiq-V for our market.
Cadillac does not publish its sales figures in the monthly VFACTS reports in Australia, although GM Specialty Vehicles – which sells Chevrolet and GMC vehicles through traditional dealers – does report its sales figures.
As a result, we don’t know how many Cadillacs have been delivered in Australia since deliveries to customers began in early 2025, although the brand has so far declined to share sales targets, instead talking about selling its vehicles in “exclusive quantities.”
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