Cadillac continues its EV push with the introduction of a brand new, household sized electrical SUV: the 2026 Cadillac Vistiq. The second largest Cadillac EV and the fifth total electrical mannequin for the model, the SUV comes throughout as a refreshed, extra good-looking model of the gas-powered XT6 however there are main design variations in the event you look carefully.
Up entrance, the Vistiq wears a faux grille that’s much like the Lyriq and Escalade IQ, with illuminated pinstripes working alongside the aspect. Retaining in keeping with Cadillac’s EV design language, skinny LED lights and vertically stacked headlights flank the grille.
The Vistiq is rides on a 121-inch wheelbase with a 205-inch total size with the identical wheelbase as a typical size Escalade in a car that’s six and a half inches longer than an XT6. It’ll be fairly tall too with normal 21-inch wheels with 22-inch and 23-inch wheel non-obligatory. Some of the fascinating elements of the design is the rear sail panel the place the designers drew inspiration from it from a shocking place: the Cadillac CTS-V Wagon. Forward of that, the window for third row passengers will get a Cadillac Mondrian sample graphic that Cadillac says creates exterior movement whereas looking and supplies passenger privateness. On the rear, it will get an identical vertical tail mild setup because the Lyriq.
Inside, the Vistiq will get certainly one of Cadillac’s greatest wanting interiors but. Apart from the huge 33-inch OLED display screen that spans throughout the sprint there’s ambient LED lighting lights up the decrease console, sprint and alongside the panoramic roof. And in a nod to my fixed requires extra inside coloured interiors, Premium Luxurious trims of the Vistq get an obtainable all-blue inside colour referred to as Phantom Blue.
All the luxurious and tech options you’d anticipate are there, together with five-zone local weather management, 23-speaker AKG Dolby Atmos sound system, highway noise cancellation and a pano roof with third row skylight.
Efficiency is sports activities automobile rivaling, a powerful feat provided that it is a 6,326 pound luxurious electrical household hauler. A 102-kWh battery pack and a twin motor, all-wheel drive setup give the Vistiq 615 horsepower and 649 pounds-feet of torque. Cadillac says that’s sufficient to, when utilizing the Velocity Max mode which I assume is much like the GMC Hummer EV’s cringy Watts To Freedom (WTF) mode, hustle the Vistiq to 60 mph in simply 3.7 seconds a scary spectacular quantity.
So long as you don’t always drive round like that, Cadillac says the Vistiq ought to get an estimated 300 miles of vary on a full cost. When it comes time to cost, the Vistiq can have V2H (Car-to-Dwelling) bi-directional charging. Most significantly, it will likely be able to DC quick charging; it could actually get 79 miles of vary in simply 10 minutes. With an obtainable 19.2 kW charger, it could actually get 46.7 miles of vary with 240 V2.
Apart from different spectacular normal options like Tremendous Cruise and one pedal driving with regen on demand, there are different options that make it appear as if Cadillac thinks the Vistiq might be on the radar of some sport sedan patrons. There’s obtainable chassis damping management, an adaptive air suspension (that additionally lowers the Vistiq for higher aerodynamics ) and most surprisingly, Brembo brakes and an obtainable lively rear steering setup. When geared up, the system will have the ability to flip the rear wheels as much as three levels.
A few downsides would possibly annoy some patrons: GM continues to double down on Google Constructed-in for it’s infotainment programs which suggests there’s no Apple Automobile Play or Android Auto, and there’s no frunk although you do stand up to 80 cubic toes of cargo room with all of the rows folded.
patrons must wait till subsequent yr to get their palms on the Vistiq because it gained’t hit sellers till Summer season 2025. Even then, each trim gained’t be obtainable at first. The Vistiq might be obtainable in Luxurious, Premium Luxurious, Sport and Platinum trims. The Vistiq Platinum will arrive at sellers first whereas the opposite trims will come at a later date.
