FIRST LOOK: Cadillac Celestiq – America’s £300k Rolls-Royce And Bentley Rival
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Published 2024-03-09
What do you get for all that money? The most technologically advanced vehicle in Cadillac’s history, which means everything from a 55-inch HD screen across the dash, via trick chassis systems, to active aero. It also rides on GM’s Ultium Platform, a dedicated EV architecture that in Celestiq guise mates an 111kWh battery with two motors, for four-wheel drive and over 600bhp.
Tech is only half the story though. Each Celestiq will be hand-built at the new Artisan Center [sic], at General Motors’ Global Technical Center [sic] campus, in Michigan, USA. And only after each one has been customised by the owner – in collaboration from Caddy’s designers – at the nearby Cadillac House at Vanderbilt.
It’s an ultimate flagship to lead Caddy into the electric era, so we sent Top Gear’s deputy editor Ollie Kew over to America to take a look.
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01:25 Chat with Erin Crossley
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All Comments (21)
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Name your favourite Cadillac...
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I think they could’ve made it longer…
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Demuro is gonna have a field day...
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This is gonna depreciate like crazy
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Literally nobody in the US thinks of Cadillac as the "Rolls Royce" of Automobiles anymore. Not since the early 70's
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Ten patents to eliminate shark fin antenna, but let’s replace it with a shark fin rear view camera. Genius!
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A rare instance where it actually feels like they’re releasing the concept car
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That back end… Does not scream Cadillac.
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When are they going to release the long wheelbase version?
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Out of all the amazing concept cars Cadillac has had in recent history, this has got to be one of the oddest ones they could have picked to be produced
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Looks a bit like a Jensen interceptor/ Lamborghini Espada from the side.
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Who let Homer Simpson in the Cadillac Design room.
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Cost to manufacture that glass roof embedded with antennae elements would be outrageous. And all done for a patent to remove the antennae from the shark fin - and put a camera in it instead. Genius.
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Looks like a big Citroen
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It's a literal cyberpunk car come to life. Unbelievable
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Might wanna redesign the rear end.
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How did someone green light that styling?
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The front half looks so nice, though the rear 40 metres of the car look awful.
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Man, Cadillac really didn’t want to leave any blind spot on the table when they designed this one.
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The 3D Car render artists are going to have an absolute field day with this car just like they did with the BMW M3/M4 grills.
