All-New Electrical Three-Row Premium Midsize SUV
The all-new, all-electric 2026 Cadillac Vistiq (pronounced “Vis-tick) is scheduled to hit showrooms in summer time 2025. When it does it is going to be the second three row all-electric SUV from Cadillac, preceded by the 2025 Escalade IQ.
Cadillac invited members of the automotive media to a reveal in Culver Metropolis, California. There was no driving of the Vistiq, however we did get a fairly thorough introduction by a number of members of the design, product and engineering groups. It is a fast take a look at this premium midsize electrical SUV.
Three-Row, Midsize Electrical Cadillac
The 2026 Vistiq will fill a void between the full-size Escalade IQ and the smaller Lyriq and Optiq EVs. The important thing for the Vistiq is it is going to be a midsize three-row SUV to supply seating for as much as seven adults. This provides additional passenger house when wanted, extra cargo house with the third row folded flat, and a car that ought to deal with smaller than its dimension if geared up with the elective rear wheel steering.
That is what we all know thus far. Clear Fleet Report will write a extra detailed story as soon as we drive the Vistiq someday in 2025.
- Three trims: Luxurious, Sport and Premium Luxurious
- All-wheel drive – Customary
- Rear Steering – Elective
- Twin motors
- 617 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque
- Driving Vary: 300 miles (Cadillac estimate)
- 0-60: 3.7 seconds
- 102 kWh battery
- Air Journey suspension – Elective
- Curb Weight: 6,326 kilos
- 23” wheels elective. 21” and 22” wheels customary
- Tires: All-season, self-sealing
- Seating for six (with Captain’s Chairs) or 7 with the second row bench
Charging
The Vistiq is charged by way of a CCS plug-in port. Tesla’s NACS community can be utilized with an adapter that’s obtainable for buy on the supplier. These are the all-electric driving ranges that may be added at totally different cost ranges in an hour:
- 240V Stage 2 @ 7 kw: 20.5 miles
- 240V Stage 2 @ 11.5 kw: 28.5 miles
- 240V @ 19.2 kW: 46.7 miles
- DC Quick Cost: 79 miles in 10 minutes
The Vistiq comes geared up with obtainable vehicle-to-home (V2H) bi-directional charging that, when paired with the GM Vitality house bundles, permits for the switch of vitality between the car and a correctly geared up house.
Extra charging can be by way of regenerative braking that converts kinetic vitality into electrical energy when braking or coasting. Driving round city, caught in stop-and-go rush hour freeway visitors or coasting down hills will recharge the battery.
Cadillac Design
The Vistiq’s lighting accentuates the outside design. When approaching and departing, the digital key launches a choreographed LED lighting sequence, entrance to rear.
Beginning up entrance, you might be welcomed by the unmistakable black crystal defend and its tons of of LED lights that produce a special impact for the Luxurious and Sport trims. The entrance grille is a polycarbonate panel that’s painted black on the bottom, then a laser is used to etch out the black paint into totally different patterns, which is then backlit. Cadillac says it may simply change the sample just by reprogramming the laser.
The Cadillac Crest emblem glows, as do the flip indicators and vertical daytime operating lights. The door handles and puddle lights illuminate, as do the taillights that dramatically wrap back-and-up onto the rear pillars. The excessive brake gentle is vertically mounted within the roof spoiler.
The facet view options clean sides with gloss-black mirror caps that embody flip indicators and cameras, gloss-black operating the complete size of the door bottoms, and a flat roof with rack rails. The physique shade shark fin antenna finishes off the roof on the small spoiler that shades the hands-free energy carry gate.
When gently pressed, the lighted Cadillac emblem opens the carry gate. It’s joined by a easy V-I-S-T-I-Q badge and, one thing Cadillac has been doing for a couple of years, a badge exhibiting the newton-meter torque score, which on this case is 900E4. The outside shade of the reveal Vistiq was Opulent Blue Metallic.
Clear and Easy Inside
The very first thing that hits you when sliding behind the motive force’s seat is the one-piece, curved glass, 33-inch diagonal LED touchscreen. Extending greater than half of the sprint, it integrates the motive force info middle, navigation and infotainment programs. The smooth sprint is devoid of buttons, knobs and switches, which means a mix of voice instructions, touches and swipes are used to work together with the programs, options and features. Some controls might be discovered on the steering wheel and the command wheel on the middle console.
The eye to element is apparent within the Vistiq inside. The seams between panels are tight, the look is smooth and really trendy, together with the jewel-like, geometric-design speaker grille sample. The usage of smooth supplies are joined by, relying on the trim, Lumen open pore or Black Ash wooden, carbon fiber or gloss black trim.
The seats are coated in smooth and supple artificial leather-based, supplied in three shade choices relying on the trim. Within the Premium Luxurious trim, patterned accent cloth woven from 100% recycled supplies is out there.
The entrance seats have been supportive and power-everything together with therapeutic massage, with the rear seating space providing loads of leg, head and shoulder room for 3 adults within the bench configuration. Third row entry is made simpler by the sliding second row seat. The fantastic thing about an electrical car is the flat ground, making for distinctive leg and head room for the rear passengers. For additional consolation there’s a five-zone local weather system.
The massive mounted glass roof panel has an influence shade for subtle gentle, and the rear 60:40 seat power-folds right down to develop the cargo space. Inside storage is discovered within the doorways, beneath the cargo space ground, and the middle cantilevered console has been designed so a handbag or massive bag might be conveniently saved within the decrease tray.
Cargo space, in cubic-feet, behind the:
third row seats: 15.2
2nd row seats: 43
Entrance seats: 80.2
Inside Know-how
The AKG Studio audio system with Dolby Atmos is managed on the futuristic 33-inch show display by contact, the controller wheel on the middle console, voice or steering wheel-mounted switches. With 23 audio system, together with within the entrance seat headrests, this technique, with street noise cancellation, delivers full and luxurious sounds in a 3D expertise.
The ambient LED lighting choices might be set for twin ranges with different appreciated options together with the digital rear view mirror, wi-fi telephone charging, USB C and B ports and OnStar. Tremendous Cruise, the hands-free driver help system is slated to be on all trim ranges.
Pricing
The 2026 Vistiq can be offered in all 50 states. The MSRP of $78,790 contains the $1,395 vacation spot freight cost.
Observations: 2026 Cadillac Vistiq EV
The Vistiq will draw consideration from these wanting a premium SUV powered by electrical energy.
Jim Hunter, advertising product supervisor, instructed us: “The importance of the Vistiq is it is going to fill within the void in Cadilac’s EV portfolio. Strolling from (smallest-to-largest) the Optiq, Lyriq, Vistiq, and the Escalade IQ, the Vistiq provides three-row luxurious in a midsize electrical SUV.” He went on to say “the Vistiq shopper is the CEO of all the things they do, whether or not it’s an lively way of life or household obligations of going to the nation membership or dropping off the youngsters at soccer. It’s a person who wants three-row performance, however calls for luxurious and craftsmanship, achieved of their fashion.”
In-built Spring Hill, Tennessee, the Vistiq is first being launched in North America in 2025 after which in choose markets all through the world.
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Story by John Faulkner. Pictures by John Faulkner and Cadillac.
