Here’s What Cadillac’s New $300,000 Electric Sedan Will Look Like

Detroit – General Motors Previewed on Friday what its most expensive Cadillac will look like as the automaker tries to redefine the quintessential American luxury brand into an electric vehicle leader.

Detroit automaker. Unveiled the “show car” version of Cadillac CelestiqAn upcoming hand-built sedan that will cost around $300,000 or more when it is expected to go into production by the end of 2023. Cadillac is calling the vehicle its new “all-electric flagship sedan.”

The car marks an axis for Cadillac in hand-built vehicles typically reserved for high-end sports cars and uber-luxury vehicles such as Rolls-Royce exclusive models. Cadillac aims Exclusively offering EVs by the end of this decade.

GM didn’t release any technical details about the Celestiq such as its electric range, performance or other metrics.

The vehicle will feature five LED interactive displays, including a 55-inch-diagonal screen spread across the front cabin of the car; a “smart glass roof” that includes customizable transparency options; And ultra cruiseGM’s next-generation advanced driver-assistance system, which the company has said, will be able to steer itself in most conditions.

GM confirmed that such technologies will be part of the production car, though declined to provide additional details. wall street journal previously reported The expected pricing and production of the Celestiq, which CNBC also confirmed through a person familiar with the plans, spoke anonymously because they were not made public.

A show car is meant to preview an upcoming production car. as opposed For a “concept car” that automakers typically use to preview certain elements or design direction of a car or brand that may or may not be produced. Cadillac leverages a similar launch strategy electric lyric suv, Which recently went into production.

GM said the designers drew inspiration from well-known cars such as the bespoke V-16-powered “Coach” of the pre-World War II era and the hand-built 1957 Eldorado Brougham.

“Those vehicles represented the pinnacle of luxury in their respective era, and helped make Cadillac the world standard,” said Tony Roma, Celestik’s chief engineer, in a release. “The Celestique show car – a sedan too, as the configuration offers the best of luxury experience – builds on that pedigree and captures the sense of arrival they convey.”

GM is investing $81 million in its technical center To build the upcoming Cadillac Celestik in suburban Detroit. This is the first time GM will produce a vehicle for commercial sale at its sprawling tech complex in Warren, Michigan.