Cadillac Optiq review

The Cadillac Optiq is available in four flavors that lean towards more sport than luxury aesthetics. To be clear, none of these affect the EV’s performance, despite what the names may suggest. The starter Sport 1 pack comes in at $53,495 and that nets shoppers the standard stuff like dual motors, Super Cruise, the 33in screen, 19-speaker AKG sound system with Dolby Atmos functionality and all the safety tech. Sport’s style package includes more gloss black and smoked-out chrome details than the luxury trims.

Sport 2 carries things forward by throwing in heated and ventilated seats, a head-up display, heated rear seats, and the option to toss in some 21in darkened alloys with lo-pro tires.

Luxury 1 is basically Sport 1 with more chrome. You get all the same goodies including the one-pedal driving, panoramic fixed glass roof, 5G Wi-Fi hotspot, and so on. Luxury 2 again raises the stakes with more options thrown in, along with ‘autumn canyon’ and ‘phantom blue’ interior colors.

If we were shopping for one, a maxed out Sport 2 Optiq would be our choice. It comes in at $55,595 fully loaded, and we’re a sucker for blacked-out accents in lieu of extra chrome bits. Anyone who takes a test drive in the Optiq but balks at the price wouldn’t be wrong in thinking the Chevrolet Equinox would be a decent backup choice. As it shares most of the hardware, much of the experience is the same, though Caddy will quickly tell you how better ‘tuned’ and refined the Optiq is. Forgive us if we decide to use the leftover $20k in our wallet to cushion us from a slightly suboptimal ride.