This is the very first Cadillac Celestiq EV
This is the very first Cadillac Celestiq EV
Rolls-Royce Spectre rival has the hit showrooms. Here's a reminder of what you get for the money
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The very first customer example of the Cadillac Celestiq has landed, and the car's goal is simple: dethrone the Rolls-Royce Spectre as the world's finest electric luxo-barge.
Prices start at $340,000 for a base-spec, which has a dual-motor, all-wheel-drive powertrain putting out 655bhp and 646lb ft. 0-60mph is cited at 3.7s, with just over 300 miles of range drawn from its 111kWh battery.
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There's lots of supplementary tech too bundled in, including active air suspension, rear-wheel steering and body roll control, all tasked with making the Celestiq a worthy challenger.
A challenger wearing a body made from carbon fibre and peppered with lots of funky traits: thin light signatures, active grille shutters, much glass and a unique silhouette that sits somewhere between a saloon, fastback and shooting brake. Heavy silhouette, mind: this thing weighs 3.1 tonnes.
But the cabin is where the really very big coachbuilt Caddy earns its paper. It's like a first-class lounge, with four massage seats covered in lavish fabrics, a single piece 55in mega screen and a panoramic roof with individually dimmable areas.
The price will then inflate depending on just how many boxes you tick on the options list, ranging from etchings on the 3D-printed parts, to the use of crystal glass and woven carbon fibre materials. You get the gist.
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Reckon the Celestiq has a chance against the Spectre?
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