Cadillac News: Cadillac Optiq Will Join V-series Lineup

[Drew Dowdell]

Cadillac released teaser images today of the upcoming 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ-V.  Fast on the heals of the Cadillac LYRIQ-V released earlier this year, Cadillac promises an even faster and more nimble version of its small crossover EV entry.

Already sporting 300 horsepower, the Cadillac OPTIQ-V is poised to become the quickest compact crossover EV on the market. Cadillac engineers have reconfigured the suspension and tightened the steering for a more dynamic feel.

For now we can only speculate about power output, but Cadillac will have more information about the 2026 Cadillac OPTIQ-V later this year.

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[G. David Felt]

Will be interesting to see the whole 3/4 view image with that back wing.

[smk4565]

Definitely need this as 300 hp in aa 5,000 lb car or whatever these weigh is adequate but not a lot.  I imagine it is easy to go to the Lyriq's 500 hp motors, swap in some better brakes and beef up the suspension a bit.   They should V-series all Cadillacs, especially if selling in China where they have all these 1,000 hp or 1,500 hp cars.

[Drew Dowdell]

On 4/23/2025 at 6:33 PM, smk4565 said:

Definitely need this as 300 hp in aa 5,000 lb car or whatever these weigh is adequate but not a lot.  I imagine it is easy to go to the Lyriq's 500 hp motors, swap in some better brakes and beef up the suspension a bit.   They should V-series all Cadillacs, especially if selling in China where they have all these 1,000 hp or 1,500 hp cars.

Horsepower means next to nothing nothing in EV. It’s a meaningless metric. Show me torque at zero rpm.

[smk4565]

1 hour ago, Drew Dowdell said:

Horsepower means next to nothing nothing in EV. It’s a meaningless metric. Show me torque at zero rpm.

It means something in advertising and the Optiq is like a 0-60 in 60 seconds car, which is fine for 90% of buyers but you have to have that 500 hp option for a 4 second car.

And I get that all these EV's are fast, but all these Chinese EV's are doing self driving and crazy horsepower or they can double as a boat or jump over speed bumps or some other crazy thing so you have be able to complete with them in Asia.  And in the USA, Cadillac has to compete with the Germans who all do performance.