The 2026 Cadillac Vistiq is the brand’s third EV reveal this year, after the Escalade IQ and the Optiq.
While we don’t have any official specs yet, Cadillac did show off its next three-row electric SUV by way of a couple exterior images. If you’re keeping score, that gives the brand five EV models, from the hugely competitive compact crossover segment to the flagship, ultra-exclusive Celestiq sedan, with several more SUVs in between. The Cadillac Vistiq will be a three-row crossover, slotting between the existing Lyriq and the soon-to-launch Cadillac Escalade IQ.
Based on its market position as well as its styling, you can think of this as a fully electric follow-up to the XT6. Cadillac doesn’t have too much to say on the matter just yet, but Thursday’s statement did say it will be a “distinctive and innovative luxury three-row SUV”.
On first glance, it looks like the 2026 Cadillac Vistiq cribs quite a few elements from the brand’s existing EVs, as you’d expect. You get a distinctive light pattern out back (shown below) that draws from the Escalade IQ. Up front, I’d argue the fascia draws a bit more from the Lyriq, though GM’s goal is naturally for all its SUVs to show a strong resemblance to each other.
Also at the back, Cadillac included a “600 E4” badge, signifying the car’s torque figure in newton-meters. That translates to about 443 lb-ft of torque, which more or less tracks with the drivetrain underpinning the dual-motor Lyriq. So, it’s fairly safe to assume we’ll see a similar setup for the Vistiq that we already have for the Lyriq.
Finally, you get some huge 22-inch wheels to fill out those wheel arches. I say “huge”, but it seems that size is just the new norm these days, and anything smaller would probably look ridiculously tiny.
Cadillac notes the Vistiq as a 2026 model, so we should see the production version make its debut sometime late next year or in early 2025. The Escalade IQ will definitely be on sale by then, and Cadillac will likely just put the Optiq on sale before launching this model to fill out the brand’s electric SUV presence.
