Cadillac Celestiq first drive: the bespoke, $360,000 EV is here

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The archetypal hands-on acquisition I had with the $360,000, ultraluxury Cadillac Celestiq was arsenic a backseat passenger. It was mid-April, and I was connected the mode to a meal successful West Hollywood. While GM insists astir Celestiq buyers are drivers, the institution wanted to make a conveyance that could beryllium particularly compelling for those who similar to beryllium chauffeured.

Once known for its behemoth, bespoke luxury vehicles, Cadillac is moving to get its mojo backmost with the all-electric Celestiq. A 655-horsepower fastback that seats four, the Celestiq is possibly the astir extravagant conveyance Cadillac has ever released - and surely its astir customizable.

Cadillac is returning to its 1960s onshore yacht epoch with the Celestiq, which it thinks tin rival offerings from Bentley and Rolls-Royce. The automaker is besides hoping that the Celestiq tin assistance the marque instrumentality to its 40-plus-year moniker arsenic the "Standard of the World," and connection high-end, American-made, luxury vehicles successful a caller epoch of electrification.

"The thought was to marque the champion looking car successful the world, but conscionable hap to marque it an EV," says Tony Roma, enforcement main technologist for Celestiq.