"Seeing is believing" only goes so far. At some point, you've got to lay hands on metal and experience something firsthand. And so it is with the new 2025 Cadillac Optiq, a small luxury EV from a storied brand that, for some reason, has decided to append a suffix pronounced "ick" to the names of its electrified vehicles. But as it turns out, there's nothing icky about this new Cadillac EV whatsoever. In fact, they may have a fledgling hit on their hands.
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It starts with the look, which is pleasingly proportional and free of faff. Compared to most others in the segment, the hood is a bit shorter, the windshield is more aggressively raked, and the rear window is slightly laid back. The resulting vehicle is uncommonly long, with a 116.3-inch wheelbase and an overall length of 189.8 inches. Compare that the Audi Q4 e-tron's relatively stubby wheelbase of 108.7 inches and somewhat short length of 180.6 inches. Or the Mercedes-Benz EQB, which has a 111.4-inch wheelbase and is 184.4 inches long. Meanwhile, the Genesis GV60 is only a couple of inches shy in the wheelbase department but is a whole foot shorter from stem to stern.
But the wheelbase in question gives the Optiq more than just a sleek profile. It enables the fitment of an 85-kWh battery, the biggest in this group. This in turn gives it the most range of the bunch, a particularly strong EPA-estimated 302 miles, which is a big chunk more than you'd get from the EQB (207 miles), the Q4 e-tron (258 miles), or the GV60 (264 miles).
Two electric motors lie under the skin, one at each end. The front one is a permanent-magnet synchronous motor (PSM) that is always on duty, while the unit at the back is an induction motor that chips in when necessary—including acceleration, thankfully. We have no problem with the use of one induction motor, because there's no need for a clutch to take it offline. But the Mercedes and Audi have their PSM at the back and induction motor up front, which seems wrong-headed. You want your primary PSM where Cadillac puts it for the stabilizing effects of regeneration at the front. Regardless, the Cadillac makes 300 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque at full boil. That's not quite as much as the Audi, but solidly midpack. The Optiq lags a little bit behind at our test track, where it reaches 60 mph in 5.7 seconds. The Audi Q4 Sportback 55 e-tron needs just 5.0 seconds, although the Q4 50 e-tron took a similar 5.6 seconds.
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