Australia may not be getting the Cadillac Escalade or Escalade iQ, but there’s another huge SUV arriving Down Under.
Sales of the 5.2m-long Cadillac Vistiq will begin “shortly”, and the large electric luxury SUV will be priced at $116,000 before on-road costs.
Based on the Lyriq that debuted the Cadillac brand in Australia, the Vistiq shares its dedicated electric vehicle (EV) platform and 3094mm-long wheelbase but features three rows of seating.
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That means it will be one of the few three-row electric SUVs to be offered in Australia, joining the Hyundai Ioniq 9, Kia EV9, Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV and Volvo EX90, as well as the significantly smaller Mercedes-Benz EQB.
While there’s a much wider range of Vistiqs offered in the US – comprising Luxury, Sport, Premium Luxury and Platinum grades – only that final premium variant will be offered here.
This means the Vistiq is being offered here exclusively with adaptive air suspension, making it the only Australian-market Cadillac so equipped. Lesser Vistiqs in the US market lack air springs.
It also means the Vistiq is coming here exclusively with a six-seat layout, featuring second-row captain’s chairs.
Despite being offered only in top-spec Platinum trim, the Vistiq undercuts the Ioniq 9, EX90 and EQS SUV, and slots in under the EV9 GT-Line ($121,000 plus on-roads).
The Vistiq, like the rest of the local Cadillac range, features Cadillac Connected Services. This allows owners to use the myCadillac mobile app to remotely control functions like the climate control and view the charging status.
An eight-year complimentary subscription is included.
The Vistiq also features wireless Apple CarPlay and wireless Android Auto, despite General Motors in the US controversially ditching these features from its EVs.
However, the Australian-market Vistiq follows its European-market counterpart in using a 91kWh battery instead of the 102kWh pack featured in the US-market model, or even the Australian-market Lyriq. This means the DC charge rate drops from 190kW to just 130kW.
Pricing
| Model | Price before on-road costs |
|---|---|
| 2026 Cadillac Vistiq Platinum | $116,000 |
Drivetrains and Efficiency
The Vistiq has adjustable regenerative braking, along with a one-pedal drive mode and GM’s Regen on Demand paddle which you can pull to slow the vehicle.
Cadillac says up to 95km of range can be added per hour when using AC power to charge at 22.1kW.
DC fast-charging allows the Vistiq to gain up to 104km of range in 10 minutes of charging, says Cadillac.
| Specifications | Cadillac Vistiq |
|---|---|
| Drivetrain | Dual electric motors |
| Battery | 91kWh nickel manganese cobalt |
| Power | 459kW |
| Torque | 880Nm |
| Drive type | All-wheel drive |
| 0-100km/h (claimed) | 4.2 seconds (in Velocity Max mode) |
| Energy consumption (claimed) | 22kWh/100km |
| Claimed range | 461km (WLTP) |
| Max AC charge rate | 22.1kW |
| Max DC charge rate | 130kW |
Dimensions
| Dimensions | Cadillac Vistiq |
|---|---|
| Length | 5233mm |
| Width | 2026mm (2203mm incl. mirrors) |
| Height | 1799mm |
| Wheelbase | 3094mm |
| Ground clearance | 179mm |
| Cargo capacity | 430L (behind third row) 1218L (third row folded) 2271L (second and third rows folded) |
Servicing and Warranty
Cadillac Australia backs its models with a five-year, unlimited-kilometre vehicle warranty and an eight-year, 160,000km battery warranty.
It also offers five years of complimentary scheduled servicing and roadside assistance.
Safety
The Cadillac Vistiq has yet to be assessed by ANCAP or Euro NCAP.
Standard safety equipment includes:
- Adaptive cruise control
- Autonomous emergency braking (AEB)
- Intersection assist
- Pedestrian and cyclist detection
- Reverse AEB
- Side bicyclist alert
- Blind-spot assist
- Lane-keep assist
- Lane centring
- Night Vision
- Rear cross-traffic assist
- Surround-view camera
- Traffic sign recognition
- 7 airbags
Standard Equipment
There’s just one trim level in the Australian-market Vistiq lineup.
Standard equipment for the Vistiq Platinum includes:
- Air Ride Adaptive Suspension with Chassis Damping Control
- Brembo front brakes
- Active rear steering
- Vision Enhanced Automatic Parking Assist
- 22-inch Satin Graphite alloy wheels in 295/40R22 self-sealing tyres
- Black Crystal grille
- Body-colour wheel surrounds, rocker mouldings
- Black roof
- Panoramic sunroof with sunshades
- Third-row fixed glass roof with sunshade
- LED headlights
- Cornering lights
- Automatic high-beam
- 33-inch wraparound display incl. digital instrument cluster, infotainment touchscreen
- Google Built-in
- Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
- Over-the-air updates
- 8-year complimentary subscription to Cadillac Connected Services
- Digital rear-view mirror
- Dual wireless phone chargers
- 8-way power-adjustable front seats
- Heating
- Ventilation
- Massage
- 4-way lumbar
- Memory
- Second-row captain’s chairs
- 23-speaker AKG Studio Audio System with Dolby Atmos
- 4-zone climate control
- Front and rear ‘command centres’
- 126-colour tri-zone ambient lighting (incl. around doors, footwells, and surrounding the glass roof)
- Noueveauluxe leatherette upholstery in Jet Black or Kona Brown
- Open-pore wood trim
- Sueded microfibre headliner
