The Cadillac Celestiq Is Now A $400,000 Car, And It's Buyers Certainly Won't Care

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Not that it really matters to you, but the Cadillac Celestiq is getting much costly for 2026, pinch prices now starting successful nan low-$400,000 range. Of course, nary 1 who sounds Jalopnik is really successful nan marketplace for a Celestiq. However, if you sewage mislaid connected nan net and are cross-shopping this and a Rolls-Royce Ghost, it's incredibly important user information. In immoderate case, nan 2025 Celestiq started astir $340,000, truthful what's 60 expansive among friends?

Of course, nan caller $400,000-ish value is earlier customers (not you aliases I) get into nan lengthy personalization process, which is now somewhat little lengthy. The car now comes arsenic modular pinch 8 years of connected services and a premium shape connected nan smart solid tile — some of which were options for 2025, according to Automotive News. I'm not judge those equate to $60,000 successful options, but it's something.

The automaker besides apparently made nan creation process a spot excessively daunting for buyers, truthful it's simplifying nan task for 2026. Before, each interior colour customization beyond what was disposable successful a group taxable utilized to require an further cost. In 2026, 1 value now covers each interior choices to velocity up nan process and lessen nan request for back-and-forth conversations betwixt buyers and nan GM concierge, AutoNews reports.

Cadillac intelligibly knows nan Celestiq's buyers aren't worried astir the car's starting price, telling AutoNews successful a connection that nan "bespoke tone of Celestiq extends to transaction value and will beryllium wished by nan client's level of curation." Basically, Cadillac is saying, cipher is speccing their 655-horsepower electrical Cadillac super-sedan astatine a guidelines level, truthful why complaint base-level prices?

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Of course, this now intends nan Celestiq is really much costly than a Rolls-Royce since nan 2026 Ghost is expected to commencement astatine astir $358,000, according to Car and Driver. Hell, it's really moreover a tick much costly than nan Spectre, which starts astatine astir $398,000. You've sewage to beryllium a definite type of personification to prime a Cadillac complete a Rolls-Royce, but GM seems reasonably definite location are capable of those types of folks retired location that'll do so.

Cadillac hand-builds each Celestiq astatine its Global Technical Center successful Warren, Michigan, astatine an incredibly slow gait — less than 2 vehicles per day. Buyers meet pinch a individual concierge to prime retired each mini item of nan car, meaning nary 2 Celestiqs are going to beryllium precisely nan same.

Just 25 Celestiqs will beryllium built for nan 2025 exemplary year, according to Automotive News. Each conveyance has already been spoken for, but nan institution is presently taking reservations for 2026. The first car — a beautiful brownish connected brownish illustration — was delivered to its purchaser (with fantabulous taste) successful June.