2023 Cadillac Lyriq First Look

The all-new Cadillac Lyriq debuts with a polarizing styling and lots of technology

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00:00 Aaron Gold from MotorTrend. This is Cadillac's new SUV, the Lyric. If you think it looks

00:04 funky on the outside, you have to see it on the inside. We've seen a lot of production

00:09 cars that look like concept vehicles, but this one looks like the sketch of a concept

00:14 vehicle. I mean, look at these beautiful sweeping lines on the dashboard, this gigantic curved

00:19 screen that goes full whip. I mean, this is the kind of thing we see in design proposals,

00:24 not real vehicles. If you love retrofuturism, this is your car, because there are so many

00:29 classic 1960s and earlier Cadillac hues. All this chrome, for example, and it's a blind

00:35 human being. Look at this beautiful Cadillac script. This is straight out of the 1960s.

00:41 This motif around the cup holders, this reminds me of the wreath from the old Wreath and Crest

00:45 logo. And I love these big giant vents. They look like from the jet motif that all the

00:52 designers were using in the '60s. To me, this is like the vision of a Cadillac of 2065 as

00:58 it was designed in 1965. I think it is totally cool. Unfortunately, some of the bits are

01:04 a little cheap feeling. This plastic knob feels very plasticky, and the way it drives

01:09 is a bit like a 1960s Cadillac as well. But it is one of the coolest looking cars here.

01:15 This is the single motor version. It has a 340 horsepower electric motor driving the

01:20 rear axle, and it has a very healthy 312 miles of range. There is a dual motor version on

01:26 the way, and Cadillac has hinted at some high performance V versions. One of the best parts

01:30 is the price. Pricing for this thing starts at just under $63,000 before incentives, and

01:35 for something so unique and so futuristic, that's a really reasonable deal. I'm Aaron

01:40 Gold from Motor Trend. For more about anything you want to know about driving or vehicles

01:43 or all that stuff, visit us at 831, probably better just on the web, www.motortrend.com.