The next-gen 2025 Cadillac XT5 – which will not be sold in North American markets – will deliver a complete generational shift of the familiar nameplate. Aside from its revamped exterior styling, the forthcoming XT5 will be treated to a completely overhauled interior, one that will incorporate an all-new widescreen LED display, as evidenced in Cadillac Society‘s latest spy shots.
As with other prototypes we have spied in the recent past, this 2025 Cadillac XT5 prototype is wrapped in heavy camouflage. However, that does little to conceal what’s behind its windows. A clear shot of the dash reveals a large curved screen behind the steering wheel, extending well into the crossover’s center stack. This display will incorporate the instrument cluster to relay important information to the driver, while the centermost portion will show infotainment controls, governed by a touchscreen or a rotary controller located on the center console.
It’s impossible to ignore the parallels between the widescreen display in the XT5 and that of the refreshed 2024 Cadillac XT4, which features a similar setup, as per the luxury marque’s latest interior design language. The trend was kicked off by the all-electric Cadillac Lyriq, which was first to feature the curved 33-inch display seen here.
2025 Cadillac XT5 prototype
2024 Cadillac XT4
As for what’s on the outside of the 2025 Cadillac XT5, the luxury crossover will feature an overhauled exterior. While it’s hard to see exactly what lies behind the camouflage, the model’s styling will be completely revamped, including the front fascia. The prototype’s placeholder headlights aren’t indicative of what exactly will make it to the production model, but they give away the general layout, which will include vertical lights on both sides of the grille. The grille itself features a crosshatched mesh design, much like the 2024 Cadillac XT4.
Since the market for this vehicle will primarily be China, the 2025 Cadillac XT5 is being ‘homeroomed’ in the Asian country, meaning that the luxury marque’s Chinese division is responsible for the design and development of the 2025 XT5, as well as bringing the next-generation model to market. It will ride on the new C1-2 platform, building on the current C1 platform’s architecture.
Meanwhile, for the North American market, the XT5 will go largely unchanged until the discontinuation of the nameplate upon the conclusion of the 2025 model year, after which it will be indirectly replaced by the electric Cadillac Lyriq.
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Paul Wheaton
Will GM make a generator than will charge the batteries as you drive? It’s not acceptable as a real car until this happens. Also does GM really believe or in on the Climate Change Hoax ?
Frank LaVacca
Regarding the 2025 xt5,who cares if we can’t buy one in America .This is rediculous to show improvement in the xt5 and not be able to purchase one. I’ll just keep mine!!
Jim
Frank, buy a Lincoln
Frank Ricciardi
I would hate to do that after buying or leasing 19 Cadillacs over the past 42 years, but I might consider it. Cadillac is clearly not concerned with its loyal customers so customer loyalty shouldn’t matter either.
Voice of reason.
Same here. My 2018 has all the features and more then I need.
Steve
It amazes me how Cadillac will not offer the 2025 XT5 here. Dumb business decision by a company thats been making them for years now. Not everyone is ready for pure electric vehicles!
Frankrizzo
Right,it time for better decision makers regarding this vehicle
Voice of reason.
Can someone please explain to me? How does the government allow for these across the dashboard video presentations? The presentations go way beyond texting for being unsafe!
Chris Cummings
“[T]he 2025 Cadillac XT5 is being ‘homeroomed’ in the Asian country, meaning that the luxury marque’s Chinese division is responsible for the design and development of the 2025 XT5, as well as bringing the next-generation model to market.” GM is transitioning Cadillac into a Chinese car company. China gets all the intellectual property and the benefir of all the R&D. What could possibly go wrong?
Chris Cummings
Sorry, .
Chris Cummings
(misspelled “benefit”)
Merrick
I’m so tired of GM & Cadillac if they do this I’m changing brands because GM act like they going through a midlife crisis
Norm
So, Cadillac is planning to go out of business in 2025. Hope all those Chinese markets work out for these goofs.
Once all these outfits go bankrupt new businesses can build on the wreckage. Businesses that have liberty and freedom in view not government subsidies and pay as you go features.