The 2025 Cadillac Optiq dropped cover back in November 2023, slotting in beneath the Lyriq in the luxury marque’s rapidly expanding lineup of battery electric vehicles. Cadillac Society spotted an Optiq on the road for the first time just a few months ago, and now, we’ve spied another example undergoing testing, this time dressed in all-black.
This 2025 Cadillac Optiq was testing in Michigan without camo and appears mostly production-ready. That means its exterior color, which is likely Stellar Black Metallic (paint code GB8), is on full display.
At the front, the Optiq takes after its bigger brother, the Lyriq, with vertical headlights and horizontally-oriented turn signals that bleed into a bold silver trim piece across the top of the LED-studded “grille,” which features a monochrome Caddy emblem mounted in the center. That silver treatment is echoed with small trim pieces at the lower edge of the front fascia, delivering a bold contrast against the black paint.
Like the Lyriq, the Optiq is what we like to refer to as a “mouth breather” – meaning that its air intake for cooling the electric powertrain is located at the bottom of the front fascia. This quality is on full display in the Optiq seen here.
From the side, we can see that this Optiq rolls on a set of silver-and-black multi-spoke wheels. Additionally, the upper part of the window trim as well as the lower part of the doors feature polished silver trim pieces. The black paint also helps conceal the luxury crossover’s beltline, hiding what we believe to be an overly busy profile design. Tiered design lines behind the rearmost window are also clearly visible against the dark paint, lining up with the inner graphics on the upper taillights. Also note the flush-mounted door handles, which likely utilize the same deploying mechanism as the 2024 Lyriq.
Out back, the Optiq sports two spoilers, one above the rear glass and the other affixed just below it. Note that the battery electric CUV doesn’t feature a rear wiper due to the severe slope of the rear window. Similar to a sedan, this allows airflow down the rear of the vehicle and prevents moisture and precipitation from accumulating to a degree that could be considered distracting, as seen on this example, which is being driven in snowy conditions. Cadillac’s monochrome logo is present and accounted for just below the lower spoiler.
The rear end view also shows the dual tier tail lights along with the bright trim on the rear bumper cover. Below that, a gray insert spans the area where the exhaust outlets would be on a vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine.
While Cadillac has yet to reveal any sort of Optiq specifications, we do know that it will ride on a smaller variant of the BEV3 platform. At this time, pricing information has not yet been disclosed.
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