The sedan has been all but killed off as customers continue to favor roomier crossovers and SUVs for their daily drivers. While Cadillac offers a full lineup of luxury crossovers and SUVs, it hasn’t turned its back on sedans even as the EV revolution is in full swing, as Cadillac Society reported almost two years ago. In fact, the luxury marque recently confirmed that it fully intends on keeping sedans in its lineup for the foreseeable future.
According to a report from the Australian automotive news outlet Drive, Vice President of Global Design for Cadillac parent General Motors, Mike Simcoe, said that the luxury marque has a sedan waiting in the wings for its impending debut.
“We will certainly have a sedan in the portfolio at some point in the future,” Simcoe said. “SUVs are a necessary evil. They’ve taken over the market … [SUVs are] a comfortable, rational purchase. For those who can afford it, though, there’s always a second car that isn’t an SUV. Sedans aren’t dead.”
Currently, Cadillac offers the gasoline-powered Cadillac CT4 and Cadillac CT5 luxury sedans in North America. It also offers the all-electric Cadillac Celestiq ultra-luxury sedan, although its $300,000 starting MSRP prices it out of the range of many buyers.
Back in 2022, sources familiar with the matter told Cadillac Society that there are a few “low H-point” (“low hip-point”) vehicles in development. In other words, a vehicle like the Cadillac Lyriq is said to have a “regular hip-point,” meaning it has a higher ride height and allows for easier entry and egress than a vehicle with a low hip point (such as a sedan) or a high hip point (such as an SUV like the Escalade). One of these low H-point vehicles will be an EV smaller in stature than the Celestiq, and it will have a more approachable starting price.
Even as Cadillac focuses on bringing more electric luxury crossovers to market like the Cadillac Optiq and Cadillac Vistiq, it will still stubbornly offer sedans, no matter how niche the market may become.
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