Cadillac Optiq Is Brand’s First Mexican-Built Model In A Decade

For North American markets, production of the all-new Cadillac Optiq will take place at the Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico. No Caddy vehicle has been sourced from Mexico for almost a decade, making the upcoming Optiq the first in the luxury marque’s lineup to be built in North America’s southern-most country in quite some time.

For context, the last Cadillac to be built in Mexico, also at the Ramos Arizpe plant, was the second-gen Cadillac SRX midsize luxury crossover that was replaced by the Cadillac XT5. The second-gen SRX, which was underpinned by the front-wheel-drive Theta Premium platform, was the assembled at the facility from the 2010 through 2016 model years before its subsequent discontinuation and succession by the XT5, which is built at the Spring Hill plant in Tennessee.

Owned and operated by Cadillac parent, General Motors, the Ramos Arizpe plant is currently responsible for the assembly of several other vehicles under the GM umbrella, each of them electric. This includes the Chevy Equinox EV, which directly shares the Optiq’s platform, as well as the Chevy Blazer EV and the Honda Prologue, an electric SUV that was jointly developed by GM and Honda.

As a reminder, the 2025 Cadillac Optiq is positioned below the Lyriq in the luxury marque’s ever-expanding lineup of electric vehicles. For North America, it features a standard dual-motor all-wheel-drive powertrain delivering 300 horsepower and 354 pound-feet of torque. The luxury electric crossover is estimated to deliver 300 miles of driving range. Pricing will start at $54,000, including destination freight charges.

Meanwhile, the 2025 Cadillac Optiq for the Chinese market will be built at the Cadillac Jinqiao plant in China and will be offered in both AWD as well as FWD configurations.

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