{"id":5349,"date":"2025-05-19T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/?p=5349"},"modified":"2025-05-20T11:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T11:56:41","slug":"does-this-look-like-a-400000-rolls-royce-competitor-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/does-this-look-like-a-400000-rolls-royce-competitor-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Does This Look Like A $400,000 Rolls Royce Competitor To You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/phgbtjp1h11f1-copy-1024x576-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-15 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Someone recently spotted a Cadillac Celestiq sitting in a driveway near Detroit.<\/li>\n<li>It costs $340,000 or more, but despite that, it looks almost too at home in this picture.<\/li>\n<li>That said, its construction and customization options are anything but pedestrian.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Standard of the World. That\u2019s what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/cadillac\/\">Cadillac<\/a> wants to be, and it\u2019s not just us saying it. The automaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2023\/12\/is-this-bright-green-cadillac-celestiq-the-standard-of-the-world\/\">declared it<\/a>, and it\u2019s dead set on achieving that goal with the new Celestiq. Forget forging ahead with a big V8 or a super-luxe version of the long-loved Escalade. It went with an all-electric super sedan, priced like a Rolls-Royce. A new photo of one in the wild has us wondering if it\u2019s going to miss its target.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>A Suburban Reality Check<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The car in question was spotted by an eagle-eyed Redditor just ten miles from GM\u2019s Milford Proving Grounds. It wasn\u2019t parked outside a multi-million-dollar mansion either. This appears to be an everyday home in the suburbs. In this setting, one we rarely see surrounding cars of this caliber, the Celestiq almost seems pedestrian. It\u2019s worth noting that it had manufacturer plates, so it\u2019s highly likely driven by either a GM employee or a journalist, as Cadillac has been providing testers to the press recently. <\/p>\n<p><strong>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/05\/cadillacs-340k-celestiq-forces-you-to-crawl-through-the-trunk-to-fix-a-dead-battery\/\">Cadillac\u2019s $340K Celestiq Doesn\u2019t Force You To Crawl Through The Trunk To Fix A Dead Battery After All<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic\"><\/div>\n<p>Sure, the Celestiq\u2019s styling is no doubt more aggressive and out there than common cars. Still,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/electricvehicles\/comments\/1knnu4k\/in_the_wild_bright_green\/#lightbox\"> it looks quite at home<\/a>. The average passerby probably wouldn\u2019t recognize that the car they\u2019re looking at might cost more than the house it\u2019s parked at. Nevertheless, everything we\u2019re hearing about the Celestiq indicates that it\u2019s a real moonshot worthy of praise.<\/p>\n<p>After testing one, Jethro Bovington of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadandtrack.com\/reviews\/a64670442\/cadillac-celestiq-is-both-spectacular-and-strange\/\"> Road and Track<\/a> said that \u201cCadillac has been brave here, and I commend the sheer madness of it all.\u201d What madness is he speaking of? Cadillac went all-out when it came to engineering here.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" data-embed-showusername=\"false\" data-embed-height=\"659\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/electricvehicles\/comments\/1knnu4k\/in_the_wild_bright_green\/\">In the wild bright green<\/a><br \/> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Difficult-Delay193\/\">u\/Difficult-Delay193<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/electricvehicles\/\">electricvehicles<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>The Celestiq is packed with tech that\u2019s as over-the-top as its price tag. It comes equipped with Magneride 4.0 shocks to smooth out the bumps and reduce chatter from the road. Under the hood, the electric motors deliver a respectable 655 horsepower and 646 lb-ft of torque. The dashboard? A 55-inch screen stretches across it like a sci-fi movie set. Passengers aren\u2019t left out either, with two 12.6-inch screens in the back row. <\/p>\n<p>Oh, and did we mention there are 38 speakers in the car? That\u2019s almost certainly more than is in the entire house this one is parked at. Cadillac didn\u2019t stop at just the opulent materials and high-end engineering side of things.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Customization Like You\u2019ve Never Seen Before<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The customization process is just as wild. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motortrend.com\/features\/cadillac-celestiq-cadillac-house-customization-design-process\">Motor Trend<\/a>, potential buyers get to be a part of the design process, and that includes rocking up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2024\/07\/we-visit-cadillac-house-home-of-the-celestiq\/\">Cadillac House, the site, in Michigan.<\/a> Once there, customers who have a connection to a previous Cadillac will likely find that model along with the Celestiq sitting on the floor of the venue.<\/p>\n<p>From there, they can pick different fabrics, carpets, leathers, specific bits of interior trim, and yes, wheels too. Cadillac is only hand-building around 25 of these a year, and it says that there are some 350,000 combinations available with the options buyers have. Essentially, you\u2019ll never see two of these that are identical.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will Cadillac\u2019s Celestiq Succeed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"e46c436a-adeb-4b5e-a2c7-56bc36561c10\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"b25ecba7-3bbb-4ea7-a3a8-dbea91695c07\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n         \t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n             \t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n    \t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;b25ecba7-3bbb-4ea7-a3a8-dbea91695c07&#8221;);<br \/>\n             \t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;e46c436a-adeb-4b5e-a2c7-56bc36561c10&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cadillac-CELESTIQ-dashboard-with-orange-steering-wheel-scaled.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image-block\"> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"\" alt=\" Does This Look Like A $400,000 Rolls Royce Competitor To You?\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cadillac-CELESTIQ-dashboard-with-orange-steering-wheel-1024x768.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>        <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>At the same time, none of this means that the Celestiq will be a success. Cadillac has been slower to start production than it had hoped. Bovington rightly points out that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/rolls-royce\/\">Rolls-Royce<\/a> is struggling to sell its all-electric Spectre. That could indicate that the Celestiq will be an even harder sale.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/autos.yahoo.com\/2025-cadillac-celestiq-return-standard-153449384.html\">AutoNews<\/a> points to a connection to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/lincoln\/\">Lincoln<\/a> Continental Mark II. \u201cLaunched by Ford\u2019s separate Continental division for the 1956 model year, it was a masterpiece of mid-century design and exclusivity. It was also, at around $9,966 (about $117,000 in today\u2019s money), the most expensive American-made car of its time. The result? It was a commercial flop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, Will It Be a Success or a Footnote?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looking at the Celestiq sitting in a suburban driveway, you might wonder if this is a preview of its future \u2013 a short-lived experiment destined to be a trivia answer. Will Cadillac\u2019s electric dream get lost in the shuffle, or will it become the thing that pushes the brand into a whole new era?<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell, but at least we know one thing for sure already. Cadillac went all-in on this project, and whether it\u2019s a massive hit or not, you can bet that history won\u2019t forget it anytime soon.<\/p>\n<section class=\"type:slideshow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/section>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credit: Daily-Delay193<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone recently spotted a Cadillac Celestiq sitting in a driveway near Detroit. 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