2026 Cadillac Vistiq price and specs

New Zealand may not be getting the Cadillac Escalade or Escalade iQ, but there’s another huge SUV arriving soon.

Sales of the 5.2m-long Cadillac Vistiq will begin “shortly”, and the large electric luxury SUV will be priced at $120,000 before on-road costs.

Based on the Lyriq that debuted the Cadillac brand in Australia, the Vistiq shares its dedicated electric vehicle (EV) platform and 3094mm-long wheelbase but features three rows of seating.

That means it will be one of the few three-row electric SUVs to be offered in New Zealand, joining the Kia EV9, Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV and upcoming Volvo EX90, as well as the significantly smaller Mercedes-Benz EQB.

While there’s a much wider range of Vistiqs offered in the US – comprising Luxury, Sport, Premium Luxury and Platinum grades – only that final premium variant will be offered here.

This means the Vistiq is being offered here exclusively with adaptive air suspension, making it the only New Zealand-market Cadillac so equipped. Lesser Vistiqs in the US market lack air springs.

It also means the Vistiq is coming here exclusively with a six-seat layout, featuring second-row captain’s chairs.

Despite being offered only in top-spec Platinum trim, the Vistiq undercuts the and EQS SUV, and slots in under the EV9 GT-Line ($139,700 plus on-roads).

The Vistiq, like the rest of the local Cadillac range, features Cadillac Connected Services. This allows owners to use the myCadillac mobile app to remotely control functions like the climate control and view the charging status.

An eight-year complimentary subscription is included.

The Vistiq also features wireless Apple CarPlay and wireless Android Auto, despite General Motors in the US controversially ditching these features from its EVs.

However, the New Zealand-market Vistiq follows its European-market counterpart in using a 91kWh battery instead of the 102kWh pack featured in the US-market model, or even the Australian-market Lyriq. This means the DC charge rate drops from 190kW to just 130kW.

Pricing

Drivetrains and Efficiency

The Vistiq has adjustable regenerative braking, along with a one-pedal drive mode and GM’s Regen on Demand paddle which you can pull to slow the vehicle.

Cadillac says up to 95km of range can be added per hour when using AC power to charge at 22.1kW.

DC fast-charging allows the Vistiq to gain up to 104km of range in 10 minutes of charging, says Cadillac.

Dimensions

Servicing and Warranty

Cadillac New Zealand backs its models with a five-year, unlimited-kilometre vehicle warranty and an eight-year, 160,000km battery warranty.

It also offers five years of complimentary scheduled servicing and roadside assistance.

Safety

The Cadillac Vistiq has yet to be assessed by ANCAP or Euro NCAP.

Standard safety equipment includes:

• Adaptive cruise control
• Autonomous emergency braking (AEB)
  • Intersection assist
  • Pedestrian and cyclist detection
  • Reverse AEB
  • Side bicyclist alert
• Blind-spot assist
• Lane-keep assist
• Lane centring
• Night Vision
• Rear cross-traffic assist
• Surround-view camera
• Traffic sign recognition
• 7 airbags

Standard Equipment

There’s just one trim level in the New Zealand-market Vistiq lineup.

Standard equipment for the Vistiq Platinum includes:

• Air Ride Adaptive Suspension with Chassis Damping Control
• Brembo front brakes
• Active rear steering
• Vision Enhanced Automatic Parking Assist
• 22-inch Satin Graphite alloy wheels in 295/40R22 self-sealing tyres
• Black Crystal grille
• Body-colour wheel surrounds, rocker mouldings
• Black roof
• Panoramic sunroof with sunshades
• Third-row fixed glass roof with sunshade
• LED headlights
• Cornering lights
• Automatic high-beam
• 33-inch wraparound display incl. digital instrument cluster, infotainment touchscreen
• Google Built-in
• Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
• Over-the-air updates
• 8-year complimentary subscription to Cadillac Connected Services
• Digital rear-view mirror
• Dual wireless phone chargers
• 8-way power-adjustable front seats
  • Heating
  • Ventilation
  • Massage
  • 4-way lumbar
  • Memory
• Second-row captain’s chairs
• 23-speaker AKG Studio Audio System with Dolby Atmos
• 4-zone climate control
  • Front and rear ‘command centres’
• 126-colour tri-zone ambient lighting (incl. around doors, footwells, and surrounding the glass roof)
• Noueveauluxe leatherette upholstery in Jet Black or Kona Brown
• Open-pore wood trim
• Sueded microfibre headliner