Cadillac built the LYRIQ to look like the future of American luxury, and for the first few model years, the gap between what it looked like and what it actually delivered was honest to notice. The 2026 Cadillac LYRIQ Review finds that gap substantially closed. Super Cruise hands-free highway driving is standard on every trim now, not a feature buyers have to step up to earn. A new 615-horsepower LYRIQ-V makes it the quickest production Cadillac ever built. The car has finally grown into its own exterior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The heart of the lineup remains the single-motor rear-wheel-drive configuration, which produces 365 horsepower and earns an EPA-estimated 326 miles of range. That figure is the reason to start here rather than with the dual-motor all-wheel-drive setup, which costs $3,500 more and surrenders seven miles of range in exchange for traction that moderate climates rarely demand. Cadillac also made a decision worth noting for 2026: the LYRIQ keeps wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto when the rest of the brand’s electric lineup has dropped both in favor of Google Built-in exclusively. For buyers who live in their phone ecosystem, that is a meaningful distinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What the LYRIQ is not, and has never tried to be, is a driver’s car. Its suspension is tuned for quiet miles rather than corner confidence, and the LYRIQ-V follows that same philosophy even at 615 horsepower. Buyers cross-shopping German sport SUVs expecting sharp, communicative dynamics will find the LYRIQ resists that comparison by design. Buyers who want a genuinely luxurious, range-capable electric SUV built by an American brand that understands grand touring have a serious option at this price point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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