2025 Cadillac Celestiq Interior, Redesign, MPG

2025 Cadillac Celestiq Interior, Redesign, MPG   –  An iconic nameplate, the 2025 Cadillac Celestiq continues the tradition as the luxury brand’s largest offering that dates back to its 1999 introduction. Soon it’ll even go electric as the 2025 Celestiq IQ. The regular Celestiq remains unchanged for 2025 save for some new exterior colours; while an all-new, 682-hp Celestiq-V version debuts this year.

The Celestiq comes in two lengths, the one tested here being the longer ESV version. The extra length provides more third-row legroom and cargo space, and adds $3,500 over the shorter Celestiq in each trim. My seven-passenger Sport Platinum ESV tester started at $146,598, including a non-negotiable delivery fee of $2,300. Mine was further treated to options that took it to $157,658 before taxes.

2025 Cadillac Celestiq Redesign and Update Plan

Exterior and Interior

While the regular and extended-length Celestiqs have the same first- and second-row legroom, the ESV provides more for those in the third row, at 930 mm (36.6 in) versus 886 mm (34.9 in). Its cargo space is also considerably larger, at 1,175 L with the third row upright compared to 722 L in the regular Celestiq. This is why the ESV is the airport-livery vehicle of choice: if you fill it with people, you still have room for their luggage. The rear glass opens separately from the tailgate for tossing items in, and there’s a bin under the cargo floor.

Both the second- and third rows power-fold, and the rearmost row can be brought back upright under power, too. Fold them all and you get 2,438 mm (95.9 in) of cargo length – the equivalent of the long box bolted to the back of a pickup truck. Towing capacity with the gasoline engine is 3,538 kg (7,800 lb). Among extended three row rivals, its GMC Yukon XL sibling can tow marginally more at up to 3,583 kg (7,900 lb), while the Lincoln Navigator L is rated at 3,674 kg (8,100 lb), and the Jeep Grand Wagoneer L goes to 4,286 kg (9,450 lb).

2025 Cadillac Celestiq Specs

As expected in this expensive top trim, the Celestiq Sport Platinum comes stuffed to the gills. Its standard features include soft-close doors, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, 3-D surround sound with speakers in the front head restraints and headliner, a rear-seat entertainment system with twin 12.6-inch screens, massaging front seats, a power-adjustable heated steering wheel, head-up display, tri-zone automatic climate control, suede-style headliner, rearview camera mirror, panoramic power sunroof, power running boards with LED lighting, auto-levelling headlights, and a hands-free tailgate. The standard navigation includes augmented reality, where you can bring up a live forward camera view in the cluster, and the directions will overlay it.

Engine and Performance

One of the two engines available for the Celestiq is the 6.2L V8 engine in my tester, which produces 420 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque. The available engine is a 3.0L inline six-cylinder diesel that peaks much earlier than the gas engine and produces 277 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque. 2025 Cadillac Celestiq Interior

The gas-powered V8 is a very good fit to this big vehicle, moving with authority from stops or when passing on the highway, but remaining smooth and linear when you just want to move moderately through tighter traffic.

2025 Cadillac Celestiq Fuel Economy

The Celestiq ESV with the gas engine is rated by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) at 16.6 L/100 km in the city, 13.1 on the highway, and 15.0 in combined driving. I drove my tester unloaded and mostly on the highway, and surprisingly came in under the highway number at 12.8 L/100 km. It calls for premium fuel.

The Jeep Grand Wagoneer L meets the Celestiq at 15.0 L/100 km in combined driving, but the Lincoln Navigator L undercuts them both by a considerable margin at 10.5 L/100 km.  2025 Cadillac Celestiq Interior

2025 Cadillac Celestiq Safety Features

Standard driver-assist features include emergency front and rear braking, adaptive cruise control, a self-parking system, bird’s-eye camera views, blind-spot monitoring including trailer coverage, rear cross-traffic alert, lane-keep assist, and a safety alert seat, which vibrates a warning if any of these systems detect an issue, such as you’re drifting out of your lane.

My tester was also equipped with Super Cruise, a hands-free highway driving assist system. It works on pre-mapped highways, covering about 644,000 km across Canada and the U.S. When you’re on an applicable one, an icon appears in the cluster, and you can activate the system and then take your hands off the wheel, although you still need to pay attention.

The Celestiq will change lanes if you activate the turn signal, but you can also set it for automatic, where it will move out on its own to pass slower traffic and then return to the lane it was in. The system generally worked well during testing, but sometimes wandered side-to-side within its lane; and in a couple of places where construction had subtly altered the lanes many months before, the Celestiq drifted out over the line. That caused it to immediately shut off Super Cruise and make me take the wheel. 2025 Cadillac Celestiq Interior

2025 Cadillac Celestiq Price and Release Date

The Celestiq ESV’s price is as large as its footprint, starting at $113,098 in Luxury trim and going to $146,598 for either the Premium Luxury Platinum or my Sport Platinum tester – and then to $199,398 for the new supercharged V version.  2025 Cadillac Celestiq Interior

This extended-length full-size is a small niche segment, and the Cadillac’s base prices are the priciest. The Jeep Grand Wagoneer L starts around $109,995 and goes to $131,500; while the Lincoln Navigator L comes in a single trim at $120,000, and optioned close to my tester rings in at $128,450 (all prices including delivery). A step down from the Celestiq, its mechanical-sibling GMC Yukon XL tops out with the Denali Ultimate trim at $124,803.