2027 Cadillac Vistiq Review | One MAJOR Change!

What's up, you guys? Welcome back to another one. If you are new to the channel, I'm Goldpony and I do new car, truck, SUV reviews on YouTube. And today, we are in the brand new 2027 Cadillac Vistiq, courtesy of Faulkner Cadillac in Mechanicsburg, PA. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so, in case you didn't know already, this is the baby Escalade. It's an electric all-wheel drive three-row SUV. And so, this starts the second year of the Vistiq. Now, there's some big styling updates for 2027. Really one major change when it comes to the styling for 2027. There's also three new colors for the Vistiq as well. And of course, this thing has over 600 horsepower, which is kind of wild. So, ultimately in this video, we will be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering feel, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So, having said all that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. So, there are several different trim levels for the 2027 Vistiq. You got the luxury starting at $79,495, which is a modest $405 bump for the 2027 model year. That's not that bad. Sport for $79,995. You got the premium luxury for $93,995. And lastly, the platinum starting at $98,595. But, regardless of the trim level that you go with, the power plant on the Vistiq is going to be the same. Powering the beast will be dual electric motors, which puts out 615 horsepower, 650 lb feet of torque. That power is going to be sent to all four wheels, giving you a zero to 60 time coming in in an impressive 3.7 seconds. That's super car good. And so, you guys know we will be testing out that acceleration a little bit later in the video. But, as far as the range goes, since this is an electric SUV after all that comes in at 305 miles, that's pretty respectable there. And fun fact for you when it comes to that range, you can add 79 mi of range in as little as 10 minutes on a fast charger, of course. But, that's pretty impressive. So, before we do any kind of fun acceleration test here in our Vistiq, I do want to mention to you guys the drive modes cuz there's plenty of them. And so, it's essentially adjusted through the infotainment screen, but drive modes will include tour, sport, snow and ice, my mode, and velocity max. And so, that velocity max I'm going to assume is the V button located on the left-hand side of the steering wheel here, but adjusting things like the throttle response, the steering sensitivity, the damping control settings, the braking responsiveness, and the vehicle sound enhancement, as well. So, now having got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put the acceleration here to the test, and let's go ahead and do it in velocity max, and let's see how quickly we can get our new 2027 Cadillac Vistiq here to speed. All right, hit the little V button. So, let's go ahead and see what that does. Found our straightaway in 3 2 1 OH MY GOSH. WOO, THIS THING'S FUN, MAN. This thing is dang quick. Dang quick. It's just instantaneous torque, man. It's like instant power. The second you hit the gas pedal, SO MUCH FUN. YOU CANNOT BELIEVE this is a front-wheel drive SUV with supercar 0 to 60 time. It's absolutely insane how quick this car is. It does not need to be this quick, but might as well have it this quick just because. But, anyways, it's a heck of a blast. You're not going to have any issues emerging onto the highway. But, anyways, to go along with that acceleration, as always, braking is equally important. And so, four-wheel ventilated disc brakes do come standard, but I do want to mention to you guys, if you were to go with that platinum trim level, the The does get bumped up to Brembo front brakes with six piston front calipers and again, that's only if you go with the platinum trim level. Otherwise, you're going to get a standard braking setup. By the way, as braking fuel goes, because of the brake regeneration, this thing does come to a complete stop when you let off the gas anyway, so I'm not sure you would actually have to use the brakes, but still they are there for you if you need them. It is a pretty firm braking setup, I will say that. So, it's definitely a very nice braking feel, which makes sense with a vehicle with over 600 horsepower, quite honestly, but anyways, then touching on suspension and handling, a four-wheel independent sport suspension does come standard, but also for all trim levels, you get an adaptive damping suspension as well, which you guys know I always love to pitch because I love that. It essentially monitors each shock absorber individually, not only adjusting to the road imperfections, giving you a smoother ride, but it also tightens up that suspension during heavy cornering, giving you better handling as well. So, really does give you the best of both worlds. So, that is something I always look for, especially on luxury automakers, cuz it doesn't always come standard, but when it does, you can definitely tell the difference. But, for the premium luxury and the platinum trim levels, you also get an adaptive air suspension. So, when you have that combination of those two, you're not going to find a better ride quality than that. I'm just going to tell you that right off the bat. Also, with those two trim levels, you get active rear steering, so that's going to assist you with turning radius. Uh it steers the rear wheels up to 3 and 1/2 degrees, so that's definitely going to assist with turning radius as well for those tight U-turns, but overall, as far as ride quality goes, it's been so nice. This is one of the smoothest rides in existence right now. So, and again, that's due in part because you got the adaptive damping suspension plus the adaptive air suspension. You can't beat that when it comes to ride quality. That's the best you can get right now. So, no issues there. As far as cabin noise goes, I'll be quiet. It's pretty serene. And you do get an acoustic laminated front windshield and acoustic laminated front door glass as well. So, that is the reason the cabin is as serene as it is. That as for a steering feel goes, it feels just right, honestly. It's not a super heavy steering feel, but it's not a loosey-goosey steering feel either that you typically find on SUVs. It feels just where this SUV should feel. So, I got no issues there either. Now, touching on rear visibility, looking out my rear-view mirror here, I will say this third row headrest are kind of beefy. So, if you don't have the third row in use, go ahead and fold down that third row, and you're not going to have that issue, and you can see perfectly fine out the back. So, it's perfectly fine for me. I just got the third row up right now for whatever reason. So, that is what it is. Also, I did want to mention, let me go ahead and flip this real quick. Yes, that's what I thought. Okay, you got the rear camera mirror as well. So, if you go on a road trip to Ocean City, Maryland, or really wherever, you get what I'm saying, but and you got the cargo piled all the way up to the ceiling in the back there, you obviously are not going to be able to use your rear-view mirror. However, you got the rear camera mirror, and that camera is mounted on the outside of the Vistiq. So, therefore, even if you have the cargo piled up to the ceiling, you can still see who or what is behind you because of the rear camera mirror. So, visibility-wise, that is a giant plus as well. But, touching on forward visibility a little bit, rain-sensing windshield wipers do come standard on the Vistiq. So, whenever this thing detects any kind of mist or rainfall, it's going to automatically turn on this windshield wipers for you. Also, lastly, for forward visibility, I'm looking at a head-up display. It's projecting safety features to the right, also my speed right now, and it's super bright. I can see them perfectly fine through these James Oro frames. So, feel free to go ahead and click that link if you wanted to support the channel by I love the head-up display. That looks super good as well, and that's for the premium luxury and the platinum trim levels. But, that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review, you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior now of our brand new 2027 Cadillac Vistiq. All right, so here she is, you guys, the new 2027 Cadillac Vistiq finished in Adobe Frost with the black roof. That is the the color combo we we with us here today, and it's actually one of 150 currently available in the US and Canada. So, it's kind of a rare spec, so that's pretty cool. So, that's one of the new colors, by the way, one of the three new colors for the 2027 Vistiq is the Adobe Frost. You also have Cashmere and Granite Tri-Coat is the third new color for this year. But, anyways, as always, let's go ahead and start with where the Vistiq is made. Taking a look at the VIN, first character is the number one, indicating that the Vistiq is built and assembled here in the US, in case you were curious. But, starting up front, you will find an illuminated front grill. It looks pretty darn cool when it is illuminated with the illuminated emblem then as well. To the sides, LED headlights with lighting choreography. That is definitely very nice looking as well. You also, of course, have LED daytime running lights. You get the automatic feature. You get automatic high beams then as well. So, if you have your high beams on at night and it senses a vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's going to automatically dim them back to low beams. Then, when that vehicle is gone, it's going to automatically bounce it back up the high beams for you there. So, always kind of nice, but do want to come back to that Adobe Frost. Get up a little bit closer here to just to show you guys. It's not a metallic finish. It is a matte finish, which is pretty sticking cool. So, been seeing more matte finishes lately, but it always looks good and it's unlike most on the road. So, pretty darn cool. But, that pretty much rounds out the front end of the Vistiq. Let's now go ahead and swing around to the side. All right, so we're now sitting around to the side of this one. Starting all the way to the top, you got some gloss black roof rails there. Uh chrome or gloss black upper window trim, depending upon the spec that you go with, of course. Rear privacy glass does come standard, but the one major change for 2027. You guys remember those weird graphics on the rear quarter window? Well, they're completely gone for 2027. That's That's a big change because that was definitely something unique and unlike anything else last year. But, uh yeah, it looks pretty darn clean without them. I got to be honest for 2027 here. But, taking a look at the side mirrors, they are body-colored power adjustable side mirrors. They will be heated with LED integrated turn signals. They're going to be power folding, and you get an auto dimming driver side mirror then as well. Little bit of front fender accents essentially just with the Cadillac logo there. You got flush door handles unless they're popped out like they currently are right now. And as far as the charging port goes, it's going to be found on the driver side front fender there. So, that's where that is located. And taking a look down at the wheel setup, it is going to be a completely different wheel configuration for each individual trim level. So, starting with the luxury, you get 20-in silver alloys for the Sport, 21-in diamond cut alloys. For the Premium Luxury, it's going to be 22-in diamond cut alloys. And then for the Platinum, and that is actually the one we have with us here today, that is going to be 22-in reverse rim alloys. So, that's what they're going to look like. But that pretty much rounds out the side profile. Let's now go ahead and swing around to the back. So, then else this we are around to the back of this one starting all the way to the top. We're looking at a gloss black shark fin antenna. Probably cuz we got the gloss black roof with us here today. Also, a rear spoiler with an integrated brake light. If you're wondering where the rear window wiper is located, typical Cadillac fashion, they've done this on their Escalades for quite a while. And Chevy does this on their Tahoes and Suburbans as well. Hopefully you guys could see that, but it's tucked away underneath somewhere under there. But that's how that works. LED tail lights do come standard back there. And of course, there is no exhaust clip here. They typically do that next in the video, but this is an EV. So, there's not going to be any of that. But having said that, let's now go ahead and make our way to the interior of the 2027 Cadillac Vistiq. So, then else this we are around to the back of the Vistiq. When it comes to opening that rear tailgate, it is an auto sense power tailgate. So, that's pretty cool. And there is a button on the key fob of course as well. But I think the coolest way to open in that rear tailgate is going to be through the Cadillac logo on the back of the Vistiq. You simply just press in on the Cadillac logo, and that is how it opens up. It's kind of like pressing on on the back of a Volkswagen Golf, and it opens up for you. So, it's the 007 way to open it up. That's the way I would always open this one up. But anyways, once opened up, cargo capacity comes in at 15.2 cubic feet behind that third row. If that was not enough space, of course, the third row does fold down. It's going to bump that up to 43 cubic feet. Then with all rows folded, 80.2 cubic feet. So, that's a pretty substantial amount of space. Obviously, not as much space as the Escalade, but still plenty of space back there. But, the cool thing is to fold down the rear seats, there were some buttons found in the cargo area. So, it did make folding them down super nice and convenient there. But, there are some chrome-plated tie-down anchors back there. You have LED cargo lighting. I did find a 12-V power outlet back there as well. Then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor, you will find some in-floor storage, more than likely to put the charging cables. But, then making our way up to the third row legroom, that comes in at 30.6 inches. So, for reference, I'm being even 6-ft tall, not a ton of space for me back there. But, I will say the second row seats do slide forward and back, so you probably could make a little more space for the third row passengers, but definitely better left for small children. I'll just put it that way. And they would be perfectly comfortable in the third row though. But, rear ventilation, of course, does come standard. You got cup holders back there as well, and dual rear USB charging ports for them too. But, then making our way up to the second row legroom, that comes in at a very impressive 40.1 inches. Typically, anything 40 or above, I always say is luxury style rear legroom. So, that's plenty fine. For reference, I'm still an even 6-ft tall. This is how much space I had in the second row there. Dual rear USB charging ports coming standard. You got bench seating for the luxury and sport, and then captain's chairs for the premium luxury and platinum. That's why we have them with us here today. It's going to be optional on the sport, those captain's chairs, by the way. Heated second row does come standard. You got an infotainment screen for the second row passengers as well to kind of adjust everything. I always think that's pretty cool in this thing. And rear window sunshades would be nice. I think that's the only thing I would probably change about the the second row there. But, then making our way up to the front seats, power adjustable front seats with four-way power lumbar coming standard. Heated and ventilated front seats do come standard. Massaging front seats coming standard as well. All right, in case you were curious about how the massaging seats work cuz I didn't pick up on it for the longest time. There's a circular dial found on the doors. If you press that in, that is how you activate the massaging seats. So, go figure. I feel like that should have been set up a different way, but I guess I got used to it. But, memory settings coming with the premium luxury and platinum trim levels. Overall, as far as seat comfort goes, it's plenty fine now that I have the massaging seats going. So, you can't argue with that. But, now let's go ahead and take a look at the steering wheel. It is tilt and telescoping. It is power adjustable. It is heated. And it is two-spoke. Which is kind of cool. It's kind of unique cuz you usually see that three-spoke steering wheel with the the center post coming down in the middle at the 6:00 position. But, this is just a two-spoke one. So, that's kind of creative. Now, making our way to the startup, let me start up by showing you guys the key here. You got your Cadillac logo on the one side. Then, when you flip it over, lock, unlock, the button to pop the rear tailgate, and the times two button, that is your remote start. Which, of course, comes standard on all trim levels across the board. But, it is all keyless entry with no push button start because all you need to do is simply sit down on this thing with the vehicle sensing the key, and then just put it in drive or reverse or whatever you need to do, and you're going. There's no button start or anything like that. But, today we're making our way to the gauge cluster here. This is pretty cool. This is a curved 33-in diagonal LED display. So, that counts the infotainment screen, of course, as well. But, anyways, it does look pretty nice. Overall, as far as the gauges go, you got a big old digital readout front and center. You have your outside temperature, time of the day, what day of the week it is, the date, how many miles you have left until you hit empty. Of course, there's your charging percentage as well. I wasn't able to find it, but if there is a way to adjust the look of the gauge cluster, let me know. I know if you put it in sport driving mode, it changes it a little bit. But, this car is quite a bit techy, and I'm sure there's probably a way. So, let me know in the comment section if there is a way to go ahead and adjust the gauge cluster, but it still looks good nonetheless. Now, let's go ahead and make our way to overall interior quality. There's a panoramic dual pane power sunroof that does come standard for all trim levels. Uh the only thing with power sunroof, although it is large and in charge and I like that, I think a frosted glass option would be nice kind of like the Volkswagen ID Buzz does where you can make it kind of open or you can frost it. It's kind of your choice. There's a way to do that. Or like BMW Sky Lounge LED roof where it looks like little ambient lighting color stars up in the roof as well. I think that's another option Cadillac could do. I just a couple options Cadillac there for future improvement. LED interior lighting does come standard. You get Homelink controls for up to three different garage doors. You get dual wireless phone chargers located just below this mini infotainment screen here front and center to control the climate control settings. Uh so, that's pretty cool that there's two of them up there. And by the way, there is five-zone climate control that comes standard on this thing. So, driver, passenger, second row passengers, and third row passengers then as well. So, that's pretty cool. There's also a bunch of hidden storage found underneath the wireless phone chargers there. Uh there's storage to the right of the driver seat as well. It's not a ton, but it's probably enough to like put a cell phone or something like that. Looks like it's outlined in wood and uh a little bit of ambient lighting. So, that's pretty cool. And in case anybody was curious where the headlight button was, I just figured that out too. That's on the left-hand side of the gauge cluster. Never in a million years would I have thought that and I think I just forgot about it. That is where that is located. So, that's pretty cool. I like these little knobby thingies for the climate control uh vents here but it's finished in a silver and it's texturized and it looks very high quality there. So, I like that. Also, like the wood trim found on the doors here. That looks good. Looks like we have some aluminum speaker covers. We'll be testing out that sound system in a little bit here. Also, nice texturized finish to the uh LED interior lighting up top here. And that lighting by the way, you could just simply barely touch it and it turns on and off. So, that's pretty cool how that works. There's no like physical button. Also, looks like we have a suede headliner. Always like seeing that. That's very high-end as well. Looks like we have speakers in the the headrest up here. So, again, going to test out that sound system in a little bit. Aluminum speaker covers on the ceiling speakers, too. This sound system has got to be absolutely nuts. But, anyways, interior quality is perfectly fine. Definitely did not have any issues with that. But, speaking of, let's go ahead and make our way to the infotainment screen here. So, again, this is part of the 33-in curved diagonal screen with 9K resolution, by the way. Bluetooth and audio streaming up there. No Android Auto Apple CarPlay, but you do have Google-based navigation. So, it's essentially the same thing, I guess. Ambient lighting settings you can adjust up there. You can see your charging statistics, of course. Just playing around with all of this right now. Of course, you got your navigation up there, like I was saying. Drive modes, as well, along with your radio information. And so, this might be the most speakers that I have ever seen on paper in a vehicle. So, this is a 23-speaker AKG sound system. That's a lot of speakers, you guys. So, let's go ahead and turn on the radio. Let's see what we got playing today. And let's test out the clarity of this one. All right, that song was called Make It to Heaven. So, don't we all want to get there? But, uh yeah, that was plenty fine. Nothing wrong with that sound system. The clarity, I think, is what impressed me the most there. It was crystal clear. Which makes sense with 23 speakers in the size of really any vehicle. So, that was a pretty darn good sound system. And again, I feel like most of the speakers, if not all of them, are covered in aluminum. So, super high-end sound system there. But, anyways, last thing I wanted to mention to you guys on that infotainment screen is when you do put the vehicle in reverse, you will find a rearview camera coming standard across the board. You also get that surround view monitor there to the left, as well. That does come standard for all trim levels, giving you that bird's-eye view, which is always is going to lead us into safety. And so, first thing I always like to mention is the IIHS rating. This one is not yet been rated by IIHS though, so I'm not going to mention it. Front, side, side, curtain airbags do come standard. Driver and passenger knee airbags up front as well. In the back you got latch, aka lower anchors and tethers for children for the rear car seats. Rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system, but also coming standard. Driver attention assist, traffic sign recognition. There's a teen driver mode, which prevents your teen driver from turning off the safety features. I'm not sure you want your teen driver in a car that goes 0 to 60 in 3.6 seconds, quite honestly, but I digress. Adaptive cruise control, blind spot steering assist, front pedestrian and bicyclist braking, forward collision alert, rear cross traffic alert, and automatic emergency braking then as well. So, overall what are my customer final thoughts of the Vistic? This thing is stupid quick, like crazy quick. 0 to 60 in 3.6 with all that power right off the bat, it's absolutely bonkers. 70 miles in 10 minutes, that's pretty darn impressive as well. Like, electric cars are still getting better. Like, I'm impressed with that. A great interior quality, all the high-end finishes from the aluminum speaker covers to the wood trim. It's just done really darn well as expected, I guess. Also plenty of space, over 80 cubic feet of cargo space, there's nothing wrong with that. I think if there's one room for improvement, and really it's not a big deal if you can afford this thing anyways, is any EV, no matter which EV you go with, when it comes time to trade it in, you're going to find they have the worst resale value, really of any vehicles out there. So, that's the only trade-off with EVs right now at least. Maybe that'll change in the future when more people start getting them, but for now, yeah, the resale value just isn't all there. But again, you can get a Tesla, it would be the exact same thing. So, no matter what, it's just the way it is. But that pretty much rounds out this one, you guys. Thank you so much for watching. Feel free to follow me on social media stuff at the bottom of the screen if you want to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube. 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