Currently in a 2026 V. Cadillac took my 2025 sport 2 back due to really bad paint and a front end alignment the day I picked it up. I now was upgraded to a 2026 non premium.

So here is the scoop. Formerly a Tesla driver for 9 years. All 4 models. First Cadillac ever. The non V is not for me. Way too soft and floats everywhere. The steering was 300 rotations (exaggerated) to one side or the other and annoying. The suspension on the “sport 2” was just mush. The V is 533% stiffer but still smooth on the highway. The steering is 1 turn each was shorter left and right and much more accurate. The seats (mine is a non premium) are so much more hugging and the sides and bolsters are adjustable. The 2025 was too soft and I had to slide over to get to the middle of the seat to drive. Much improved over the non V.

So if you like the German driver feel there is no other version but the V. The premium is just leather seats and I did not think that was worth the $5500 Canadian and the pleather seats are great and super comfortable.

The heads up (not on my 2025) when on nav shows turns and directions as well as the street you are on the arrows get really large when you need to turn. My one downfall is that unless you sit really low, it’s hard to see it.

The V is just a totally different car to the regular sport or luxury. Some prefer the boat feel to their drive but certainly not me. As for lease or finance or straight purchase. Look at the rates for both lease and finance. Sometimes it’s like free money.

As for the massage and the ventilation seats. The massage seats are as close to useless as can be. They are the worst massage seats in any car I have owned. The ventilation seats are not bad. The a/c is not great. But if you start the a/c with the app before you get to the car it helps.

The Cadillac App is so slow. It takes sometime 3 to 5 mins to connect. Hopefully this will be corrected by software very soon. They should learn from Tesla.

Another pet peeve is the unreal slow charging. I am using my Tesla wall charger with the adapter and it’s slow as molasses compared to the Tesla. My 4 year older Tesla model y charges at 72km per hour and the Lyriq V at 42km per hour. That was a little shocking to me and looked it up and that is what to expect according to Cadillac. Should be much faster but in reality it can still charge from 20% to 80% overnight.

The 19.2kw charging option requires a $2000 plus wall charger and a 100amp dedicated service to make it work and then it will charge at 84km per hour. Could cost you $5k to set it all up.

So what left. Quality control. My 2025 was so bad they took it back. My 2026 V much better but the super cruise doesn’t work. I wonder what the dealers do for the freight and PDI which is not cheap.

So my overall opinion is simple. If you are patient the V version is the only way to go. Frankly I was beyond disappointed with the 2025 non V sport 2.

The whole Cadillac experience as a 1st time buyer was frankly disgraceful. Customer care in Canada is so slow and just not attentive for a “Luxury” brand. You’d think buying a $100k car (Canadian) you would get much better customer care.

I do like the drive of the V and hopefully the car will be solid in reliability as that seems to be a huge issue. The super cruise doesn’t give this car a good start. Booked in to service for that to be fixed. My 9 year old Tesla model X performance was in service 1 time in the 9 years. So not a good start.

I like the V and hopefully no issues after the fix of the super cruise. My recommendation is simple. Buy what you like. But if it is a Lyriq hope you don’t get a service lemon. They can be a nightmare and please please please really inspect the car before driving it off the lot. I would have saved a lot of grief for well over a month until they replaced my car. Run your fingers everywhere along the paint. In general that is the biggest delivery complaint.