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Car and Driver Finds the 2026 Cadillac Optiq-V Rewards the Driver More Than the Onlooker

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Car and Driver has put the 2026 Cadillac Optiq-V through its testing and come away impressed with a battery-powered performance crossover that does not advertise itself. The magazine's verdict is that the V's modest exterior gives little hint of what the car can do, and that behind the wheel it proves both capable and genuinely satisfying. For Cadillac's growing stable of electric models, that reads as a quiet compliment to the division's effort on the sporting end of the range.

With reporting from Car and Driver.

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