Cadillac Lyriq EV first drive

Cadillac Lyriq EV first drive
Lyriq comes in two flavours. This is the Sport, with more blacked-out bits.
David Linklater
For a short time there, we were living the American dream: based at the Pendry Hotel just off Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, commuting through Beverly Hills, organically excellent lunch in Topanga and a gentle cruise through Malibu and Santa Monica in the late afternoon.Nice context for the car we’re here to drive, but also all a bit of a distraction. We’re piloting the Cadillac Lyriq around some of the posher parts of Los Angeles, but we’re doing it as a first taste of a car that’s New Zealand-bound....

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