Cadillac Lyriq vs BMW iX
Electric SUVs · head to head, 2023–2026
The Cadillac Lyriq and BMW iX were both sold for 4 model years (2023–2026). Among the Lyriq's own years, its best bet is 2023; years to avoid: 2024; the newest year rated a good buy is 2025. Among the iX's own years, its best bet is 2022; no year to avoid; the newest year rated a good buy is 2025.
Cadillac Lyriq
SUV · 2023–2027
- Best bet 2023
- Newest good buy 2025
- Avoid 2024
BMW iX
SUV · 2022–2026
- Best bet 2022
- Newest good buy 2025
- Avoid none
How to read this: each model's verdicts compare that model's own years with each other (serious owner complaints per car on the road against that model's usual year, using New York registrations). They are not a reliability ranking of one model against the other, so a good-buy Lyriq year says nothing about whether it beats a iX. (How we judge.)
Year by year, side by side
| Year | Cadillac Lyriq | BMW iX | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TOO NEWOnly 1.1 years of owner reports | TOO NEWOnly 1.1 years of owner reports | Side by side |
| 2025 | GOOD BUYSerious complaints 1.0× usual | GOOD BUYSerious complaints 0.9× usual | Side by side |
| 2024 | AVOIDSerious complaints 3.7× usual, mostly collision avoidance and brakes | GOOD BUYSerious complaints 1.2× usual | Side by side |
| 2023 | BEST BUYSerious complaints 0.4× usual | GOOD BUYSerious complaints 1.1× usual | Side by side |
Each chip rates that year against the same model's other years. Tap a chip for the year's details; "Side by side" compares both models that year, trim by trim.
Compare any year, trim by trim
2026: the newest shared year, at a glance
| 2026 Cadillac Lyriq | 2026 BMW iX | |
|---|---|---|
| Our verdict (vs the model's own years) | TOO NEW | TOO NEW |
| Starting price (MSRP range) | — | $75,150 to $111,500 base price by trim, 3 trims |
| Engines and horsepower | Electric | Electric |
| Fuel economy (EPA combined) | 80–92 MPGe | 75–97 MPGe |
| Seats | — | 5 |
| Third row | — | No |
| Cargo behind last row | — | 35.5 cu ft |
| Max cargo | — | 77.9 cu ft |
| Max towing | — | 3,500 lb |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5 of 5 stars | Not rated |
| Recalls · owner complaints (NHTSA) | 1 · 7 | 0 · 3 |
Sources: OpenSpec and the makers' equipment guides, NHTSA vPIC, EPA and NHTSA ratings. Cargo, towing and bed length rows appear when we have them. "—": not in our data. Compare every 2026 trim →
Key features: base trim vs top trim
| Lyriq Luxury first listed | Lyriq V Premium last listed | iX xDrive45 lowest price, $75,150 | iX M70 highest price, $111,500 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wireless Apple CarPlay | Standard | — | Standard | Standard |
| Adaptive cruise control | Standard | Standard | Standard | Standard |
| Blind-spot warning | Standard | Standard | Standard | Standard |
| Heated front seats | Standard | — | Standard | Standard |
| Ventilated front seats | No | — | Optional | Standard |
| Sunroof or moonroof | No | — | Optional | Standard |
| 360-degree camera | Standard | — | — | — |
| Power liftgate or tailgate | Standard | — | — | — |
"Standard" and "Optional" are for that trim as the 2026 data lists it (a package or option adds an "Optional" item); "—": not verified in our sources, never a guess. The cheapest and most expensive trim of each model; every trim is on the model's 2026 page (Lyriq, iX).
Known fixes and extended coverage
Cadillac Lyriq
14 manufacturer programs on file: 0 extended coverage, 14 repair programs.
BMW iX
11 manufacturer programs on file: 0 extended coverage, 11 repair programs.
From manufacturer bulletins filed with NHTSA, counted per program. A count is how many programs exist, not how good or bad a model is: a maker that extends coverage is paying for a known problem. A dealer can look up whether a car has had the work done or is still covered.
Which should you buy?
- Buying used, years both are rated a good buy: 2023, 2025. In those years, choose on price, size and features.
- Shopping around 2024: the iX is rated good buy (serious complaints 1.2× usual), while the Lyriq is rated avoid (serious complaints 3.7× usual, mostly collision avoidance and brakes). Each against its own other years.
- Years to skip: Lyriq 2024.
- Newest year rated a good buy: Lyriq 2025; iX 2025.
- Best EPA combined rating in 2026: iX at 97 MPGe (Lyriq: 92), for the most efficient version of each.
- Before you buy either: run the VIN for open recalls and ask the dealer whether the extended-coverage repairs above were done.
Rules applied to the data on this page: no overall winner is declared, because our verdicts compare each model with itself.