Compare the2025 Cadillac CelestiqVS 2025 Mercedes EQE Sedan

Both the Celestiq and EQE Sedan have child safety locks to prevent children from opening the rear doors. The Celestiq has power child safety locks, allowing the driver to activate and deactivate them from the driver's seat and to know when they're engaged. The EQE Sedan’s child locks have to be individually engaged at each rear door with a manual switch. The driver can’t know the status of the locks without opening the doors and checking them.

The Cadillac Celestiq has standard driver and front passenger side knee airbags mounted low on the dashboard. These airbags help prevent the driver and front passenger from sliding under their seatbelts or the main frontal airbags; this keeps them better positioned during a collision for maximum protection. Knee airbags also help keep the legs from striking the dashboard, preventing knee and leg injuries in the case of a serious frontal collision. The EQE Sedan doesn’t offer a front passenger side knee airbag.

To provide maximum traction and stability on all roads, Full-Time Four-Wheel Drive is standard on the Celestiq. But it costs extra on the EQE Sedan.

A passive infrared night vision system optional on the Celestiq helps the driver to more easily detect people, animals or other objects in front of the vehicle at night. Using an infrared camera to detect heat, the system then displays the image on a monitor in the dashboard. The EQE Sedan doesn’t offer a night vision system.

The Cadillac Celestiq’s rear backup camera has a standard washer for maintaining a clear view under various conditions. In contrast, the Mercedes EQE Sedan does not offer a rear camera washer, meaning its effectiveness relies on manual cleaning by the user when necessary.

Both the Celestiq and the EQE Sedan have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front and rear seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, around view monitors, rear cross-path warning and driver alert monitors.

The Cadillac Celestiq weighs 466 to 720 pounds more than the Mercedes EQE Sedan. The NHTSA advises that heavier cars are much safer in collisions than their significantly lighter counterparts.

Cadillac’s powertrain warranty covers the Celestiq 2 years and 20,000 miles longer than Mercedes covers the EQE Sedan. Any repair needed on the engine, transmission, axles, joints or driveshafts is fully covered for 6 years or 70,000 miles. Coverage on the EQE Sedan ends after only 4 years or 50,000 miles.

The Celestiq’s corrosion warranty is 1 year longer than the EQE Sedan’s (6 vs. 5 years).

There are over 47 percent more Cadillac dealers than there are Mercedes dealers, which makes it easier should you ever need service under the Celestiq’s warranty.

J.D. Power and Associates’ 2024 survey of the owners of three-year-old vehicles provides the long-term dependability statistics that show that Cadillac vehicles are more reliable than Mercedes With 22 fewer problems per 100 vehicles in the first three years of ownership, J.D. Power ranks Cadillac higher than Mercedes.

The Celestiq’s electric motors produces 367 more horsepower (655 vs. 288) and 229 lbs.-ft. more torque (646 vs. 417) than the EQE 350+’s standard electric motor. The Celestiq’s electric motors produces 367 more horsepower (655 vs. 288) and 82 lbs.-ft. more torque (646 vs. 564) than the EQE 350 4MATIC’s standard electric motors. The Celestiq’s electric motors produces 253 more horsepower (655 vs. 402) and 13 lbs.-ft. more torque (646 vs. 633) than the EQE 500 4MATIC’s standard electric motors.

The Celestiq can travel longer on a full charge than the EQE Sedan on a full charge:

For better traction, the Celestiq has larger tires than the EQE Sedan (285/35R23 vs. 255/40R20). The Celestiq’s optional tires are larger than the largest tires available on the EQE Sedan (285/35R23 vs. 265/40R20).

For better ride, handling and brake cooling the Celestiq has standard 22-inch wheels. Smaller 20-inch wheels are standard on the EQE Sedan. The Celestiq’s optional 23-inch wheels are larger than the 21-inch wheels optional on the EQE Sedan.

The Celestiq has a standard easy tire fill system. When inflating the tires, the vehicle’s integrated tire pressure sensors keep track of the pressure as the tires fill and tell the driver when the tires are inflated to the proper pressure. The EQE Sedan doesn’t offer vehicle monitored tire inflation.

The Celestiq has active sway bars, which help keep it flat and controlled during cornering, but disconnect at lower speeds to smooth the ride and offer greater off-road suspension articulation. This helps keep the tires glued to the road on-road and off. The EQE Sedan doesn’t offer an active sway bar system.

The front and rear suspension of the Celestiq uses air springs for a smoother, controlled ride than the EQE Sedan, which uses coil springs. Air springs maintain proper ride height and ride more smoothly.

The Celestiq offers an available active suspension system, which counteracts cornering forces actively, limiting body roll and improving handling and stability. Mercedes doesn’t offer an active suspension on the EQE Sedan.

For a smoother ride and more stable handling, the Celestiq’s wheelbase is 7.4 inches longer than on the EQE Sedan (130.2 inches vs. 122.8 inches).

The Celestiq uses computer-generated active noise cancellation to help remove annoying noise and vibration from the passenger compartment, especially at low frequencies. The EQE Sedan doesn’t offer active noise cancellation.

The Celestiq has .6 inches more front headroom, 4.1 inches more front legroom, .7 inches more front shoulder room, .7 inches more rear headroom, .5 inches more rear legroom and 2.7 inches more rear shoulder room than the EQE Sedan.

For enhanced passenger comfort on long trips the Celestiq’s rear seats recline. The EQE Sedan’s rear seats don’t recline.

A standard locking glovebox keeps your small valuables safer in the Celestiq. The EQE Sedan doesn’t offer locking storage for small valuables.

Standard air conditioned seats in the front and rear seats keep the Celestiq’s passengers comfortable and take the sting out of hot leather in summer. The EQE Sedan doesn’t offer air-conditioned seats in the rear.

The Celestiq has a standard heated steering wheel to take the chill out of steering on extremely cold winter days before the car heater warms up. A heated steering wheel costs extra on the EQE Sedan.

The Celestiq has standard massaging front seats. Massaging front seats cost extra on the EQE Sedan. The Celestiq also has standard massaging rear seats in order to maximize comfort and eliminate fatigue on long trips. Massaging rear seats aren’t available in the EQE Sedan.

The Celestiq’s standard oscillating air vents move back and forth and distribute air evenly inside the vehicle, making everyone more comfortable. The EQE Sedan doesn’t offer oscillating vents.