It’s no big secret that the Escalade from Cadillac and the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban SUV share the same roots. That’s a common occurrence in the automotive world. Historically, critics have asserted that there was not enough difference between the Cadillac and the Chevy products to justify the price spread.
Finally, with this latest generation of the Escalade, those concerns can be put to rest. The new Escalade is now its own vehicle.
For clarity, the Escalade is a traditional truck body on full frame vehicle. It’s big and powerful yet remarkably well advanced and definitely luxurious.
The trick for Cadillac has been to take this large SUV which in one form can be a three-quarter-ton, four-wheel-drive sod busting truck used by survey crews out in the rough, and convert into a refined, elegant, high tech machine that delivers the expected Cadillac experience.
The sheer size of the Escalade allows for a dizzying array of vehicle equipment. This SUV is offered in two body lengths, the regular Escalade and the ESV which is almost two feet longer coming in at 18.6 feet. The ESV model weighs in at just over 6,000 pounds and deliver 120 cubic feet of cargo space…it’s a big machine.
