27 Facts About Cadillac Escalade

Cadillac Escalade is a full-size luxury SUV engineered and manufactured by General Motors.

The Cadillac Escalade was introduced for the 1999 model year in response to competition from the Mercedes-Benz M-Class, Range Rover and Lexus LX as well as Ford's 1998 release of the Lincoln Navigator.

The Cadillac Escalade project went into production only ten months after it was approved.

The Cadillac Escalade ESV is sold in North America, Russia, and Middle East but is available by special order only in some international markets.

Unlike its Chevrolet and GMC siblings, which launched for the 2000 model year, Cadillac delayed the Escalade's switch to the GMT820 chassis until February 2001 as a 2002 model, the last of the three General Motors full-size truck and SUV brands to switch to the new chassis; Cadillac unveiled the 2002 model year Escalade in August 2000 at Pebble Beach, while continuing to sell the 2000 model year trucks.

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Also in 2004, the Platinum edition Cadillac Escalade ESV was introduced at a base price of $71,025; it featured the luxury utility segment's first factory-installed 20-inch chrome wheels, a slightly lowered suspension, heated and cooled seats, heated and cooled cup holders, moon roof, second and third row monitors, an interior that included an ebony and shale dashboard, shale leather upholstery and pleated door panel bolsters, a chrome grille, and a standard 6.

Cadillac Escalade moved to the new GMT900 platform for the 2007 model year, as the GMT900 platforms together were launched together for that year.

The regular Cadillac Escalade was again joined by a stretched ESV version as well as a new EXT sport utility truck.

Standard features of the Cadillac Escalade include air conditioning with tri-zone climate controls, Nuance leather trimmed seats, wood and leather-wrapped steering wheel with audio controls, cruise control, heated front seats and heated 2nd-row seats, 14-way power front seats, memory system, remote engine start, premium sound system, 6-disc CD changer, rear radio controls, compass, power lift-gate, and outside-temperature indicator.

On October 7,2013, Cadillac unveiled the fourth generation Escalade and Escalade ESV at a star-studded event in New York City, just nearly a month after GM unveiled their next-generation SUVs from Chevrolet and GMC.

On November 25,2013, Cadillac began spreading the word of mouth about the 2015 Escalade by placing a front facsimile cutout of the vehicle on display at Saks Fifth Avenue's New York City flagship store during its annual Christmas promotional campaign, which shows the SUV being frozen in wraps.

Production on the 2015 Cadillac Escalade began in January 2014 at GM's Arlington, Texas assembly plant and went on sale in April 2014 as a 2015 model, and available in only three trims: Base, Luxury, and Premium.

Cadillac Escalade was planned to switch to the unibody Lambda platform but was quickly nixed due to customer aversion.

Reviews for the fourth generation Cadillac Escalade's redesign have been met with positive results from automotive critics.

Cadillac Escalade blames the delays on two weeks of "dwell time, " citing "a lengthy quality-assurance process on some interior parts" that caused the lag, as well as additional issues with figuring out which vehicles should be delivered first.

Fifth generation Cadillac Escalade debuted on February 4,2020, in Beverly Hills, California, for the 2021 model year, with sales commencing in the fall of 2020.

In December 2019, Cadillac unveiled a teaser video that featured a 38-inch curved OLED screen dashboard that displayed the Cadillac crest and “Escalade” name, making this version the most unique in the Cadillac roster.

On January 28,2020, Cadillac Escalade introduced the "Super Cruise" feature, allowing for hands-free self-driving.

The Escalade is the first diesel-powered Cadillac offered in North America since the 1985 DeVille and Fleetwood, which were available with an Oldsmobile-developed 4.

The Cadillac Escalade ESV was to mark its maiden entry into the country, starting with the fifth-generation models, but GM canceled those plans in February 2021, citing the difficulty of having an import sold alongside its Chinese-built offerings, the makeup of the facilities that would be required to assemble the full-size SUVs, and concerns that the full-size SUVs won't be able to comply with the stringent emission standards imposed by the Government of China.

The Cadillac Escalade-V is the largest performance SUV in the American market.

The Cadillac Escalade EXT appears in the movie, The Matrix Reloaded along with the CTS in product placement ads.

The Escalade EXT was created as a direct competitor to the failed Lincoln Blackwood, a pickup truck based on the Ford F-150.

The Cadillac Escalade EXT was available in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Middle East.

MY04: Cadillac released its first version of the Platinum Escalade.

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MY08: Cadillac offered the Platinum Edition on its redesigned Escalade and Escalade ESV models.

MY15: The Platinum Cadillac Escalade went on sale in fall of 2014 with a base MSRP at $90k, a price jump to $9k more than the 2014 Cadillac Escalade Platinum price.