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Loaded Tahoes near $100K, a six-figure Escalade base, a Palisade at Lexus money. How mainstream family SUVs crossed into luxury pricing in 2026, and where value still hides.
Read moreThere was a time when the epitome of success for many automobile consumers was ownership of a Cadillac Eldorado or a Cadillac DeVille. The former was a personal luxury coupe and lasted 50 years and 12 generations from its 1952 debut. The DeVille, a full-size luxury sedan, lasted 46 years and eight generations until its 2005 demise. The brand has evolved with smaller, non-land-yacht offerings except for the 2023 Cadillac Escalade V. The 2024 model marks the monstrous sport utility vehicle’s 25th year. Key Takeaways 682 horsepower from a 6.2-liter V8, with a specialized all-wheel-drive system and a 10-speed automatic. 0 to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds in a SUV of nearly 6,000 pounds. $154,856 with options and taxes. 11
Read moreA year after the Lincoln Navigator debuted, General Motors launched the Cadillac Escalade, the luxury brand’s first sport utility vehicle. It was 1998 and a quick rivalry began between the makers of gas-guzzling apartments on wheels. The behemoth auto segment has since expanded. A half-dozen others are in the mix, the GMC Yukon to the Chevrolet Suburban, the Toyota Sequoia to the Nissan Armada. Key Takeaways Engine: a 6.2-liter V8 with 420 horsepower and a 10-speed automatic, rear-wheel drive standard and all-wheel drive optional. 0 to 60 mph in 6.7 seconds for the nearly 6,000-pound SUV. 14 mpg city and 19 highway. About $112,000 with all of its options, in the Premium Luxury Platinum trim reviewed. Cargo: 121 cubic feet
Read moreQuarterback Tom Brady likes expensive cars as much as the next celebrity. But he’s not so attached to his vehicles that he can’t part company with his luxury wheels, like a 2017 Cadillac Escalade. Brady is selling his heavily customized Cadillac Escalade ESV edition for $300,000. It costs $350,000 new. Becker Automotive Design in Oxnard, California customized the one-of-a-kind sport utility vehicle. Brady called the Escalade his “sanctuary.” Tom Brady’s 2017 Cadillac Escalade Specs * It was stretched by 20 inches, with the rear doors extended by 10 inches. * The roof was raised five inches and enforced with steel support ribbing so that it exceeds U.S. Federal Safety Standards and Crush Resistance Laws. * The Escalade features extra-large, custom-made
Read moreFour Cadillac Escalade models combined share the dubious honor with numerous pick-ups trucks as the vehicles in the United States with the most and most expensive theft claims during the past three years, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI). The group’s latest study shows Escalades combine to have the most theft claims and the highest average amount ($114) per theft. That’s 10 times more than the average amount lost per car. According to HLDI, the theft data in compiled from insurance companies representing about 80 percent of all privately owned vehicles. Pickup trucks, including the Escalade EXT, had higher dollar amounts of theft loss ($24), compared with SUVs ($12) and cars ($9). The HLDI suggests it’s because fewer
Read moreThe institute looked only at cars from the most recent three model years as reported on AOL Autos, and all vehicles with state-of-the-art anti-theft technologies. The HLDI, based in Dallas, Texas, is a nonprofit research organization that publishes insurance loss statistics on most automobile, SUV, pickup truck, and motorcycle models on United States highways. Sponsored by the automobile insurance industry, HLDI database includes more than 150 million individual passenger vehicles, about 80 percent of all privately insured vehicles on the road. Here are the current top-10 most popular cars among thieves in the United States. 1. Cadillac Escalade, 10.8 per thousand 2. Chevrolet Silverado, 8.0 per thousand 3. Dodge Charger, 7.4 per thousand 4. Chevrolet Avalanche, 7.4 per thousand 5.
Read moreThirty some years later and somethings are still the same. Just like that Eldorado that my dad bought in 1978, the 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid has that almost magic American quality of being bigger on the outside than on the inside. After driving the Escalade for a week, I finally get why my dad bought that Eldorado. Just like the Eldorado, the Escalade is big shouldered, brash and very American (or is it Texan) in-your-face-sort of a ride. For instance, I could drive a Prius from Denver to Nebraska tailgating “that” car doing 55 mph in the fast lane and it would never budge an inch. On short trip down the local highway, the Escalade parted the slow-moving traffic in
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