Cadillac Escalade to get new lease on life in 2014
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Cadillac Escalade to get new lease on life in 2014
Cadillac Escalade to get new lease on life in 2014
Known for unmitigated excess to some, the Cadillac Escalade embodies over-the-top transportation for oil barons and high-rolling hip-hop stars. The Detroit Bureau quotes an unknown senior Cadillac official saying, "We were finding that for everyone turned on by that image there were four (potential luxury buyers) who were [turned off]." Add in national gas prices flirting with $5 a gallon, and the Escalade seemed destined to join the flamboyant fins of the 1959 Eldorado.
But The Detroit Bureau says GM saw too much profit in the tanker-sized truck and plans to refresh it in early 2014 as a 2015 model. The Bureau predicts the SUV will continue to be body-on-frame with the new 2013 Chevrolet pickup underpinnings holding it all together. It's probably safe to assume the luxury will be upsized, the engine uptuned and the price upjacked.
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/05/23/c...-life-in-2014/
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"We were finding that for everyone turned on by that image there were four (potential luxury buyers) who were [turned off]."
Well, never mind the other four.
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It will be interesting to see if the next-generation Escalade and Navagator keep their names or join the Cadillac/Lincoln alphabet-soup.
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The Escalade and plenty of other high priced Luxury vehicles all suffer then same fate, people buying them are buying them for the image not really realizing what they cost in the long run
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Non-rapstars and gangstas can save over $15K by purchasing the GMC Yukon Denali. Identical specs, very similar features.
Escalade Premium:
Yukon Denali:
If your image doesn't require a couple of gold teeth, furs, and a big hat, you can save a considerable amount of money - and get a lot of theft insurance by buying the Denali. Now that you have the "stealth Ex", the difference can go for the up-armor package.
Escalade Premium:
Yukon Denali:
If your image doesn't require a couple of gold teeth, furs, and a big hat, you can save a considerable amount of money - and get a lot of theft insurance by buying the Denali. Now that you have the "stealth Ex", the difference can go for the up-armor package.
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LOL... How come you have to be a gangsta or rapper to drive a cadillac. While in New York for work alot of the drivers picked us up in Escalades. In my neighbourhood alot of the soccer moms drive them as well. Sadly, my girl wants one... so unless another SUV can "WOW" her, looks like im a going to be a gangsta.
Hopefully, fuel economy will be something they focus on.
Hopefully, fuel economy will be something they focus on.
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LOL... How come you have to be a gangsta or rapper to drive a cadillac. While in New York for work alot of the drivers picked us up in Escalades. In my neighbourhood alot of the soccer moms drive them as well. Sadly, my girl wants one... so unless another SUV can "WOW" her, looks like im a going to be a gangsta.
Hopefully, fuel economy will be something they focus on.
Hopefully, fuel economy will be something they focus on.
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So True!! The only trucks that are close are the Mercedes Benz GL Class, or Infiniti's QX as far as size, cargo capability and seating but even that comes up relatively short. Perhaps if Range Rover were to ever extend the wheelbase and offer a true 3rd row and not jump seats. But even then it would still come up short also. Cadillac definitely cornered the market on that while Lincoln pretty much fell off of the map with the Navigator. But perhaps with their recent turn around the Navigator is due for a resurrection and new grille