It took over twenty years however the Cadillac Escalade is lastly getting supercharged.
On Wednesday, the luxurious automaker revealed the 2023 Cadillac Escalade-V in full with a blown V-8, out there Tremendous Cruise, and it’ll all value $149,990 when it arrives later this yr.
2023 Cadillac Escalade-V
Below the hood there are not any surprises: a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 rated at 682 hp and 653 lb-ft of torque hooked to a 10-speed computerized transmission. Cadillac stated the Escalade V will dash from 0-60 mph in 4.4 seconds, although it hasn’t stated what the massive SUV’s high pace is but. A sport-tuned suspension system with adaptive dampers, Brembo brakes up entrance, and digital limited-slip rear differential are all a part of the package deal. A brand new V drive mode might be unique to this Escalade mannequin and allow drivers to tweak the steering weight, brake calibration, suspension firmness, powertrain response, and lively exhaust to their liking.
2023 Cadillac Escalade-V
Together with the pictures, Cadillac shared a brief video that options the sound of the Escalade-V’s engine raging by means of the gears. The powertrain’s acquainted and throaty. The sound warms our hearts and certain the planet.
Design modifications are way more refined than the engine swap, however embrace a entrance splitter, purple brake calipers and quad-exhaust suggestions. There’s additionally V-Sequence badging inside and outside so you recognize this factor is pricey and supercharged.
2023 Cadillac Escalade-V
Inside there is a three-spoke steering wheel and what look like body-hugging sport bucket seats. The Escalade’s customary curved 38-inch OLED digital show dominates the dashboard and a 36-speaker AKG Studio Reference sound system comes customary. The listing of ordinary gear is deep together with a coloration heads-up show, rear seat leisure system, augmented-reality navigation system, night time imaginative and prescient, and 16-way energy heated, ventilated, and massaging entrance seats.
Lively security expertise together with computerized emergency braking, lane hold help, lane departure warnings, surround-view digital camera system, rear cross-traffic alert, and adaptive cruise management is all customary. However Cadillac’s Degree 2 Tremendous Cruise hands-free driver help system is an choice moderately than customary.
Be aware, Cadillac’s plans for the Escalade do not finish with the V-Sequence, which is able to inevitably swill gasoline. There can even be a battery-electric model constructed on Common Motors’ Ultium platform. The platform, which debuted within the 2022 GMC Hummer EV, ought to ship a variety as excessive as 400 miles within the electrical Escalade.
