2007 Cadillac Escalade - Road Test 2007 Cadillac Escalade - Car and Driver
It's not a distinction Cadillac set out to achieve, and the term makes at least some folks from the engineering and product-planning ranks wince when they hear it. But there's no denying the Escalade's popularity with various high-visibility... Looks like mission accomplished to us. Check the bigger grille, inspired, according to the divisional publicity mill, by the Cadillac Sixteen show car of 2003. Check the "tri-element headlamps," with their high-intensity-discharge lights. Check the "front fender vent ports," which neither vent nor port. Of course, Cadillac wants us to look past any perception of pandering to the 15-minutes-of-fame folks and look at vehicle virtues. The foundation, for example, is the new GMT900 full-size SUV and truck platform, a whole order of magnitude stiffer than its predecessor - 49 percent improved in torsional rigidity, according to Cadillac. Firmer underpinnings, a wider track (plus three inches front, one inch rear), a new coil-spring front-suspension system, stiffened suspension mounting points, a new power rack-and-pinion steering system, revised four-wheel drive, and an upgraded... Source: www.caranddriver.com
