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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Cadillac escalates the Escalade into something even more ostentatious.
BY STEVE SILER, November 2007
Just when we thought Cadillac was going all Toyota on us, saving the planet—well Planet Hollywood, anyway—with its Escalade Hybrid, we can take some solace knowing the brand still has its head right where it belongs.
Yes, Cadillac continues to introduce new embodiments of the big, showy, consumptive beasts that have made it, um, the Cadillac of automobiles for decades. And in no vehicle is that legacy more reverently honored than in the new Escalade Platinum edition.
According to the press release, the Escalade Platinum takes Cadillac’s “design, elegance, and technology to its fullest expression,” which is saying something, since it can be argued that the standard Escalade is a pretty full expression of all that in the first place.
Techno-Bling Surprises
This is a fitting vehicle to debut light-emitting diode (LED) headlights among American-branded automobiles. The Platinum will feature multi-element stacked LED headlamps starting in summer 2008, about four months after production of the Platinum commences.
The new lights are set inside a revised front end that mimics the Cadillac CTS sedan, which includes an all-chrome version of that top-to-bottom grille and a more angular, sculpted bumper.
Also new for Escalade-and new to a Big Three SUV-maker-is the fitment of Magnetic Ride Control, which involves the same sort of road-sensing magnetorheologic shocks also found on the Corvette, XLR, and even the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. We've seen how effective these shocks are in smoothing out the ride of sports cars, and now we're curious to see how effective they are in maintaining proper body attitude in such a markedly different vehicle.
BY STEVE SILER, November 2007
Just when we thought Cadillac was going all Toyota on us, saving the planet—well Planet Hollywood, anyway—with its Escalade Hybrid, we can take some solace knowing the brand still has its head right where it belongs.
Yes, Cadillac continues to introduce new embodiments of the big, showy, consumptive beasts that have made it, um, the Cadillac of automobiles for decades. And in no vehicle is that legacy more reverently honored than in the new Escalade Platinum edition.
According to the press release, the Escalade Platinum takes Cadillac’s “design, elegance, and technology to its fullest expression,” which is saying something, since it can be argued that the standard Escalade is a pretty full expression of all that in the first place.
Techno-Bling Surprises
This is a fitting vehicle to debut light-emitting diode (LED) headlights among American-branded automobiles. The Platinum will feature multi-element stacked LED headlamps starting in summer 2008, about four months after production of the Platinum commences.
The new lights are set inside a revised front end that mimics the Cadillac CTS sedan, which includes an all-chrome version of that top-to-bottom grille and a more angular, sculpted bumper.
Also new for Escalade-and new to a Big Three SUV-maker-is the fitment of Magnetic Ride Control, which involves the same sort of road-sensing magnetorheologic shocks also found on the Corvette, XLR, and even the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. We've seen how effective these shocks are in smoothing out the ride of sports cars, and now we're curious to see how effective they are in maintaining proper body attitude in such a markedly different vehicle.
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