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2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum front 3/4 view
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum rear 3/4 view
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum front 3/4 view
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum rear 3/4 view
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum side view
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum front view
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum rear view
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum front 3/4 view
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum front 3/4 view
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum grille
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum grille
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum grille
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum headlight
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum headlight
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum badge
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum badge
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum wheel
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum wheel detail
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum side detail
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum badge
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum badge
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum taillight
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum engine
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum engine
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum engine
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum interior
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum interior
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum interior
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum front seats
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum steering wheel
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum steering wheel controls
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum tachometer
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum speedometer
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum gauges
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum gauges
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum dash controls
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum audio system
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum audio system
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum hybrid system info
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum hybrid system info
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum navigation system
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum backup camera
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum instrument panel
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum center console
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum center console
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum cup holder
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum dash
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum sill plate
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum door controls
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum rear seats
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum rear seats
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum rear seats
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum rear seat television screen
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum rear seat television screen
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum remote and headphones
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum rear cargo area
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum rear cargo area
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum rear cargo area
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum rear cargo area
2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum rear cargo area
Known for unmitigated excess to some, the Cadillac Escalade embodies over-the-top transportation for oil barons and high-rolling hip-hop stars. TheDetroitBureau.com quotes an unnamed senior Cadillac official as 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 TDB says General Motors 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.