What’s in Escalade 2025?

Escalade has become one of the highly sought-after luxury cars among its peers for the high class and the VIPs of this world.

Recently, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State gave a brand new Escalade to the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi as a 50th birthday gift.

Escalade is described as Cadillac’s large-and-in-charge luxury flagship. It is a bold, tech-laden, three-row take on the full-size-SUV formula.

For the 2025 version, it has been laced with some new features for the comfort and luxury of the owners.

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What’s new for 2025?

The Escalade’s exterior updates include a revised face featuring a larger grille with new patterns, squinting daytime running lights below the hood crease, horizontal LED headlamps, and an available illuminated grille surround.

The rear has revised taillights, a new lower bumper cover, and minor trim adjustments. For 2025, there’s also the introduction of available 24-inch wheels—the largest ever offered on an Escalade.

New colours include Deep Sea metallic, Latte metallic, and Aegean Stone. Inside, the pillar-to-pillar curved dash display grows to a total of 55 inches, up from the former 38 inches.

The steering wheel has been redesigned and there are two new interior colour packages: Renaissance Red and Sheer Gray. The V-series adds more carbon-fibre accents and unique quilted upholstery. Super Cruise, GM’s hands-free driving technology, is now standard across the lineup. The Escalade is also no longer available with the diesel 3.0-litre inline-six.

Engine and transmission

Cadillac’s biggest SUV is powered by a standard 420-hp 6.2-litre V-8 that pairs with a 10-speed automatic transmission and rear- or all-wheel-drive.

The previous diesel powertrain that was underpowered but provided improved fuel economy has been ditched for 2025. For Escalade fans with a need for speed, only the V will do.

It’s powered by a beastly supercharged 6.2-litre V-8 making 682 horsepower. This is in addition to the supercharged V-8’s power and baritone burble.

Interior

As the flagship of the Cadillac lineup, the Escalade has also improved on the in-cabin luxury. Faux leather is used in the base Luxury trim, but all other trims receive the real deal, with Platinum models getting extra-soft semi-aniline hides. Leather-covered dash and door panels, aluminum speaker grilles, and adjustable interior ambient lighting provide an upscale appearance, although some switchgear is shared with lesser GM models.

Infotainment

It comes with a digital dashboard, which comprises three curved OLED displays that layer on top of one another to create a cool 55.0-inches of combined digital real estate, up from the previous model’s 38.

Other tech features include an augmented-reality navigation system and an available rear-seat entertainment package that includes two 12.6-inch displays with streaming capability.

Everybody gets wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to mirror their smartphones, and a Wi-Fi hotspot is available. Audiophiles will be in for a treat no matter which Escalade model they choose.