Posted on 01/09/2024 9:04:17 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Better known as a world-famous luxury SUV icon, the Cadillac Escalade nameplate was also briefly attached to another body style between 2002 and 2006. Dubbed the Cadillac Escalade EXT, the “sport utility truck” combined the four-door luxury and street panache of the Escalade SUV with a composite pickup truck bed and expanded utility, making for quite a unique offering. Now, we’re rendering this modern Cadillac Escalade pickup that could make for a killer successor to the Escalade EXT.
Granted, this isn’t the first time we’ve rendered a Cadillac Escalade pickup model based on the latest fifth-generation SUV. In fact, we did exactly that as early as 2021, while more recently, we rendered a hypothetical Cadillac Escalade EXT-V that gave the original formula a healthy injection of performance. Now, we’re back at it, but unlike those other two renderings, we’re taking a more rugged approach.
(Excerpt) Read more at gmauthority.com ...
Is it electric?????..............
GM is trying to tap into that pool of black cowboy money (not the sports team)
The ad shows it in dirt. Reality someone who buys that will never drive on a dirt road and never need 4wd other than snow. I’ll keep my Tacoma. Besides it’s a GM (Obama Motors).
People have become such suckers for ‘the newest shiny object’. Whether it be so much excess ‘tech’ on a vehicle, cell phone, house, or makeup on a woman.
The more complicated things are, the more to go wrong. In my trucking career I saw many a snazzy vehicle sitting stranded on a roadside, just like I’ve seen rusted ones.
Doesn't matter, because:
Unfortunately, a new Cadillac Escalade EXT model isn’t in the cards, as indicated by GM Authority sources. Not only that, but GM recently abandoned its trademark filing for the Escalade EXT name, as GM Authority was the first to report.
Something to dream for, but likelihood of it being produced are slim to none. With none being with that name. 🙂
Our neighbor had one, (Escalade) In his words “It was a piece of crap...”
I have a 2002 Escalade EXT. Jacked up 6 inches and knobby tires and 240,000 plus miles, It handles OBX sand dunes just fine. Even towed my buddy’s Toyota Tacoma up the dune 2 years ago. Awesome truck. Midgate folds down so I can throw a kayak or christmass tree in the bed totally flat.
Taking a basic Chevy or GMC and adding every option to it as standard equipment while putting a Cadillac name on it is a great way to fleece buyers out of some money.
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