The new 2021 Cadillac Escalade slipped away from the dark background of GM's mid century design dome in Warren, Michigan, to see its two thin vertical LED daytime running lights before viewers could recognize the escala style grille above it. These vertical DRL's are located on the outer edge of the lower panel. In 2015-20, the gorgeous grille of Escalade, equipped with Rolls Royce and short vertical headlights, disappeared.
On the 2021 Cadillac Escalade, the standard LED headlights are slim horizontal lights with wings at the top edge of the grille. We say Chevrolet is a little timid in this headlight design. At first, it was incongruous, but after further reflection, it seemed appropriate, because since 1955, Chevrolet has been playing the image of poor caddie, providing some upper class style for the money of the working class.
Anyway, the new Chevrolet Tahoe and suburban are not cheap to share their buildings with the new Escalade. Cadillac Escalade is the top-grade brand among the three Cadillac Escalade platforms. As the base price is almost twice that of Chevy, GM may have the highest profit margin. After all, there's not much to do to make Caddy's ride or handling different from that of Chevrolet or GMC. Tim Herrick, head of large truck products, said Escalade's interior was quieter than Tahoe / suburban and Yukon / XL / Denali. At the bottom, they are all the same chassis, with the same engine and suspension options and the same independent rear suspension.
Cadillac look: less art, more escala
'21 Escalade became the last Cadillac to give up the Fauvism art and scientific design language established by the' 03 Cadillac six concept, making the shape of the Escalade concept more sculpted and elegant, and making its debut at the 2016 Pebble Beach conference. In 2021, Escalade, along with the rest of Cadillac, adopted a "Y" Decor level strategy. In this case, "luxury" means "basic" decoration, now with standard leatherette (yes, vinyl) seats and 22 inch wheels, the only hub size in the factory at present. Escalade luxury is a model of the Manhattan painting fleet.
The sports branch is enrolled through sports and platinum sports, while the luxury branch has advanced luxury and platinum luxury.
"We want to add sport here," said Therese pinazzo, Cadillac project manager "We want to increase the ferocity of this sport."
All luxury branch Escalades have galvano satin chrome trim. On sport, from the mesh grille to the daylight opening trim panel to the roof rack, all in high gloss black. There is an optional 22 inch black hub and blackened exterior badge, including terminology.
Pinazzo said the grille of the luxury model is a traditional horizontal bar style, although "there are subtle changes and nuances in the section.". On sport and luxury models, the horizontal and vertical DRL "are almost like brackets on the grille. Escalade is all about the corner. Cadillac is all about the corner. But it's more complicated than ever. "
After the first quarter of the panel, Escalade shares the door panel with Tahoe / suburban and Yukon / XL, although the chrome trim for the lower door is unique to Cadillac, and stamps the trim fixing holes twice. The rear quarter panel is dedicated to caddies, but sheet metal parts have similar bone lines. The upcoming Escalade's slim vertical tailgate to top taillights have a new, more subtle design change. Press the Cadillac on the rear panel to release the hatch cover. Neat.
Cadillac interior: many options
There are dazzling seat cover designs and fabrics, solid wood veneers and other colors and decoration options.
Michelle Killen, Cadillac's color and decoration manager, said: "customer feedback is really great for us." "One thing that comes back is that they don't think they have enough choice."
Cadillac will offer 11 interior options in the luxury and sports series, as well as the interior of the "basic" luxury interior model. Customers told the Cadillac Sports Clinic, "don't give me a boy racing red interior," keelen said
At the top, premium luxury platinum and Sport platinum trim models are upgraded to synthetic suede on the headliner and pillar interiors, with opus leather seats in all three rows. All other trim levels are based on vinyl third row seats, although premium luxury and premium sport's extra priced interior features three rows of floral leather.
Both premium luxury and Sport platinum cars are available in two colors: black, Mondrian leather seams and natural patterned grey wood finishes, black and chestnut sweet (dark chestnut), Mondrian leather seams and bitter lace wood, or Gideon / whisper beige with mini chevron perforations and linear inlay wood. Piet Mondrian, a Dutch modernist painter and theorist, was named after Mondrian, whose "component C" inspired the latest version of the Cadillac CREST BADGE. For the interior of the Gideon / whisper beige, small herringbone pins pierce the seat.
The interior of the premium luxury interior model is made of jet black / parchment with mini v-holes and engineered zebra wood, or with black and mini v-holes and engineered zebra wood. The sport car features jet black / whisper beige with precision perforated and sheepskin Taupe wood, or jet black with precision perforated and linear tiger wood. Premium luxury and Sport offers an extra price interior in color atmosphere / brand, finished with Ted seams and fine line brandy wood. The basic luxury models use black tiger interior with linear tiger wood.
"We are designing new benchmarks for color and decoration for the Cadillac brand," says keelen. Her color matching and accessories team made GM's accounting work difficult, even though it would have been difficult given Cadillac's exorbitant profits. Let's hope the bean counter can reduce the pressure and let this sense of fit and completion permeate the rest of Cadillac's product portfolio.