2025 Cadillac Escalade ESV Price, Release Date, MPG
2025 Cadillac Escalade ESV Price, Release Date, MPG – An iconic nameplate, the 2025 Cadillac Escalade ESV continues the tradition as the luxury brand’s largest offering that dates back to its 1999 introduction. Soon it’ll even go electric as the 2025 Escalade ESV IQ. The regular Escalade ESV remains unchanged for 2025 save for some new exterior colours; while an all-new, 682-hp Escalade ESV-V version debuts this year.
The Escalade ESV comes in two lengths, the one tested here being the longer ESV version. The extra length provides more third-row legroom and cargo space, and adds $3,500 over the shorter Escalade ESV in each trim. My seven-passenger Sport Platinum ESV tester started at $146,598, including a non-negotiable delivery fee of $2,300. Mine was further treated to options that took it to $157,658 before taxes.
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Exterior and Interior
While the regular and extended-length Escalade ESVs have the same first- and second-row legroom, the ESV provides more for those in the third row, at 930 mm (36.6 in) versus 886 mm (34.9 in). Its cargo space is also considerably larger, at 1,175 L with the third row upright compared to 722 L in the regular Escalade ESV. This is why the ESV is the airport-livery vehicle of choice: if you fill it with people, you still have room for their luggage. The rear glass opens separately from the tailgate for tossing items in, and there’s a bin under the cargo floor.
Both the second- and third rows power-fold, and the rearmost row can be brought back upright under power, too. Fold them all and you get 2,438 mm (95.9 in) of cargo length – the equivalent of the long box bolted to the back of a pickup truck. Towing capacity with the gasoline engine is 3,538 kg (7,800 lb). Among extended three row rivals, its GMC Yukon XL sibling can tow marginally more at up to 3,583 kg (7,900 lb), while the Lincoln Navigator L is rated at 3,674 kg (8,100 lb), and the Jeep Grand Wagoneer L goes to 4,286 kg (9,450 lb).
2025 Cadillac Escalade ESV Specs
As expected in this expensive top trim, the Escalade ESV Sport Platinum comes stuffed to the gills. Its standard features include soft-close doors, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, 3-D surround sound with speakers in the front head restraints and headliner, a rear-seat entertainment system with twin 12.6-inch screens, massaging front seats, a power-adjustable heated steering wheel, head-up display, tri-zone automatic climate control, suede-style headliner, rearview camera mirror, panoramic power sunroof, power running boards with LED lighting, auto-levelling headlights, and a hands-free tailgate. The standard navigation includes augmented reality, where you can bring up a live forward camera view in the cluster, and the directions will overlay it.
Engine and Performance
There are two engine options for the Escalade ESV. The first is the 6.2L V8 engine in my tester, which produces 420 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque. The available engine is a 3.0L inline six-cylinder diesel that peaks much earlier than the gas engine and produces 277 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque.
The gas-powered V8 is a very good fit to this big vehicle, moving with authority from stops or when passing on the highway, but remaining smooth and linear when you just want to move moderately through tighter traffic. 2025 Cadillac Escalade ESV Price
2025 Cadillac Escalade ESV Fuel Economy
The Escalade ESV with the gas engine is rated by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) at 16.6 L/100 km in the city, 13.1 on the highway, and 15.0 in combined driving. I drove my tester unloaded and mostly on the highway, and surprisingly came in under the highway number at 12.8 L/100 km. It calls for premium fuel. The Jeep Grand Wagoneer L meets the Escalade ESV at 15.0 L/100 km in combined driving, but the Lincoln Navigator L undercuts them both by a considerable margin at 10.5 L/100 km. 2025 Cadillac Escalade ESV Price
2025 Cadillac Escalade ESV Safety Features
Standard driver-assist features include emergency front and rear braking, adaptive cruise control, a self-parking system, bird’s-eye camera views, blind-spot monitoring including trailer coverage, rear cross-traffic alert, lane-keep assist, and a safety alert seat, which vibrates a warning if any of these systems detect an issue, such as you’re drifting out of your lane. 2025 Cadillac Escalade ESV Price
My tester was also equipped with Super Cruise, a hands-free highway driving assist system. It works on pre-mapped highways, covering about 644,000 km across Canada and the U.S. When you’re on an applicable one, an icon appears in the cluster, and you can activate the system and then take your hands off the wheel, although you still need to pay attention.
2025 Cadillac Escalade ESV Price and Release Date
The Escalade ESV’s price is as large as its footprint, starting at $113,098 in Luxury trim and going to $146,598 for either the Premium Luxury Platinum or my Sport Platinum tester – and then to $199,398 for the new supercharged V version.
This extended-length full-size is a small niche segment, and the Cadillac’s base prices are the priciest. The Jeep Grand Wagoneer L starts around $109,995 and goes to $131,500; while the Lincoln Navigator L comes in a single trim at $120,000, and optioned close to my tester rings in at $128,450 (all prices including delivery). A step down from the Escalade ESV, its mechanical-sibling GMC Yukon XL tops out with the Denali Ultimate trim at $124,803. 2025 Cadillac Escalade ESV Price
