Cadillac Escalade CDV

[ifcar]

Consumer Guide Automotive has learned that Cadillac is preparing a version of the brand?s popular Escalade SUV to compete in the coupe-styled-utility segment. Sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity, tell us the new truck will be called Escalade CDV. (We suspect that CDV is a not-so-subtle tip of the hat to Cadillac?s legendary Coupe de Ville moniker.) Said to offer ?comfortable seating for as many as 4 passengers,? Escalade CDV is set to be the first American entry in the coupe-style-utility segment, which also includes the Acura ZDX and BMW X6. Industry analysts predict this category will expand to include several more slow-selling entries by 2014. The CDV would introduce the head-turning style (and all the expected impracticalities) of a coupe utility to the as yet untapped full-size body-on-frame niche of this tiny market. Expected CDV-exclusive features include bumper-mounted exhaust tips, ?hidden? rear door handles, unique taillights, and a hefty ?FastbakHatch? rear liftgate.

A high-performance Escalade CDV-V version is also reportedly being planned. We hear it will likely run a variant of the supercharged V8 found in the CTS-V, but with a horsepower rating said to be well in excess of 600. A 6-speed manual transmission is a distinct possibility. Prototypes of the Escalade CDV-V could be lapping Germany?s legendary Nurburgring by the first of April in preparation for a full-on assault on the body-on-frame live-rear-axle coupe-utility lap record.

Sketch at link along with the rest of the article text; definitely read through to the very end:
http://consumerguideauto.howstuffworks.com/cg-exclusive-2013-cadillac-escalade-cdv.htm

[the Teuton]

I love holidays.

[ifcar]

I love holidays.

But it wasn't Christmas that came early this time.

[the Teuton]

But it wasn't Christmas that came early this time.

I didn't think Christmas was your style anyway.

Here's the question: Would you buy an Escalade CDV-V? I might.

[Madman]

Let's see.......It carries fewer people and less cargo, is just as ugly (if not moreso) and still crap to drive?  Brilliant!!!

It's just as pointless as the BMW X6 but, in it's defence, at least the X6 is well made.  The Escalade, on the other hand, is still built on top of an agricultural Chevy pickup chassis and is about as technologically sophisticated as a tractor.  I can't see existing Escalade buyers warming up to the CDV, either.  "It ain't got no room fo' da bitches an' ho's, bro!"

[MX793]

The sketch looks like an Aztek variant.

[ifcar]

I didn't think Christmas was your style anyway.

I celebrate with my Catholic father and his half of the family. I gotta admit, it's just a better holiday than Channukah.

Here's the question: Would you buy an Escalade CDV-V? I might.

Nah, it would probably cost more than $10,000 and get less than 30 mpg.

[giant_mtb]

CDV-V?

lulz

[the Teuton]

I celebrate with my Catholic father and his half of the family. I gotta admit, it's just a better holiday than Channukah.

It certainly is a hell of a lot more festive. That's for sure.

[Submariner]

One more reason to loathe Cadillac. 

[SVT666]

April Fools dumbasses.

[68_427]

One more reason to loathe Cadillac. 

You know what day it is tomorrow right...

[ifcar]

April Fools dumbasses.

I said upfront people needed to read to the very end of the article. The last thing in it is tomorrow's date.

[Atomic]

The sketch looks like an Aztek variant.

exactly, but the "idea" is a good one. it's just that the depiction is ugly.

[Submariner]

You know what day it is tomorrow right...

It's so horrid it tarnishes their name, April Fools or not. 

[Madman]

It's so horrid it tarnishes their name, April Fools or not. 

I'd say the regular Escalade already does a pretty good job of tarnishing Cadillac's name.

[ifcar]

exactly, but the "idea" is a good one. it's just that the depiction is ugly.

No, it's a terrible idea.

[2o6]

I'd say the regular Escalade already does a pretty good job of tarnishing Cadillac's name.

No.

[giant_mtb]

I'd say the regular Escalade already does a pretty good job of tarnishing Cadillac's name.

Don't knock it 'til you rock it.

[2o6]

Don't knock it 'til you rock it.

I like blingy trucks.

[Vinsanity]

I'd say the regular Escalade already does a pretty good job of tarnishing Cadillac's name.

If they never built the Escalade, then Cadillac probably wouldn't survived GM bankruptcy (the CTS was an expensive investment that was made possible by money made from selling Escalades)

[Submariner]

No.

Yeah it does - it's ugly (especially with every wanna-be rap star putting it on 23's) is spece inefficent, and really isn't built any better than it's cheaper GMC cosuin. 

[2o6]

Yeah it does - it's ugly (especially with every wanna-be rap star putting it on 23's) is spece inefficent, and really isn't built any better than it's cheaper GMC cosuin. 

But it makes lotsa $$$. If the interior would be a little nicer, it'd be fine.

[68_427]

The interior is already nice, at least the one they had at the local autoshow.

[Tave]

The Escalade single-handedly brought Cadillac back from the dead. There would be no name to tarnish if not for it.

[ifcar]

It's the Escalade (not the DTS) that's the closest thing to a Cadillac sedan of its heyday: an opulent, extravagant barge that people aspire to own, updated to modern tastes. It fits in perfectly with the Cadillac heritage; it just happens to be taller than its predecessors.

[Tave]

^^^That's a good observation.

[Vinsanity]

It's the Escalade (not the DTS) that's the closest thing to a Cadillac sedan of its heyday: an opulent, extravagant barge that people aspire to own, updated to modern tastes. It fits in perfectly with the Cadillac heritage; it just happens to be taller than its predecessors.

I made a short presentation for a marketing class back in college that included this idea.

[Madman]

It's the Escalade (not the DTS) that's the closest thing to a Cadillac sedan of its heyday: an opulent, extravagant barge that people aspire to own, updated to modern tastes. It fits in perfectly with the Cadillac heritage; it just happens to be taller than its predecessors.

You have got to be kidding me!!! 

The Escalade is a crass, ostentatious piece of garbage designed for people with no taste.  You really mean to tell me this chrome-laden Chevy Tahoe that looks like a reject from an episode of "Pimp My Ride" evokes the heyday of the elegant Harley Earl designed Cadillacs?  It has all the class and refinement of a shotgun wedding in a trailer park.  The only thing an Escalade can do well is to make it's owner look like a complete tool.

[ifcar]

You have got to be kidding me!!! 

The Escalade is a crass, ostentatious piece of garbage designed for people with no taste.  You really mean to tell me this chrome-laden Chevy Tahoe that looks like a reject from an episode of "Pimp My Ride" evokes the heyday of the elegant Harley Earl designed Cadillacs?  It has all the class and refinement of a shotgun wedding in a trailer park.  The only thing an Escalade can do well is to make it's owner look like a complete tool.

Cadillac was at its prime during an era where taste was not a consideration.