The next-generation Cadillac Escalade will likely arrive for the 2021 model year and not the 2020 model year as we previously believed.
This intel comes from GM Authority’s sister site Cadillac Society, which spoke to sources familiar with future Cadillac product plans on the basis of anonymity.
This means the current, fourth-generation Cadillac Escalade will soldier on for the 2020 model year with limited changes. We hear a new exterior color may be in store in 2020, but otherwise, the familiar full-size luxury SUV should remain unchanged.
But while we’ll have to wait another year or more before Cadillac’s new full-size SUV makes its debut, we are expecting the next-generation Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban and GMC Yukon/Yukon XL debut later this year as 2020 model year products. The SUVs will ride on General Motors’ T1XX body-on-frame platform and should retain the 5.3L L84 V8 and 6.2L L87 V8 engines. We’re also expecting GM’s 10-speed automatic transmission to be employed.
The next-gen Cadillac Escalade is expected to be much different than the Tahoe and Yukon with which it will share a platform, though. With Cadillac having a new 4.2-liter Blackwing twin-turbo V8 at its disposal, along with new technology like the semi-autonomous Super Cruise system, the Escalade may be finally set to morph into a true luxury product that is seen as a comparable alternative to the BMWs and Mercedes-Benzes of the world.

Cadillac Escalade interior
Cadillac will also be looking at Lincoln’s page when developing the new Escalade. The Escalade was previously superior to the Lincoln Navigator, but GM will now face stiffer competition from Ford’s luxury division following the successful reinvention of its full-size.
Stay tuned for more information on the next-gen Cadillac Escalade as it becomes available.
Source: Cadillac Society
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You think? Spy shots show the mirrors a bit lower just like new Silverado. Think new model will be delayed as well?
GM is taking their time here developing their new BOF SUVs, they cannot mess up their core competency like what they did with the interiors of their full size pickups, the Silverado and Sierra offerings, and they must have them come out as throughly finished products. As an automotive enthusiast who is very uninterested in CUVs that are pretending to be a more truck or sports car like experience, a true BOF 4×4 SUV like the upcoming Suburban is very special and unique. It’s one of those few vehicles on the road that has a distinct personality and has a “Soul”, unlike most CUVs on the road right now. I’ll be waiting to see and test drive the new Suburban, Tahoe, and Yukon in person once they’re unveiled and go on sale this year “If they’re debuting this year.” followed up by the new Escalade offerings the following year. I shall be waiting..
“The Escalade was previously superior to Lincoln Navigator”.
I have to disagree. The Escalade had better exterior design and a much better engine, but the Navigator always had a better interior, both in design and quality … Save for the ’15 desperate facelift.
The XT6 and CT5 are both 2020 MYs? So I guess it would make since, but I think by this time next yeat the new Escal will be close to or on sale.
Remeber the current Escalade was went on sale in the later winter early spring of 2014
I can’t wait to see it. I guess an LA or next year NY autoshow reveal. Opps, I forgot about Detriot – it’s going to be in June! I live in Miami, I can’t stand the cold.
Again, this is a CADENCE issue. First they will announce the Chevy and GMC. Then they will bring the Caddy on a little later. Why not START all tech and platform enhancements at the TOP and have customers believe that the Chevy or GMC version they may opt for is a de-tuned version of the Caddy as opposed to having the Caddy seen as a tarted-up version of the Chevy. Oddly enough, this cadence even improves the perception of the lower brands as well…
IF this doesn’t make sense, someone please tell me why. Perhaps there as a business concept that escapes me. In order for Caddy to be taken seriously, they have to improve PRODUCT and change the PERCEPTIONS of said products!
Because it’s time for Cadillac to be Cadillac again. The DTS was the greatest, and most ideal Cadillac flagship sedan to exist. The Chevy Impala and Buick LaCrosse didn’t stop it.
Luxury vehicle buyers don’t know or care about perception. You think people who bought a Porsche Cayenne care that the VW Atlas came out first?
Your are kidding, right? Perception is the main allure for luxury. Perception is HUGE in this space! The way the product makes the buyer FEEL and the way others perceive them being in/wearing/using said product IS the gravitational pull of luxury. 80% of the luxury experience is about EMOTIONAL appeal. Cadillac better learn that! And the “that” can’t be measured on the P&L chart!
I’m not talking about platform sharing. Everyone does this. But some marquees put in more effort to make sure everything you see and touch is not a reminder of lesser brands.
But to your point: The Porsche came out in 2003. The Atlas in 2017. So, in this case, the luxury brand has established itself and then the lesser brand comes along. Lest we forget, these other brands are also connected with the upper echelon known as Lamborghini and Bentley.
Need to get from point A to point B? A fully loaded Accord has your heated seats, premium sound, LED lights, etc… But when you need show that you have arrived, you get a luxury car. Problem is, how can Cadillac announce that you have arrived, when it hasn’t arrived itself:
Quote from a GMAuthority reader: Cadillac doesn’t succeed for many reasons but in large part because they have an identity crisis. They are known for creating a certain kind of automobile which was their mainstay for 100 years but of late they’ve been trying to reinvent themselves under an entirely different image, essentially a copycat BMW image. It hasn’t worked and it won’t work. They aren’t being true to themselves. It is doubtful their latest scheme to morph themselves into a Tesla clone will work either.
Read more: http://gmauthority.com/blog/2019/01/aston-martin-ceo-weighs-in-on-luxury-brands-inside-major-automakers/#ixzz5npSowkXJ
“Luxury vehicle buyers don’t know or care about perception.”
Obviously you’ve never heard of conspicuous consumption; a practice that sits at the core of every luxury consumer in every luxury market.
If perception didn’t matter to luxury consumers, they wouldn’t tell others that “I own a Porsche”. Simply saying the phrase alone changes ones perception of who is saying it.
Tell others you drive a Cadillac, and their reaction won’t be the same as the Porsche owner gets.
Considering that you’re upholding the DTS as being a better car than a CT6, I don’t think you know how the world values the perception of luxury products.
I agree! Cadillac should be the first to be unveiled always start with the flagship then trickle down them to your cousins in the lineup. Give the 100,000$ buyers something to brag about for a year rather then be a year late.
Just saw on-line order guide for 2020 GMC Yukon…..same old vehicle, not anything new except a few exterior color changes….so would there be TWO 2020 Yukon models or is the new design coming in 2021 along with the Cadillac.
The Arlington, Texas production facility did reduce production by 25,000 units, as they retool for the new models. This should have also continued into Q2 for several weeks, but I’m not certain?
We should see an official reveal for the Tahoe, and or Yukon, within a few months.
Remember you can sell a 2021 pretty much anytime after January 2020, so we’ll still see them pretty soon.
Is that grille in the article from the 2021 Escalade?
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