While many people have already heard about the huge, high-resolution 38-inch display found in the 2021 Cadillac Escalade, there’s one subtle feature of the screen that General Motors fans may not yet be aware of.
As first reported by GM Authority’s sister site, Cadillac Society, the curved OLED display features a transparent, monochromatic Cadillac crest mounted on the windshield-facing side of the screen. This may seem like a pointless place to put a Cadillac badge, but there’s a bit more to it than that.
The badge features a built-in light projector and illuminates when the customer is approaching the vehicle with the key fob on their person. It will also light up when the unlock button is depressed on the key fob. So while the light-up logo cannot be seen from inside the vehicle, the driver will see it as they approach the vehicle to unlock it.
The 2021 Cadillac Escalade’s curved OLED display is actually comprised of three different screens: a 14.2-inch diagonal cluster behind the steering wheel, a 7.2-inch diagonal touch control driver information display to the driver’s left, and a 16.9-inch diagonal infotainment screen in the center of the vehicle. Cadillac says the thin display has “twice the pixel density of a 4K television,” and “enables bold imagery, perfect blacks and the largest color range available in the automotive industry.”
The 2021 Cadillac Escalade will go on sale later this year, likely in the third quarter. It will be built at the GM Arlington Assembly plant in Texas.
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This report was written in collaboration with our sister publication, Cadillac Society.
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Subtle touches that illustrates attention to detail. Good move….
I agree, TR. May not be earth-shattering innovation here, but the fact that they even put it there at all highlights how much effort was put into every detail of this truck.
What a welcome thing that is to say!
Not bad…..but Europe makes better cars….
Then don’t buy a Cadillac, buy European
Has someone come up with a fix for the rapid fading of OLED screens ?
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Nice little touch! This takes me back to just why I became a Cadillac nut in the first place. Parents purchased a used 2 years old Sedan deVille back in 1977, but they had driven Chevrolet’s till then. My large family saw many different brands, from nearly all GM’s to a couple Fords, Mazda’s, Toyota, Dodge, Chrysler, Lincolns and a few others. But it was the Cadillac that seemed to have little touches such as a painted cover on the sedans between the doors and only visible when the front doors were open. Very simple, but it covered the ugly parts of the door jams and where there would be possible grease and such. Not only that, but once I became a Cadillac sales person, I learned that little part was made to both hide the dirty parts but also to help people keep their coats/dresses from getting dirty. Maybe not quite perfect, but it was just a cool little touch. There were others, but you get my point. This just seems like one of those things. Good job Cadillac.
Ah the good days when Cadillacs were propose built cars and not dressed up Chevrolet Suburbans .
You mean you want them to make dress up Caprices and fwd V8 LeSabres again?.
Can’t wait for Doug Demuro to analyze this “quirk and feature” among the many others I’m sure the new ‘Slade has! It does my heart well to see Cadillac stepping up their game!!
Big screen.. vs little screen, this is all meaningless if this isn’t what the consumer is expecting or wanting to see the Escalade offer.
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Looks like an easy setup to live with. A first time driver of this vehicle should not be too confounded with figuring out how to operate basic functions.
Straightforward approach with luxury appointments.
Maybe it’s just the angle but it looks like an 80s Cadillac with a touch screen