General Motors unveiled the refreshed 2025 Cadillac Escalade last month, showing off new exterior styling, a new interior, new tech items, and several other important changes. As expected, the 2025 Escalade will offer three new exterior colors: Aegean Stone, Deep Sea Metallic, and Latte Metallic. Now, GM Authority has learned that the 2025 Escalade will be available with a new matte paint option, as well.
According to sources familiar with the matter, the new matte exterior color for the 2025 Cadillac Escalade will be available on a limited-production basis. Further details are unclear at the moment, as GM has yet to announce the new color, but production volume is expected to be very low for the new matte hue.
Notably, this will be the first matte paint available from the factory for the current fifth-generation Escalade. However, Cadillac has recently offered several matte paint options for its sedan models. For instance, Dark Emerald Frost (paint code G7W) was available for the 2022 CT4-V Blackwing and Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing, and Maverick Noir Frost (paint code GNW) was offered for the 2023 CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing.
In addition, Cadillac showcased a matte finish in October 2023 on a Celestiq prototype at the 2023 Audrain Newport Concours and Motor Week in Rhode Island, presenting a color dubbed Boysenberry Matte. Another matte paint option, Neptune Blue Matte (paint code GLG), was recently included in the 2024 GMC Hummer EV Pickup and SUV’s Omega Edition package.
That said, the new matte paint for the 2025 Cadillac Escalade could very well be an entirely new color.
As a reminder, the 2025 Escalade is equipped as standard with the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 L87 gasoline engine, while the Escalade-V comes with the supercharged 6.2L V8 LT4 gasoline engine. The 3.0L I6 LM2 turbodiesel Duramax engine is no longer available, as GM Authority previously reported. All Escalade variants ride on the GM T1 platform, with vehicle assembly taking place at the GM Arlington plant in Texas.
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matte is cool. but maintenance nightmare as those dont play well with dirty etc. sounds like buy one and park it in your living room. i just gave myself an idea...
This has potential to be something really sweet, excited to see what it ends up being! I think the dark emerald frost or the new smoke blue would be good options for the escalade....
I hate those matte finishes !!!
Then don’t buy it.
Thank you for spelling matte properly
An extra charge to make your car look like it's 30 years of Florida Sun old.
Guess it compliments the Kenworth marker lamps .
My first suede paint job was in 1982 on my '65 Carryall. Blue suede with scallops, lowered with Western Auto wheels. Suede colors are nothing new as I've done many over the years as did my dad in the 50s. It can be a cool paint choice, but as one commenter says, it is a pain to keep clean. I used Lemon Pledge to keep mine clean.
I've been dying to see the Maverick Noir Frost on the CT5 in person since it was first announced.
Has anyone seen it and touched it up close??? LOL
The pictures look pretty sweet and I'm NOT a big fan of matte finishes.
Matte paint finishes are hideously tacky and grotesque. I can't believe Cadillac is lowering their standards even more. The classy, elegant, luxurious Cadillac is gone. Now it's just compact sport sedans and Urban cruiser SUVs.
I agree. I recently saw an Escalade V with a black matte paint job. It looked aftermarket and was truly ugly. It may have been dirty but you can't even keep these paint colors clean without possibly damaging the paint. The SUV also had all of the badge identification blacked out. It looked like an old style Earl Scheib paint job! It sounded very throaty when it started but that is not my style for a full-size SUV. All that noise would get old very quickly. If I wanted a noisy truck I would get a Diesel engine in it! (I know, diesels are much quieter there days!)