If you’re in the market for a fast luxury SUV, then GM has you covered with the Cadillac Escalade-V, a 682-horsepower supercharged utility vehicle capable of embarrassing legitimate sports cars in a straight line. Of course, some folks out there need even more, and that’s where the Hennessey comes in with the Escalade-V H1000. With four figures on tap from the right pedal, the Escalade-V H1000 is an absolute monster, and now, we’re seeing dramatic proof of that thanks to the following video.
Captured at Hennessey’s test track in Texas, the video pits the Escalade-V H1000 against a stock Escalade-V and stock GMC Yukon Denali, demonstrating just how fast the modified H1000 truly is.
If you’re left scratching your head wondering why the GMC Yukon was included in this test, it’s because the Yukon is equipped with the same naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 L87 gasoline engine as a standard Cadillac Escalade, making it a solid benchmark for what happens before you slap a supercharger on top. Output is rated at 420 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque.
Meanwhile, the factory Escalade-V ups the ante with the supercharged 6.2L V8 LT4 gasoline engine, which is good for a maximum of 682 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and 653 pound-feet of torque at 4,400 rpm. Routed through the GM 10-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive, the Escalade-V can hit 60 mph in around 4.4 seconds and breeze through the quarter mile in 12.74 seconds at 110 mph.
Impressive stuff, no doubt about it. That said, the Escalade-V H1000 is on a whole other level. Hennessey likens the H1000 to a “four-door SUV Exorcist,” adding in things like ported cylinder heads, new lifters and pushrods, a custom cam, an auxiliary fueling system, an upgraded valve train, a new high-flow induction system, and a new heat exchanger, yielding peak figures of 1,005 horsepower at 6,400 rpm and 882 pound-feet of torque at 4,300.
So what do those numbers actually mean at the drag strip? Hit play to find out:
Comments
Do they have other views? Because it looked to me like it wasn’t pulling much on the stock V at the higher speed. Like it was mostly hole shot and 0-100 then it tapered off.
You have to also look at the weight ratio. The Hennessy is using the ESV and the regular V is on the short wheel base. So it’s not going to perform the same.