2023 Cadillac Escalade Sport Platinum - A Desirable Family Luxury SUV

[@Kangtone]

Love my Escalade! Paid 107 for mine. Worth every dollar

[@Ed-sh8jt]

Congrats and agree its a beautiful vehicle. but not sure its worth every dollar after 3 years you lose 45% of value as you push high mileage. With variation in fuel prices pushing 10K pound vehicle is always somewhere in the back of your mind. It will be interesting to see the switch to new generations to come.

[@eDENTECHNOCYBERHUB]

YOUR BIGGEST KENYAN FAN, SUBSCRIBER, LIKER, COMMENTER RIGHT HERE, AS USUAL, 14/10/2023

[@tambulee]

The black treatment is 🔥

[@DriveOnReviews]

Yes it looks good!!

[@Jwdude123]

@@DriveOnReviews bad negro SUV review

[@BHUT-JOLOKIA]

I got a ‘21 when it first came out. Awesome vehicle. Drives smooth. Glad they didn’t change anything because mine still up to date.

[@dennissmith7214]

They never really change to much till a new generation comes out(2024), the next Escalade will built on the ultium platform which will be electric like the hummer and Denali EV, Silverado EV ect. ……….that will be my next Escalade, until then my 17’ platinum I’ll keep as it’s in pristine condition! 😁🤷🏽‍♂️

[@junesondrab3833]

2023 Sport Platinum has the Super Cruise, my 2021 has Adaptive Cruise. Super Cruise changes lanes with no driver intervention needed. And 2023 has pedestrian braking.😢

[@EDDYEAGLE]

@@junesondrab383321 has super cruise and pedestrian braking

[@khariodub8182]

@@junesondrab3833my 21 has super cruise as well buddy.

[@raybattiston4741]

Actually it is definitely real wood trim inside. Leather grade- semi aniline - is a huge upgrade in the Platinum option over the Luxury Premium or Luxury Sport. 21-22-23 Escalades now a huge beast compared to the earlier model years, however this is mitigated by the greatly increased leg room in the third seats and the bigger cargo area behind those seats. Gas mileage has improved over the older models. My new Escalade replaced a 2013 Platinum. If you are just driving in town, or mountainous highways, mileage will be painful. Highway travel mileage is not bad if you drive "normally". Comfort is wonderful. Super Cruise, which I initially thought was stupid, but came with the truck, actually is great once you get used to it. The interior and Oled displays look great. And yes, the exterior too.

[@dennissmith7214]

Yeah as soon as he said that I’m like what🤦🏽‍♂️, of course it’s real!

[@fabianodarosa5365]

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[@KonfusedDude]

Bought the 23 and love it

[@perezsykes3803]

This Escalade has the Onyx Package that’s why it has the black rims and the monochromatic badges. Also this competes against the Jeep GRAND Wagoneer. The Wagoneer competes with the Tahoe and Yukon as far GM suvs go.

[@AubreyBeauford]

Awesome review and this black on black just does it for me😍

[@king-xerxus7040]

Good review young man, I’ll give this a consideration.

[@dontarguewithidiots7459]

i rented one of these yesterday in EXACTLY this trim and I gotta say I was impressed. And I'm not a GM fan. I'm seriously considering one

[@yousufalbalushi2257]

Great review. Keep up the good work 👏

[@inchlorIentztJiIu]

Range Rover killer on sight 🇺🇸👑

[@Nate-zy5ce]

I'm thinking I might want to get this, but in the turbo diesel. Diesel's only slightly more expensive than premium usually, but it will get much better mpg, and it comes with a larger tank, so can go much further on a full tank. Thinking that turbo will help at high altitude in the mountains of ski country too. But either, what a beaut! The V version is incredible, but much lower mpg so hesitating on that one, but so tempting as well.

[@PlacatePro]

At the end, I gotta say this is a Phenomenally beautiful truck

[@MrVharmon]

Great review I have had my Escalade about a week and haven't driven it but one day home from the dealer. I was waiting to gain some knowledge on the vehicle before taking it out, and your video was very insightful.

[@DriveOnReviews]

I’m glad I could help out with that

[@luisbalmaceda03]

I will never afford such beautiful vehicle! But damn does it motivate me to try and save up for one!

[@briandaniel931]

Always be positive of your earning potential don't ever say never no one knows what tomorrow holds

[@Walid-py4oq]

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[@OMARAli-td1hr]

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[@kevinpollard141]

I think Cadillac flagship vehicle for 2019 was the CT6.

[@DriveOnReviews]

Yes and I seen one today in my local area and thanks for letting me know cause I honestly forgot

[@inchlorIentztJiIu]

These days the Escalade is the Bugatti of SUVs. It is not the fastest, its on Class of its own and nothing competes with it. It’s also every car you ever wanted in one package.

[@marcusturner5291]

Nice review keep up the good work

[@styledbykayjay6094]

Yes shades would be nice !!! truck is 🔥

[@DriveOnReviews]

I agree with you on that

[@catd1190]

Great review! Beautiful vehicle 🖤

[@bombastastes3479]

Love it my brother , my favourite car.

[@CRICKETi-Fi]

Doing a great job brother,your speech will improve soon,don't worry about that.Love your dedication.respect to you brother from INDIA..tc and god bless you

[@mrlbattle1]

Ohh my I'm loving the shirt too

[@DriveOnReviews]

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[@IAmSam_TheMan]

Great Video 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@HawaiiTourism]

Very good review . Thank you

[@Nate-zy5ce]

Great review! Great vehicle! Oh, and great t-shirt! Worth the watch! About this vehicle, there are some small things I wish they would offer in this vehicle, maybe someone there will read this, or someone here will and pass these ideas on to GM, but no major issues, I really like this Sport Platinum. MY SUGGESTIONS: The high gloss wood, and I believe it is real wood just buried beneath a thick gloss finish, I wish it was a high end, open pore wood, like on the Denali and some competitors, not this high gloss, I think that would look higher end and more luxurious. Like you mentioned, I wish they offered either auto or manual sun shades on the second and third row side and rear windows (Wonder if any after markets might be available for that). I wish with the adjustable air suspension that as standard you could add 2" to the ride height rather than just 1", which you can do on the GMC and Chevy versions; though you can get that extra inch if you add the transfer case and 4Low that come with the heavy duty towing package; but just as importantly, I wish you could override the auto lowering if you wished to keep driving at any speeds at the 1" or 2" higher levels; currently even at the extra 1" height, at a certain speed, I think I heard around 35 mph, it automatically lowers back down to the standard height for better mpg; that's great, but as the driver I'd like to have the choice of it not auto lowering and staying 1" or 2" higher at any speed, including on the highways. It's also frustrating that once it auto lowers, it stays there and won't auto return higher. I wish they'd add double pane sound insulated glass to the first and second row side windows, in addition to the sound insulation treatment the glass gets; I do believe the front windshield has that double pane feature, but if not that should too; all just to maximize the sound deadening quality in the first two rows. It's reasonably quiet now but could be even more so, some of their competitors, like Audi, do offer the higher end double pain sound insulated glass in the first and second row side windows. I wish they'd give us the option of having thicker rubber 20" instead of these 22" wheels, such as the ones that come on the Yukon AT4, which would be better on rougher roads including rougher highways. This is supposed to be an suv after all, albeit a very luxurious one, so though I wouldn't go "off roading" with this like I might with a Yukon or others, it would be nice on some of the rougher roads in New England or in ski country out West, and for when I occasionally might want to go off road to get to a camp site or fishing spot or something. At least give us that option. Wish they offered an optional center console between the second row seats, such as is offered by some of its competitors; I would so rarely use the 3rd row, so my preference would be to keep the 3rd row down, and a center console would hide the front of the 3rd row folded down seats, looking better and delineating the truck space behind the 2nd row better; and of course having that center console between the two second row seats does add a bit greater sense of luxury. Those who would use the 3rd row often likely would not want that 2nd row center console, but the rest of us well might, I know I would. It's not a big deal to me, but the 3 zone temp control, both sides in the front and one for the second row, I wish it was 4 zone, so each side, front and second row, could be controlled independently. I wish they offered fog lights, like on the Yukons, but the Night Vision really helps in the fog, so that's not a priority for me, though would be nice so I could keep my eyes looking ahead in bad fog rather than always glancing down to see the night vision view. And lastly, and this is an issue with all its competitors too that offer the power assist running board, so not unique to GM, but I wish they cut just enough inches off at either end of that running board that you could add the splash guards behind the front and rear wheels; currently if you elect to add those it automatically removed the option of the power running boards, and just a few inches shorter and those splash guards wouldn't have to interfere with the raising and lowering of the power running board. Oh, and it is great that a heads up display (HUD) is included, but with only minimal info showing on such, so I wish it would include more of the data points that the HUD on the Yukon Denali and AT4 offer, again, this is still supposed to have at least some suv capability. Lastly, the 3 color options for this particular trim, the Sport Platinum, are nice, I especially like both the black and the auburn, but I wish I could also get these exact leather seats with the brandy color available in lower trims. That brandy colored leather contrasts so beautifully with the otherwise black aspects of the interior and the black exterior. As it is I'm leaning towards the black interior, with the auburn a close second. I'd prefer the black seats without any white beading, but at least that beading is only around the upper part of the leather seats, and doesn't go all the way down like on lower trims, so it is better in that regard. As for exterior colors, the black and the white are both great, though I do like the Infra-Red with black highlights that is or at least was recently available; but that said, the new darker red with black highlights available on the 2023 Escalade V is so amazing, if that exact color were available on this Sport Platinum, that color would likely become my first choice, or at least tied for first with black, wow it is so beautiful looking, dare I say hot looking, but still high end and subdued, a great combination of impressions.

[@Nate-zy5ce]

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[@eliaschaya524]

I have the 22 platinum edition.I agree with most of this. Hopefuly Gm will see this and add some of these features .

[@MEHRAB443]

Love it it's available right hand side staring for Pakistan

[@joulypink9996]

Regálamela mi amigo 😊❤😊❤

[@Sarah-hc3wn]

Wish he would have showed how that 36 speaker sound system sounded! This is almost identical to the the truck I’m looking at now, my interior is cream tho with the super cruise.

[@The001122]

All black! good!

[@samuelcasselljr989]

The wood is real. It’s called Zebra wood trim.

[@MrFabiobilla]

I would love the aluminum trim instead of the wood

[@gabrielmora1095]

My Van 👌👍

[@seymorefact4333]

🇺🇸 I love it! For the mafioso boss! I prefer GMC too! The black looks better. Chrome is to in your face.

[@ridingwithslick9097]

I agree with you that Apple CarPlay needs to be bigger than that all that money I’m spending my Apple CarPlay better be bigger than that by the way I love the exterior color

[@davelindgren5245]

Really good review.

[@TheMandoza1]

speak on the way it drives do another video about how it dives please

[@tprice1386]

Prefer the alloy/silver wheels as a contrast to dark colors.

[@harishramrealestateadvice2478]

Does anyone know which model is the 8 seater, 2nd row is full 3 seater...not bucket

[@Nardius1999]

I want the diesel powered Escalade

[@BrokenAdam770]

Would be nice with the Escalade V Supercharged.

[@msantos1459]

Yes it's real wood. Know your product.Btw The ESV is based 9n the Suburban so...volume is the same.

[@jerrell7205]

🔥🔥💥

[@jimwhite4105]

I like sky blue.

[@達人林]

good

[@prettyboy1970]

9.5 average mpg?! I think im gonna cry 😢. Or maybe ill shop the upcoming electric escalade.

[@coreypatterson1386]

How do you think the Escalade compares overall to the jeep grand wagoneer? Trying to decide between the 2?

[@DriveOnReviews]

Great question Cory, I feel like the grand Wagoneer has a tech advantage. Also a power advantage over the Escalade so personally I would pick the grand Wagoneer the Escalade is nice but I just think the grand Wagoneer offers so much more to the newer vehicle for this model year.

[@coreypatterson1386]

@@DriveOnReviews thank you!

[@DriveOnReviews]

No problem and keep me posted if you get anyone

[@coreypatterson1386]

@@DriveOnReviews agree with the tech...I'm not much of a tech guy, but the 6.4 L is a big advantage which I like, Wagoneer's exterior doesn't look nearly as good as an Escalade

[@PlacatePro]

I blame Apple for that CarPlay issue… they need to improve their software for the vehicle

[@dannysmith7128]

Need to add alloy wheels on the sports

[@supermanluchareporlajustic2189]

Waoooooo❤❤❤

[@views-cg5md]

Lol it is real wood.

[@mintprint6430]

It looks good but not good enough for me to pay the 15k mark up over MSRP the dealer asked for… they can keep their vehicle. If you know any dealerships around the country that is willing to sell at MSRP, I’m interested to buy the Sport Platinum trim, ESV blacked out

[@DriveOnReviews]

Hey mintprint if I can ask my local dealership would you be interested and I’m located in south Florida

[@mintprint6430]

@@DriveOnReviewssorry for the late reply, it didn’t notify me. yes I am interested. If they are willing to sell at MSRP I’ll fly out there

[@sreekanthbrao5195]

What is the price in india

[@johnls39]

So, think about his for a second. Who in their right mind would pay over $100k with fake wood inside a luxury car let alone a flagship? People on here have already stated that the vehicle has genuine wood trim. Even the standard model has genuine wood trim. Back in the day in the '80s, '90 and '00; wood was high gloss. Now the low sheen or matte wood and carbon fiber are optional trim choices very popular among many buyers. Today, just because wood trim have high gloss on it does not mean it is fake. Do better research before doing lengthy videos.

[@ignacioabreu9657]

It is real wood.

[@mybro727]

I think *this* is the look of opulence that poor Jeep was gunning for. 😬

[@musicmakesmesing]

Jeeps interior definitely has more of a opulence look than the escalade

[@mybro727]

@@musicmakesmesing Well it came _afterwards_ and starts at almost $11,000 more than the base Cadillac Escalade Luxury. Not sure the Jeep’s interior is $11k nicer. They definitely gave the Grand Wagoneer all they got where as Cadillac could take their Escalade up a few more notches. I have no indication that they won’t be for the refresh and potentially _still_ undercut the Jeep in price.

[@Tommy_Irish]

Go with the BMW X7 M50i. Much better!

[@fjorge4014]

Absolute gorgeous!!! Too bad the price is insane. Will wait 3 years , they will prob be like 40k. 😂 kidding

[@wesleyLamvoeghinicb]

Say 💯😁🖤👍

[@PaddyDaddy3412]

Did you say Sport Platinum starts at $89K? NO. 2023 Sport Platinum starts at $107K

[@jimwhite4105]

This price is more rational. But you still need to do better.

[@SparkWater]

Ducks looking for a family ride

[@keytothegate68]

5 Tons? Just to let you know that is almost 10.000 pounds so I don't think " vehicle weights over 5 tons"

[@DriveOnReviews]

Thank you for letting me know I said tons instead of pounds

[@Bmac2324]

That CarPlay is a dealbreaker… I have when 100k + cars have problems like that… y would they address that?

[@DriveOnReviews]

Brandon that’s a great question let’s see if they update it for 2024 fingers crossed

[@albertjones3353]

The issue with CarPlay is with Apple, not GM. Its a software issue. Hopefully they will fix this issue with the new CarPlay update.

[@exploringfuture]

"Im averaging 13.9 mpg so its not that good, but its good" 🤔

[@guydamba6823]

Slt coma tu va mo copin è tafimi

[@raghibbiro2489]

Fisheye lense camera isn't helpful at all for what you recording, get a wide angle camera

[@PlacatePro]

Chulo…. I’ll be your camera man for free

[@s.williams4952]

You REALLY SHOULD'VE edited out your multiple MPH mistakes.

[@mokeshe_robbi6828]

How are the speakers sound feels like? No one in the car review channel talks about the speaker's performance. Even no test was made for the audience. None! Nada! Zilch! Zero!

[@silverdiaz7045]

Watch the video, the first few minutes we can’t see you or the vehicle. That was a horrible frame. Plus black under trees watch out for shade. Once again camera man are you recording and not watching your videos for any mistakes?

[@chino9468]

cadillac DID NOT introduce the live feed rear view mirror. shhhh nissan armada/infiniti had that like in 2014 and i don’t event think they invented it. Get your facts rights

[@SAMS-wg8ye]

I don't think the price is correct This car at least 112k

[@deshamallah2265]

Nah I have a pre approval and the price is spot on. I actually got an offer slightly cheaper

[@delicioustest1688]

Your car is 4WD

[@mattearley6188]

Real wood ked. Go buy some nail clippers! Tf

[@kenpanther4305]

IF YOU'RE DOING A ''REVIEW'' DO YOUR HOMEWORK. IT'S ALL REAL WOOD....

[@laurellaapley511]

🄿🅁🄾🄼🄾🅂🄼 😴

[@julianmares9496]

Escalades are meant to be chrome not blacked out…

[@paulettekilgore8518]

TOO PLAIN. NOT ENOUGH BLING

[@samhodson6470]

Why 4 wheel drive...are you really going off road with that ride? Also...why can't GM Cadillac engineering design flat inset entry knobs? Oh ya...cuz they really can't think that modern.

[@bdmoldaver2416]

Grand Wag is better

[@martinshelton1247]

No the best SUV is 2023 BMW X7 LCI. BMWs are world class vehicles. Cadillac are not. Stop tell the truth.

[@warmongersCantBeTrusted]

Bmw's are too plain and boring. Cadi is king.

[@martinshelton1247]

@@warmongersCantBeTrusted totally disagree the Cadillac look like a boat on 4 wheels. Not appealing at all. I drive my X7 all eyes on me when I behind the wheel. Head turn when I drive. Cadillac doesn’t even come close to thee BMW. BMW is the most popular vehicle because everyone want it because of there performance. BMW are world classes vehicles there are in every country. No competition at all. Cadillac and GMC and Chevrolet are all the small styles. Ugly vehicles.

[@john-lenin]

The 6000 SUX is finally here!