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2023 Cadillac Escalade V-Series Review – The Fun of Wretched Excess

The Truth About Cars

No one, but no one, needs a 2023 Cadillac Escalade V-Series. I never had the chance to really push this Escalade on a challenging road – the one rural two-lane I drove on served up only gentle curves – so I can’t tell you if this behemoth handles like a Blackwing. The Escalade V is just pleasant to commute in. Not for the V.

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Road Test: 2021 Cadillac Escalade Duramax 4WD

Clean Fleet Report

The all-new 2021 Cadillac Escalade Duramax is big and famous for being the ride of celebrities. It was my first experience driving an Escalade (I have been chauffeured in them). Power and Torque and Fuel Sipping. Clean Fleet Report drove the 2021 Cadillac Escalade Duramax 4WD Premium Luxury, powered by a 3.0-liter

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Road Test: 2024 Cadillac XT4 Premium Luxury FWD

Clean Fleet Report

It is the third best-selling SUV for Cadillac, coming in behind the larger Escalade and XT5, but ahead of the XT6 and Lyriq EV. The fuel economy, which is best in Touring mode, is rated by the EPA at 24 mpg city/29 highway/26 combined mpg. mpg, same as the EPA. All of them outsell the Cadillac luxury sedans.

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Tech: New Technology Reduces Diesel Emissions

Clean Fleet Report

A new technology may take the already quite clean (especially compared with engines of just a little more than a decade ago) engines to a level that reduces smog-producing emissions while increasing fuel economy and yet not losing any performance. The Test Procedures.

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Shanghai GM Aims to Reduce Fuel Consumption 15%, Improve Performance 14% by 2015; New Engines, Prototype New Sail Electric Vehicle

Green Car Congress

In 2011, the new Buick LaCrosse Hybrid, which will have 20% better fuel economy than the standard model, and the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle with extended range capability will be introduced. These products offer improved fuel efficiency of between 8% and 13%. all have class-leading fuel economy. liter and 1.4-liter

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GM China holds electrification workshop in Shanghai; showcases range of 4 electrified vehicles

Green Car Congress

In China, GM and its joint ventures currently offer light electrification technology with the Buick LaCrosse eAssist; full hybrid technology with the Cadillac Escalade Hybrid; extended-range electric vehicle technology with the Chevrolet Volt; and battery-electric vehicle technology with the locally produced Sail SPRINGO EV ( earlier post ).

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Details on GM’s new efficient top-end 8-speed automatic

Green Car Congress

EcoTec3 V-8 (L86) ( earlier post ), and on the Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV. GM’s objectives in developing the new 8-speed were improved fuel economy, performance, and NVH—while staying in the footprint of the 6L80. In the 2015 Corvette Stingray, the new 8-speed enables a class-leading 29-mpg (8.1

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