9 hours ago, dfelt said:

Agreed, an Escalade ESV Platinum fully loaded tops out at $99,845 per my recent build or just a few bills over $100K if you go with one of the two premium paint jobs.

This would make it easy to have a V edition of a Platinum ESV that is around $125K. If they ever decided to offer interior customization in leather, wood and other trim pieces you could push it close to $150K.

I agree and I think that Cadillac could offer an SUV above the Escalade that starts at $150k and goes up to $200k.  

9 hours ago, Robert Hall said:

There is definitely  a small performance luxury SUV niche out there, with the Cayenne Turbo, Bentayga, Urus, GL63 AMG all over $100k and over 500hp.   An Escalade V series could be a larger, more spacious but less handling-oriented alternative. 

And Grand Cherokee Hellcat, and Audi SQ7/SQ8, Range Rover SVR, and G63 (perhaps a GLS73) and Alfa Romeo is doing a 7 seat SUV that will have at least a 500 hp version, maybe the 600 hp hybrid shows up there too.  Plus the Rolls Royce Cullinan and Ferrari is doing an SUV.  This isn't so much a niche as it is fast growing segment.

8 hours ago, Robert Hall said:

True, but Cadillac would need a new unibody RWD/AWD SUV platform if they were going to take on the GL, Cayenne, etc with a handling-oriented performance SUV.. 

That is what the Omega platform should be for, there should be an SUV version of the CT6-V.

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