Built on the full-sized Chevy Avalanche truck platform, the Escalade EXT carries the industry-leading DNA of GM trucks and sport-utility vehicles matched with the technologies and luxury of the Cadillac brand. Its eclectic carrying capabilities, new demographic reach, luxury appointments and unique looks make this vehicle an entirely new branch on the family tree.An impact player rather than a pinch hitter, this brute ute is aimed at a slightly younger crowd with an average age of 40 with higher incomes than traditional SUV buyers (average income around $110,000). Cadillac anticipates that about 80 percent of purchasers will be men. One look and you'll know why. Its styling is unabashedly burly and yet what makes this truck truly remarkable is its pioneering technology and powertrain-- delivering the brains behind the brawn.
Compared to the sleeker and traditionally stylish Lincoln Blackwood, EXT takes center stage for its passenger-carrying and goods-ferrying capabilities. Despite its blocky exterior styling and monstrous proportions, its strong suit is that it's well engineered, well equipped, and has refined road manners befitting of the country club set.