2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV Safety

The 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV Safety second-row captain's chairs had the only Latch anchors in this three-row SUV. The Latch anchors are easy to access. The tether anchors are at the bottom of the captain's chair seatbacks, so their accessibility isn't great but this isn't uncommon. A variety of child-safety seats fit without a problem in the 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV Safety, with the exception of the third row's center seating position.

The 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV Safety received three out of five stars in rollover crash-test ratings by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, but it hasn't undergone the agency's other crash tests. It also hasn't been crash-tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Standard safety features include rear-wheel drive, all-disc antilock brakes, an electronic stability system with rollover mitigation technology, traction control, a blind spot warning system, a backup camera with rear parking sensors, and six airbags, including side curtains for all three rows. Four-wheel drive is optional in the 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV Safety.

2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV

The 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV was so big it made all the other cars around it feel like an entourage of hangers-on. The high notes aren't so much new notes.

The 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV has shiny 22-inch wheels, chromed air vents, and a power liftgate and running boards.

The running boards were a source of pain early in my test drive because I kept whacking my shins on them as they automatically dropped down when I opened the door.

The 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV is 222.9 inches long. Make sure to measure your garage before bringing this beast home. Don't say you weren't warned.

The 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV has a 403-horsepower, 6.2-liter V-8. It uses regular gas or E85 ethanol, which lowers its fuel economy to 9/13 mpg.

2011 Cadillac Escalade

It's easy to consider the 2011 Cadillac Escalade a superstar because of its flash and reputation, but after my experience in the 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV, I'm convinced it's more like a diva.
This SUV is ginormous, and I was interested to see how it really worked as an everyday family hauler. However, the 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV didn't really care what I thought. It was going to do whatever it wanted.

The three-row 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV, which is 20 inches longer than the Escalade, drove like a mansion on wheels and felt like one when we were in it. With its V-8 engine, driving on the highway was awesome as long as the road was mostly straight.
Parking lots were difficult and I couldn't imagine running errands in the 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV without parking far away from the other cars so I wouldn't worry about the 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV's butt hanging out of the spot.

With a starting MSRP of $66,080, the 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV isn't for the faint of heart.
My test car, a top-of-the-line Premium Edition with four-wheel drive, cost $88,295. Let's just get the obvious out of the way: The 2011 Cadillac Escalade ESV with four-wheel drive gets an EPA-estimated 13/18 mpg city/highway. Ouch. So much for the kids' college fund.