2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Combines Utility and Luxury
“Chic, powerful, fun to drive,” those are some of the descriptors given by reviewers who drove the 2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid. The Escalade offers all the benefits (interior space, power, seating and towing capacity) of a full-sized gasoline-powered SUV, but boosts the fuel economy with an assist from a pair of electric motors.
Starting at a mere $73,425 the 2010 Cadillac Escalade hybrid takes the same gasoline / electric architecture used to underpin both the Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid and GMC Yukon Hybrid and provides it with a full-on luxury spin. The result is a thoroughly decadent, 8 passenger sport-utility vehicle that doesn’t spoil the environment at nearly the same rate that it spoils its occupants. Only in it’s second year of production, this caddy is already getting some upgrades.
The 2009 Cadillac Escalade is the first luxury full-sized SUV hybrid to come onto the market. With the capacity for eight passengers, this SUV is a wide-bodied machine that starts around $70,000 ($70,735 to be exact). With that kind of price tag in this kind of economy, these hybrid SUVs are not exactly flying off the lots, but a market still does exist.
