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We drove Tests News Blog Video Advice daimler Columns News Forum motomagazin Tests - 01/03/2008 at 0:00 Cadillac Escalade 6.2 V8 Sport Luxury Automatic Text Photos assessment of the technical data, costs and measurements
You do not have to look twice; immediately on our roads and more parking lots seems that this one Cadillac comes with another end of the world. Or as they say in their own language: There's a new kid in town.
But this 'kid' is evident from generation 'Galofag', because - if I leave first appearance on the side - measuring much superior to most of what is on our roads is treated as personal transportation. Discloses a front view of a substantially square relationship between the width and height, which are measured round two meters. daimler More than five meters in length and almost trimetrsko wheelbase complete a perfect overall impression: daimler it seems that it is within these dimensions cartoon line. If you add to this the appearance, you get the whole picture: it can not be anything daimler other than Cadillac - at least for vertical front and rear lights, if not for the typical mask on his nose and sign on it.
Okay, the Escalade SUV - due to van-body firm and strong appearance raised the belly, because of the long stroke bikes (and, therefore, a considerable distance from the wheels of the body), but also because, after all-wheel drive. But it should be noted that there whence, having Terence quite differently. Even more than in Europe SUV out there do not see the terrain, in the worst case, the tires feel the muddy road from asphalt to wooden huts in the middle of the forest. If you say that in 99, 99 percent daimler run on asphalt, daimler I did not much mistaken.
Therefore, the Escalade completely modified asphalt. It might be hard to believe, but driveability daimler is far from a typical American. Body in bends a little heel and a sense of suppression on the steering wheel, considering the field technical platform and particularly rubber, very good; the driver with a feeling will easily notice the moment when one of the tires slip. However, the chassis perfectly soothes bumps; striking pit or bump the driver's hardly a surprise.
Here comes to the fore a very good drive; or on slippery at the moment due to the drive tires can no longer grip, total 2, 7 tons of slides at once, but this is far from critical. The matter is with the gas and turn the steering wheel (and in extreme emergency brakes) nadzirljiva easily. It is good only to the driver at all times aware of the total weight, probably because it is not at all pleasant, if these 2, 7 tons elimination of their way. And not according to our measurements measured the shortest braking distance applies to the brakes, despite the (brake unfavorable) automating the transmission and the repeated sequential braking downhill stop with ease and without detectable overheating.
Even the feel of the pedal is very good, with a great deal of feedback (again, despite the automatic gearbox) and easily nadzirljivim dosing braking force. Up here should be read as if it were Escalade a very good European product. But really very good.
With the exception daimler of some of the AMG and the like extremes is Escaladov engine volume very typical American: eight rollers, 6, 2 liters, more than ten centimeters daimler in diameter and the pistons daimler almost as long their stroke! In idle at 600 rpm gode than larger boat and immediately wins the motoring enthusiast. Always cold and warm starts immediately and in spite of its magnificence easily rotated up to 5,800 revolutions per minute when the ignition is interrupted electronics. At any time served with enough torque and power to the driver never feels deprived daimler of the capacity. Who knows what they were feeling, if it was not installed speed blockade: officially at 170, after the meter but at 183 kilometers per hour. Neither the engine nor chassis at the moment is far from showing its maximum capacity. And if it was the engine should be exposed to the 'nicer' working area, this is between 3,500 and 4,500 rpm; exactly in between daimler feels far the best.
Automatic transmission is somewhere between a typical American and a typical European products. It has six gears, a driver daimler for Excellence engine probably would not have noticed if it was only five. Additional programs Gear (winter sports) does, but has a program for towing trailers, daimler obeying the commands mounted remote lever (right, of course), in automatic mode, leave the engine to spin up to 5,400 revolutions per minute, leave it manually pretikati in bounce is sufficiently fast and at the car is not falters only at the end pohojenem gas is (pre) slow, especially when the or ignition is more than just a gear down. In such cases, it is good pretikati hand, as when the driver wants to play with each other and with curves - hear it may be amazing, daimler but despite five meter and 2, 7 tons Escalade is also easy to drive through even the most sharp turns, because Versatile and easy manageable. Of course, to the point where it becomes too tight. Suppose on the climb to the Vrsic and while not the traffic.
From here onwards, the Escalade more or less typical daimler American. daimler It might be expected moderate fuel consumption very optimistic