2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid review: Lots of amenities

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It might seem absurd to match an efficient hybrid power train with a massive luxury SUV, but Cadillac went ahead and did it anyway. The result is a truck that offers a lot of amenities for seven passengers, plus towing capability, along with fuel economy we often see in V-6 sedans.

Read our review of the 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid.

Topics:: Hybrids and green,; New models

Tags:: Cadillac,; hybrid

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by Kev50027 February 23, 2009 2:54 PM PST

Dumbest idea ever. Rather than cater to the people who think they need something this massive to pick up bread at the store, they should be focusing on smaller, lighter "SAVs". Nothing is going to change if they keep churning out massive SUVs like this, even if they're marginally more gas efficient, people see them, want them, then get the cheaper, gas guzzler version.

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by robertorosco February 23, 2009 3:37 PM PST: GM is simply not doing enough. This is just rediculous, trying to convince the public that this massive SUV is the solution by slapping the hybrid logo on it, and giving it fuel economy that is still horrible.


by JohnAdamstheSecond February 23, 2009 7:09 PM PST: I love the arrogance of you green fascists. No where in your lexicon is the allowance of freedom to buy whatever the hell I want to. Instead we get "cater to the people who THINK they need" (read: You are stupid) and "want them, then get the cheaper, gas guzzler version" (read: You are stupid and easily misled by your own emotions). A greater man than I once said the the tree of liberty must be regularly watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots. The postings here are the rumblings of a larger war that is just beginning. See you on the battlefield.


by JohnAdamstheSecond February 23, 2009 7:20 PM PST: We are quickly losing the ability to choose the car we want to buy. Am I the only one alarmed by this?; Reply to this comment


by JohnAdamstheSecond February 23, 2009 7:21 PM PST: We are quickly losing the ability to choose the car we want to buy. Am I the only one alarmed by this?; Reply to this comment


by JohnAdamstheSecond February 23, 2009 7:48 PM PST: The battlefield of ideas.....I will be the soldier in the cheaper, gas guzzler version. I assume you will be in the smaller, lighter "SAV"? ;-))))))); Reply to this comment


by Paul Grantham February 24, 2009 8:21 AM PST: Our freedoms end when we harm others with those freedoms. So the discussion of freedom around the purchase of a car, that is clearly damaging the environment, is specious. The real "freedom" being abused with this car is GM and other car makers continuing to market these trucks as a reasonable passenger vehicle. Too much money is thrown at convincing people these are some how "sexy". (For me they just look like junior school buses.) Now we, US taxpayers, are being asked to subsidize this behavior.

What is strange is that people don't connect their purchase choices with the problems that are facing them and their children. We cannot continue to ignore the impact these choices make. The ultimate irony is to see these cars used to transport a child to a neighborhood school What future is the driving parent creating for this child?

Let connect the dots, folks. There are consequences for our choices.; Reply to this comment

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