Used 2018 Cadillac Escalade Consumer Reviews
Used Escalade for sale
We have a limited number of reviews for the 2018 Escalade, so we've included reviews for other years of the Escalade since its last redesign.
Can't let go
Barnbrook, 11/15/2019
updated 05/30/2023
2017 Cadillac Escalade Premium Luxury 4dr SUV 4WD (6.2L 8cyl 8A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
You should know that you (probably) only live once. If so, live at the highest level that you can afford. Good luck if you want to buy a 2021 Escalade.
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Transmission + rough ride
alex Rodriguez , 06/07/2020
2016 Cadillac Escalade Luxury 4dr SUV 4WD (6.2L 8cyl 8A)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
no were never what a cadillac should drive like I've had pickup trucks that ride better and the shifting on the transmission is the wirst I've ever had in a cadillac
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My family loves this vehicle
Mark, 01/05/2020
2016 Cadillac Escalade Platinum 4dr SUV 4WD (6.2L 8cyl 8A)
4 of 6 people found this review helpful
My Escalade has about 45,000 miles on it now. We have the Platinum edition in the esv with four wheel drive. Let me start with the exterior. This thing is sexy. Sleek, aggressive, big and bold. Even after all these miles I still smile when I see it. I have the Pearl white. I think I would prefer standard bright white when I do it again. It looks even better in the winter with the ski racks on top nice tough appearance. Inside this thing is big roomy and comfortable. Third row seat could use more leg room. But not bad. The ESV model leaves an enormous amount of storage behind the third-row seat. Very nice for my family of 6. Plenty of legroom for me at 6'3'' and my taller than average teenagers. I didn't know how much I would like the CUE system at first. But once you learn it and the touch style buttons you learn to love them. 4 TV's, 360 degree cameras, adaptive cruise control, and massaging front seats are all wonderful. The biggest reason I went with the Cadillac was for the towing. General motors 6.2L in this SUV is amazing. We use it as a daily driver. A long road trip family hauler. But we also use it to either hall the camp trailer to the mountains or the boat to the lake. 0 to 60 in this little baby is fun and almost scary. Towing is strong and impressive. but most impressively the fuel economy is mind-blowing on this size of an engine. we live out west where speed limits on the freeway are often 80 miles an hour and this vehicle will consistently get 19 miles per gallon at 80 to 90 miles an hour. I looked at several luxury SUVs while making my decision. Frankly the only other one that worked well for my family would have been the Lincoln extended version, it's nicely equipped little brother the expedition Platinum, or the GM little brother in the GMC Denali. I looked at the BMWs Mercedes Land rovers etc. Nice vehicles. Towing capacity on paper is pretty good. Almost every situation these European rigs towing could not handle very much tongue weight from a trailer and even though they were rated to tow enough, almost every European option felt like it was being overworked with just my wakeboard boat at a mere 6500lbs. Also much smaller inside and almost zero cargo capacity behind the third-row seats. Towing was the same behind Denali and felt really good behind the Ford. Denali was short a couple of fun options and Ford/Lincoln Ecoboost felt like it had plenty of power but the towing fuel economy indicated it was working pretty hard. one thing that goes unsaid in a lot of these reviews is how amazing the headlights are on this vehicle. Driving down the freeway they will light up for 5 Lanes of traffic on low beam setting. Wonderful. I know we are only less than 50,000 miles in but we have had zero electrical and zero transmission problems with this vehicle. I have read those are the two biggest complaints. All that being said if you are looking for something easier to park, give up the extra cargo space and get a smaller European SUV. If you are looking for a ton of 3rd row legroom look at the Ford. For my family and our lifestyle this thing is dang near perfect. I do prefer the steering wheel button layout on the Denali and also that the Denali comes with an integrated trailer brake controller. On my model year Denali did not have 360 degree cameras or massaging front seats and maybe a couple other options.
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Much better than 2010 platinum model
Rcsam, 05/01/2018
2016 Cadillac Escalade Platinum 4dr SUV 4WD (6.2L 8cyl 8A)
5 of 8 people found this review helpful
Everything is better especially the ride. Does not have the throaty exhaust but that makes it more like a car.
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Good car, bad appearance
Levi Cunningham , 07/14/2020
2016 Cadillac Escalade Premium 4dr SUV 4WD (6.2L 8cyl 8A)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
this is a very good car. But the manager made the call to paint the silver on the wheels, but a darker shade of silver bad call.