GTP Cool Wall: 2002-2006 Cadillac Escalade

[GranTurismo916]

2002-2006 Cadillac Escalade nominated by @Doog

Engines: 5.3L V8 (GM LM7), 6.0L V8 (GM LQ9)
Power: LM7: 285-295 hp; LQ9: 345 hp
Torque: LM7: 325-330 lb-ft.; LQ9: 380 lb-ft.
Weight: 2631 kg
Transmission: 4-speed automatic
Drivetrain: Front engine, rear wheel drive/Front engine, four wheel drive
Body Styles: 5-door SUV, 4-door SUT​

Spoiler: Additional Pics

 

[AudiMan2011]

A former staple of rappers and drug dealers.

SU.

 

[Tornado]

Ballin'

 

[ToyGTone]

A former staple of rappers and drug dealers.

SU.

Pretty Much This...

 

[GranTurismo916]

It's an SUV that got into Need For Speed Underground 2.

Seriously Uncool.

 

[ThrasherDBS]

Audiman put it best. I don't think this... thing... deserves any higher than Seriously Uncool.

 

[Roger the Horse]

Well, it's not a Hummer H2.

 

[synchromesh]

Uncool, I don't really like it. Bought by housewives and rappers. SUT saves it from SU.

 

[Sp3edst3r]

Personally I like the car, and is probably one of the only SUV's I like looking at.. The only thing I don't like Is your stereotypical buyer of said car. And the fact that they're so common in America.
Just leave it at cool

 

[Doog]

The Navigator might've gotten the ball rolling, but the second Escalade cemented the large luxury SUV's place as the thing to have in the early 2000s. Sub-zero!

 

[Fastcarguy]

Its essentially an overpriced markup job for either a GMC Denali or Chevy Tahoe for the standard version, a Chevy Suburban or GMC Yukon, or a Chevy Avalanche for the EXT version. Gets a point for not being ugly. The whole image that the car got as "bling" and owned by rappers and drug dealers doesn't help either. uncool

 

[Wiegert]

Jog on, soccer moms. This thing is built for flexin' and drive-bys.

Apocalyptically uncool.

 

[Tornado]

I will say that as someone who regularly drives a Silverado of this generation it is truly impressive on GM's part that they did so little but could charge do much.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

Horrifically uncool.

 

[Adamgp]

All about the bling-bling.

 

[TexRex]

Yeah...no. SU.

 

[Cowboy]

Not quite as good looking as the following generation.

Very low Meh.

 

[ScottPuss20]

I really don't hate this car with a passion like an ML 63, but it's not worthy of anything because SUV. Uncool

 

[Sage Ages]

The official truck of tasteless drug dealers and Malibu's Most Wanted.

 

[cjr3559]

I love how SUVs constantly get bashed on the Cool Wall. Not a fan of them unless it's an FBI or livery vehicle. Personal transport = No.

 

[niky]

Yet another blatant attempt to send a car to hell.







But having actually driven one of these things, I can't vote anything but Seriously Uncool.

This is basically a Chevy gussied up as a Cadillac, stickering for $10k more than it's actually worth.

Wugh.

 

[E28]

I kind of like the new Escalade.

This one though... just no.

 

[GranTurismo916]

Yet another blatant attempt to send a car to hell.

I doubt it, based on the fact that @Doog himself voted Sub-Zero.

 

[Grandea GTR]

For the stereotypical big balling gangster.

Uncool.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

Yet another blatant attempt to send a car to hell.

You would think that, but Doog actually seems to like these, and for some strange reason he also thinks they're cool.

 

[SomePlayaDude]

Spoiler: You expected it.

 

[Crash]

When this first came out, this was cool, and was at a (brief) point in time when Cadillac luxury in America was cool again. However, over time, as the gangsters and drug dealers got a hold of these and neglected and modified them to be caricatures of what they were supposed to be, these became less and less cool.

Uncool.

 

[AudiMan2011]

I saw one at a tuning show in 2008:

 

[GranTurismo916]

I saw one at a tuning show in 2008:
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Not that it changes anything, but that's the generation after this one.

 

[Jahgee]

Insta Sub Zero, barely had to think about it that's how cool these things are