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the ugly just got uglier...

more pics: http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/news/gm...ade-136370.php

Dear lord... things are going from bad to worse for you Americans. What a boring design.

I'm gonna be visiting LA in just over a month,..and i'm already not looking forward to all these dull looking American cars..and even worse, seeing all those pimped and riced-out cars.

Oh, how will I survive.??

wow its really ugly.. cool grill though

Looks better then the previous Escalade, which happened to look like a Suburban with a Cadillac grill and funky headlights.

"Factory-installed 22-inch chrome wheels"

wcf has more pics: http://www.worldcarfans.com/news.cfm/newsid/2051110.001

This have to be the most boring speedo thingy ive seen in my life.. old saab´s are more interesting..

I agree, the grille looks great like that, so that's a big improvement there i guess.
But as for the shape of those front lights, I'm sure they wouldn't look too out of place at the rear of the car.

Also, you can see just how much space they've left above the tires ...I wonder why ??

the outsides not that great but the interior is a huge leap forward from the previous escalade.

Interior looks really clean, but we'll have to see about the actual quality.

I expected something hideous after checking out the new Yukon, I just loved the old one.

EDIT: OMG IT ALSO HAS SIDE GILLS. . Missing the letter ///M on the side though .

I agree, finally American SUV interior design has been dragged into the 21st century

I kinda like it:




Source:http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=103577

Well i must say that i disagree with most of u guys, i actually like the way it looks, clean and simple, no complications to it. It might not be the best design i`ve seen but i cant see a bad thing about it, looks good

The interoir is an improvment as u guys said, i could never figure out why they couldnt of done this a long time ago.

If you ask me, the side gills are more Aston Martin-ish than BMW. But whatever.

And The Artist, what do you not like about the instrument cluster? I personally think it's one of the best in the market - simple, clean and easy to read. Nothing wrong with that.

Im sure it functions well.. but it looks boring.. i guess its to simple for my hitech COMMAND I DRIVE NIGHTVISION liking mind..

The interior is nothing special at even most japanese cars have this type of interioer. I don't have any problems with the design of the car since I like big SUV. The car is an improvement but it is far from as good as SUV like RR sport and the new ML. The German companies are light years ahead of GM in term of quality and technology.

Escalade meant nothing to me in the first place and the new model doesn't make any difference.

Actually i like the new Escalade, looks just as good if not better than the current, as for the cluster it is so ugly and bland, very boring.... The grill is kick ass!

The new Esclade reminds me of the SRX!

And the SRX reminds me of an oversized estate car, so god knows what the new Escalade will look like!

I have never liked pick-up trucks converted to a so-called luxury SUV. Most if not all USA large SUV's are done this way. The Escalade is nothing more than a GMC truck modified for a market that is fading quickly.

The dash display is boring and I for one could not stand to stare at it very long. The interior is bland and lacks any feel or generates any kind of enthusiam for the car.

I quote the 11/11/05 Detroit Free Press: "But whether the buzz (about the new Escalade) will be enough to overcome challenges facing large SUVs remains to be seen.
Last month alone, Escalade sales were down 49 percent and are down 13.2 percent for the year, according to Autodata Corp."

Other than that I have no feelings one way or the other....

I believe that the rims are 22 inch in the new model as standard .

If that's true, then the tuners will have to put on 25inch plus rims, crazy!

Well your belief is confirmed.... not standard, but im sure they will all have these.

ACF: "Larger standard and available wheels, including standard 18-inch wheels and available chrome 22-inch wheels, are tailored to fit the wheel openings. This precise wheel-to-body relationship – enabled by a wider track – gives Escalade a more athletic presence and lowered stance. "

Next step 26" - 28" rims, lokks like there is plenty of room in the wheel wells.

In the beggining, there was an Escalade....then, it became just SUV....

Yeah I think 26" rims fits under here and a couple of beevers.