The Cadillac Escalade May Have Saved the Company, But It Ruined the World
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
- 00:00 Start
00:04 Night drive
00:29 Intro, whisley, animals, Twitter
05:42 Beginning of review, overview
18:48 Exterior
23:35 Tailgate
26:02 Underhood, mechanical
30:39 Interior
39:26 Backup sensors
41:28 Test drive
45:41 Rivalry
45:56 Highway drive
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Review of 2nd Generation, 2004 Cadillac Escalade ESV by Bill of Curious Cars.
This luxury SUV made Cadillac flush with money, and geave them breathing room when the company needed it most, but giving Americans a taste for full-on luxury SUVs fully entranched the SUV craze across all the different markets. 
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Another 47 min short take. Don’t ever let us down, Bill.
Yes, "Short". That is by the FL's standard time measurement!
Someday he'll release a short form video.
0:00-2-30 Driving
2:31-4:15 Discussion of weather and wildlife.
4:16-5:05 Walk around and description consisting of "God, this car sucks. Never buy one"
5:06-5:20 Video of car being towed off to the junkyard.
@@christopherconard2831 Sounds like a perfect time frame for reviewing a single mom's Hyundai Elantra on a temp'ry spare, fresh off a 112 mph run down the Florida interstate. 🥴
47 minutes short in Florida because all of the old people live to be 120 yrs old down there
I’m hanging out for a sixty-plus minute video.
One does not simply watch Curious Cars, you experience it, absorb it.
Like the miserable shitty humidity of Naples
Embrace it! And if there's ever a long lull in fresh videos, you can always watch one of his 100's of older videos... and that's just on R107s! 👌
And it hardly matters what vehicle either!
I wouldn't get that far into it if I were you, and what Bill himself says he doesn't even care that much
@@Jag-leaper Bill might not seem to enjoy this, but it is actually therapeutic for him. He needs this outlet to vent about birds, miserable weather, and people who drive 71 mph in the left lane because that is a fine and proper speed.
Big SUVs aren't the real problem. Crossovers that are just a big ugly body on a car platform are the vehicles responsible for making our lives miserable. Big SUVs are okay, but I would rather have a station wagon
I totally agree with you. Though a truck-like vehicle isn’t for me, I can respect a full-out SUV like this Escalade. Crossovers, on the other hand, try to be a jack of all trades but are truly masters of none while managing to look bland, ugly, and poorly proportioned. A classic station wagon is a far superior choice to a modern crossover.
crossovers are by poseurs, for poseurs
I thought crossovers were just ugly, then my dad ended up buying one and then I’ve realized how terribly impractical they are over a minivan or the like… stupid sloping roofs and all that. At least these SUVs have _some_ actual off-road capability.
Big suvs gave people a taste of what being big and high is like. They were expensive so it kept people from going too nuts. But crossovers lowered that bar for entry and also made big Suv like cars more accessible because they get rid of some of the downsides of true SUVs or at least reduce those weaknesses enough that your aunt can control it somewhat.
@@DavidPysnik this is the correct take. Yes they are master of none. They mix a truck with a car and in the process, lose the best aspects of each. They are not on truck frames so you lose nearly all towing capability and zero real off-road ability. Then they are not built low and stable like a car, so you lose all the handling and sleek appearance of a typical sedan. Worthless sacrifices all for a trend!
Escalade is a cultural phenomenon, it’s impact on film and music is immense.
No a specific culture made this truck relevant in films and music...just like Fleetwoods, Devilles, and all the others.
@@kensmechanicalaffair And what culture would that be sir???
@@terrancelackey7651 BDE culture BLLAccK baybe!!!
And all the girls in it have pink finger nails, white nose, did not knew how to properly eat with fork and knife and belive licking the finger after the dinner signals that the meal was good. Oposite:
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tony soprano ride
U gotta love this guy he's THE BEST at presenting cars and a teacher of car history living legend 👏
....with a comedic twist.
@@cameronwhitworth9519 not saying this guy isn't funny but if you want car reviews with a comedic twist then RCR is your go to RUclipsr
RIP James Gandolfini - He's the first person I thought of when I saw this cocaine white 'Slade.
Me too. Listening to Rock the Casbah while driving it.
@@Mavis308while chasing a compromiser?
Tony soprano approves of this car
Gabagool wagon
So many truths in this video - all SUVs on the road looking the same, SUVs taking over and ruining distinctive automotive design, wealthy owners that don't need them buying and driving these, the obsession with sitting up high, this video has it all. Thank you Bill!
Ever drive a CMV? Can't beat the view.
Bill keeps picking things I had/have! This is my very daily driver, this Escalade. Same color, same trim level, same condition. I love it! Simple, comfortable, and has been amazingly reliable.
Same here, although mine is a short wheelbase
are u broke from filling it with gas yet?
@@andrewdavid7474 The mileage is bad for sure, but I work from home, so no. It’s a grocery getter. A kid picker upper
And the occasional road tripper. I probably average 7-8 miles a day.
Even if I did drive a lot more, I paid cash for it, used 7 years ago and have had zero
car payments that whole time. So I’m pretty sure I’m in the black on this one.
You sound like an old money millionaire haha
@@andreblackaller3560 not yet, anyway. But it’s the idea!
When I see those generation Cadillac Escalades, especially that color. I think of Tony Soprano driving down the street listening to Rock the Casbah.
Chasing Philly down the street haha
@@tbi_350 yep
or where he and Moltisanti robbed the bikers who were robbing a ATM
Just watched that episode last night. "Where ya gunna go, huh?!"
"Hey Tony I gotta meet John down the restaurant🍦"
I need a curious cars coffee mug that just says “muggy shitty miserable” and I will buy at least 2.
I’ve pushed snow with the front bumper going uphill with my 2006 Escalade. Best vehicle ever. Not a Tahoe or Suburban. We now live in Florida and we still love it. The Corvette engine still runs perfect with lots of power!
Bill’s utter contempt for this car just oozes and I’m here for it. These are some of my most hated motor vehicles, and I own a suburban.
i hate it too. this gen is fugly like the first gen. i was never impressed with these ghetto cruisers
@@baldisaerodynamic9692 Wow! Ghetto crusiers? I've seen tons of suburban moms and Italian mobsters drive these alot too!
@@thechosen5805 Only when they're new. Once they hit 48-ish months, they hit the BHPH...
@@thechosen5805 yeah, they're actors and mistresses
Best truck I owned.. y'all prolly never owned one AT ALL.
Tony Soprano's car! That says it all really. Cheezy 2000s display of wealth. Like a McMansion house in Sarasota that starts crumbling away in a couple decades. Old money drives wagons like the A6 Allroad, Volvo Cross Country, or E-class Mercedes
You buy it for the comfort tow & safety factor truly a truck
Christopher Moltisanti famously said of his Cadillac Escalade “This system’s got no balls”.
But that was a 2007, 3rd Gen
And it was a escalanche ooops Escalade ext. and when that truck flipped and wrecked pause video it was a older ext 02-06 body,like this.
Bill should buy more cars he despises, this was 45 minutes of informed well articulated verbal scolding on not just why the escalade and cars like it suck but how the need for every car to be everything for their buyers but also how the markets conditions that created these types of consumers have slowly turned the automotive industry into a copy-cat homogeneous mess and a disappointment to traditional car enthusiasts. Soon every car from every manufactory will be a grey awd crossover hybrid/ev with all avliable options essentially being paid DLC/Software upgrades locked behind the ecu.
My aunt and Uncle bought a brand new fully loaded black 2004 Escalade with the 6.0 liter with tan interior. We took that thing on many vacations from KC to Florida. Loved that car, the leather did smell great.
I agree a lot of those new SUV's look similar even if they are completely different brands.
just got home!!! perfect timing Mr Bill, thx brother stay safe.
I love how the wiper stalk is almost the exact same as my 1997 chevy lumina
I miss my '05 Escalade! Such a great vehicle to drive.
I had an 04 in the same color I think they called it diamond white metallic and it was an optional color I think it was $1,000 option those things were so great and so reliable I ended up having four and that body style only one Escalade the other ones were Denalis and don't forget they also made the Cadillac Escalade Platinum which was the top top of the line back then that's always great video
White diamond tri coat or tint coat….or white diamond for short.
GM thought that the GMC Yukon Denali would work against the Navigator but Cadillac dealers were screaming to GM for their own SUV. Lucky for GM, the Escalade and the Denali became successful. GM luxury SUVs (especially the wheels) became a huge target for thieves.
"....shitshow today." You are correct, sir. This also seems to be the beginning of the era of blatant (ongoing) corporate contempt for the consumer. Which is, paradoxically, completely earned when one shells out a serious pile of frogskins to sit high atop a heap of plastic badging second only to the Aztek in ugliness.
Been looking forward to this one. Thank you Bill!
Fun fact, the ESV body cladding was steel stamped (except the doors) versus the normal length that had the plastic cladding front to back.
Same with the EXT!
The plastic cladding on the normal length is a bummer.
Totally agree about all the current SUV's flooding the market, it's sad. I'm a rare breed who still likes a traditional car, over an SUV. However, they are becoming fewer and far between. Have a 2016 Impala and hanging onto that for as long as I can, since they of course got rid of that to bring the new Chevy Blazer to market. 😖
American car companies, the big 3 may not be making cars anymore but plenty of foreign competition in that market. The SUV makers are going to be stuck with a lot of gas hogs with fuel prices at what they are currently.
@@kennixox262 I'm not an SUV fan either but I bet that the gas hog SUVs will just be replaced by the hybrid SUVs.
Replaced with electric SUV's.
Hold on my friends! There is a brand out there bringing a proper sedan to us soon. Mazda is due to bring an inline 6 into their next saloon. And as we all know from Bill, 'there's never been a bad inline six!' 👌
I believe I read Mazda cancelled the plan for the inline six RWD sedan.
My Buick Park Ave has those same backup sensor lights. While they aren't a necessity, they are certainly helpful for paralell parking. First try almost every time! Nice video!
Only reason I like back up cameras is too make sure I don't bump anyone else's vechlies! Sad thing is some people can't even back up any vechlie without their cameras 🙄
@@whiteviper1979 so you just said u need the camera to not hit a car but get mad at others who could use it ? You dufus 🤡
Does your Park Ave happen to have the supercharged 3800?
20:50 only the Escalade "Platinum" trim came with the factory 20's, which came out in 2004.
Greet video I’ve been waiting for this moment
I had an 03 with 170k that was a beast. Last generation of GM full size suv with the most comfortable seats. Miss it very much as the Midwest salt belt rusted it away....
Bill, discussing the seat back pockets at 33:00 - "again, because these are vehicles that may be used in drive-by shootings..."
I have found my new favorite RUclips channel in the entire universe! I love that you review ALL of the features and characteristics. 😍☺️😂🤣😂
Nice Video Bill. Keep it up!!
These gm 6.0 v8 sounded great all around- had the most satisfying deep natural tone. no need to "pipe" in the noise either! just had to get used to the needle always bending to E.
In terms of the size game, Ford Excursion was even bigger- came out during this early 2000s period of suv one-up-manship.
But the Escalade firmly held onto the luxury-truck image and notoriety the strongest for some time. . /as crossovers later on began their light of day
Love this channel
Awesome content as always
Great review throughout.
Bill, you da Man!! Love em all, keep em coming!!!
Always a history lesson!! Thank you and we'll done video sir!
Worked at Bose on the retail side from 03-07 while I was in college. Great company to work for. Good times. One sub is located in the rear and the other in the center console. I really enjoyed this video
Another stunning performance Bill. Love it.
Don’t you just love Bill ⚡️⚡️
Nice review
Thank you for great presentation
Nice just refreshed home page
A new review by Bill and its the Cadillac Escalade. I think I need to run and buy a lottery ticket because this is a lucky day.
I've never had any interest in Twitter until you got on it Bill. I clicked on your link and immediately laughed. LOVE the photo of the goat on the Boxster as your icon. I hope he was tasty! 🤗
The Lincoln Navigator actually invented the Luxury SUV segment, the Escalade seems to really enhanced it. I still have a 2013 Navigator L and it is very reliable with no squeaks or rattles, even with just under 200K miles on it.
People surely disagree what was the first luxury SUV but it sure was not navigator lol. Mercedes ML and Lexus both predate it and were more luxurious. Some say it is range rover, others say it is jeep super wagoner or whatever it was.. much before navigator.. u must define luxury very weirdly to think navigator was first😀
@@lukazupie7220 ….OK if you say so….
I own a 03 and I love it i use it as a work truck I have a snap on tool box in the back to hold my tools and I have a box trailer with my compressor and other bigger tools for semi truck repair
Great video sir 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
For some reason, hearing Bill complain about the weather always puts me in a great mood.
Keep em comin Bill!!!
HILARIOUS Bill. Having sold Cadillacs for over 30 years (been out of work since the shutdown b s. started. ..) I was rolling when you were arguing with the OnStar lady.
Love watching. Wish I could do the same thing
Hope your sister comes out okay...
I can be bought, fly me to FL & I'll get her car.....
Great review, Bill! Hilarious.
Today I learned "when you do it one handed, it makes everything harder." I will definitely take this advice seriously.
Oh god this is where it all started to go wrong
Totoly agree about the SUV craze but I am a sucker for these especially the ESV, Danali XL, and Suburban LT. You saw more ESV than the regular length.
Its me again, and yes I was still at the Arlington Assembly Plant building these in the paint shop back in 04. I never liked this year model because it was basically a Denali with Caddy bells and whistles added on it because Caddy wasn't fully committed to the Escslades untill the gen 3 or 4 models and they started to show up in wrapper videos and Hollywood movies. Today's Escslades are much more distinctive and better engineered because GM actually gave Caddy a decent budget to work with and its reputation became mainstream along with a decent advertising campaign. For the most part I have learned to appreciate them over the last decade.
I really enjoyed this, you crack me up.
29:38 "12s in the front, rears in the back"
I had the exact same thing, same colors and everything but it was the short version. You sure explained everything perfectly!
Good soprano’s reference but Tony killed Christopher in a black Cadillac Escalade EXT
Yep a ext..and when that truck rolls down the embankment…pause video it’s this “body style”ext that crashes..they weren’t smashing a brand new 07 (at the time) when they were 70k.
You arguing with the angry onstar lady was epic!🤣
LOL @ the Navigator closeup at the end. Our CEO had one of those in the late 90's, and everyone thought it was insane.
Great video, Bill! I recognize the cheap, early 2000's GM interior bits on this "Cadillac". Those door panels are nasty. People did love this thing at the time, but I never got the appeal. I remember one of the nerds at work buying a giant suv for the tax deduction, financing it as much as possible, and suggested others do the same. He thought the economy was never going to recover. That was probably terrible advice.
I swear the fuel gauge visibility dropped when Bill merged on the freeway at end of video!
It doesn't take much effort with these things to make that fuel gauge dive lol. My 05 Slade ESV takes over $130 to fill these days (used to be $70 last year) and combined with the 10-12mpg in the city she's just really kicking my ass like never before... I love the damn thing and been reliable as a tank but with over $5/gallon gas now I'm letting her go. Glad I got to see this vid before she's gone.
Adam's Rare Classic Cars channel has an interview with the designer for this Escalade that's really interesting. It's amazing how much sheetmetal it shares with the Tahoe yet looks completely different. Everything from the A-pillar back is accomplished with cladding over straight up Tahoe. The dash is also kinda like that, an Escalade unique "pad" fascia of sorts placed over the regular Tahoe stuff. The front end is the only part that's 100% unique. Considering those restraints they accomplished a lot with a little.
Oh bill giving it the beans on the freeway, saw that left lane camper gtf outa way when they saw this behemoth bearing down lmao :D
Gotta love Bills short vids
I like older gen cars because the simply look different compared to all the cookie cutter cars on the road today. As an owner of the 2nd gen Escalade and former z71 Tahoe of the same gen, I prefer the slade. Just as solid, better transmission, more power, and way more comfortable all around ride. It’s the best used vehicle I’ve owned yet. It should be a classic truck, it is for me.
My 2002 escalade is excellent. Great all around truck. 6.0 All wheel drive. Hate if you want, but it get me to south beach every day!!
Enjoy it! I love em, I’ve had 4. I’ll never get rid of my EXT, Can haul and tow anything I need it to and still look good!
Geez, that 2004 Escalade is in fantastic condition. In the northern states they are all rusted out on the bottoms at that age. Great video, loved the arguement Bill had with the OnStar voice.
Great review! I had a 2005 EXT and it was glutenously wonderful! I'm surprised you didn't mention this was the first vehicle crowned "The King of Bling"!
A hidden smaller version of this is the Buick Rendezvous. It's like a SUV and minivan combined.
A cousin of the Aztec 🤢 junk
Exactly, the Buick Rendezvous and Pontiac Aztek were on GM's U-Body platform originally designed for their Minivans. The platform provided some utility but with a more car-like ride than Gm's truck platform. The Rendezvous and Aztek were GM's first attempts at CUVs.
So smooth at 100 mph
Bill, sir, I can't believe the stream of consciousness you bring to all of us. Just when I think it's going to be another completely shitty day,....you get it done. You drive, I will recline in the back on the way to the Rush concert.
Awesome video as always Mr. Bill sir! You had me rolling when you talked about the meaning of Escalade and people getting boiling oil poured on them. And how they made it over the wall to stab people to death!!! Lolol
I just detailed a 2012, ESV, fir a friend. It's like detailing a Lear Jet, and took just as long.
OOOhhh...... Curious cars frisbee's !!!!!! I'd definetly keep one under my seat
Impeccable timing on this video I was just thinking bout picking one of these up for a couple grand lol.
I hope you do a 3rd gen navigator one too lol
I owned one my self.. and I love it.
I did appreciate the history lesson as I’m about to purchase my 1st Cadillac. 2013 esv premium
That steering wheel looks like a fryer chicken. Once you see it you can’t unsee it.
Ha! you're right! Reminds me of the dancing fryers on the old Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer vid! Well, maybe.
I'm in season 3 of the Sopranos.... thanks lol. Keep up the great videos
Not the vehicle Tony suffocated Christophah in but it was the one he chased down Phil Leotardo in. Anyway I love your videos, I don't know if you read these comments or not but your miserableness and hatred of everything reminds me so much of myself it's insane. I watched one yesterday of a green and green and green interiored Coupe Deville and while waiting for the gate to open you said something like "this is great to drive, it really helps me forget about how much I hate everybody and every thing" and kept talking but I had to pause and rewind because I was laughing so hard, and I was in a shitty mood and man I really needed that belly laugh so thank you for that. Also speaking of that gate, I'm sure it's been mentioned before but God forbid you lived there and were rushing home having to take an emergency dump... I've seen slow ones before but that's just ridiculous. Anyway I don't comment much because I watch most of my RUclips from my couch though my TV but I had to leave some kind of praise and here it is. I love these videos. Thanks and keep up the good work.
-John from Chicago
"Little tiny angry blonde woman (realtors) who drinks wine from a box." Lol!
Your contempt for this vehicle and the people who drive it is most satisfying.
I love the Denali version of this model and the Caddy's one gen later (2007-2014)
Me toooo. I have a 2002 GMC Yukon Denali with 130k Miles. & I love it. She's not in the best condition interior wise, but she's not terrible either. I've seen some of these trucks where it looked like a tiger thought the leather seats were still alive & attacked them. But mine just has some wear and like one rip on the driver seat where it looks like the previous owner may have been a bit over weight so he dragged his body off of the seat and destroyed the side of the seat. The exterior is not bad either. No rust, no big dents or any body moldings/panels missing. All the same paint. Every time I go out somewhere I get compliments on her or someone trying to buy her off of me. But ever since I was a kid ( I was 12 when these models first came out). I always wanted one lol. The only upgrades I've done to the Denali is that I put in some LED headlights along with some LED tail lights which sort of makes the truck look a little more modernized.
@@kingjay239 the Denali is so much nicer as well as It looks so much sleeker and tougher without all the godyiness of the Escalade!
The 2007's Suck. I have one. Plagued with electrical gremlins from ground issues that blow out all sorts of components and sensors. My 2003 Tahoe which was same gen as this was much more reliable.
@@anthonym.cardali1875 Fully agrees. Those were the sad years for all American motor companies that didn't know what they are doing and were very short on budget, almost at the point of chapter 11 or frank bankruptcy, before Obama comes in and makes them straight both in terms of power quality and reliability. Especially 2007 and 8 and a few more years to follow where the time they used the cheapest material and in fact if you look even into the paint, say the A or B pillar of Caddilac Escalade from the same exact year, all have totally worn out paints unless redo sometime later... Shame but good that the fault was cut and mostly rectified. And between me and you, if you have a car of that time, just get rid of it, especially right now that second-hand car is at such a high price.
How about a review of a 1st gen Expedition?
The reason for the speed limiter is the speed rating of the tires. The LQ9 6L has 9.9:1 compression, it should only require 87 Oct fuel.
Also, the Ford Explorer was the first SUV to really have me seething. It became so popular that everybody had to make an SUV.
Also, Escalades are just Tahoes with nicer suspensions and interiors.
Always depend on bill to come with a great video and a great car
Bill, why not ask people if they have unique or older cars that you could review in the local area where you live. Go to car‘s and coffee show and then ask owners if they would you like 125k people to see their pride and joy. That way you get some more interesting cars if they are not at auction.
What a brilliant idea. 👍👍👍
Praise the history of well designed cars we love to remember and let the horror cars be the victim of amnesia.
I would like to see Bill team with Adam from Rare Classic Cars on a podcast and share their wealth of knowledge about classic and rare cars with viewers.
It is impressive how low-effort the Escalade was. It is just like my old boss work truck.
If you wanted a “cheaper” Escalade back in the day, you could get the one with the 5.3 and it only came in RWD
...or just buy a Chevy Suburban
@@audvidgeek true
4.8 also lol
The only reason to choose an Escalade over a top level trimmed out Tahoe is the 6.0. (And possibly the awd, but I’d say that’s a downside to offering true 4wd as an option)
Lol 🤣 I feel personally attacked on several things...love your videos.
When he started arguing with the angry OnStar lady 🤣🤣🤣
Hi from London...So looking forward to Curious Merch!... Btw, is that a Peugeot G-wagen-based 4x4 lurking in the background?..
This one was a showing of a master at work. You managed to bring up any number of points I have mentioned here, and on other video channels, and rolled it up neatly into one package. Especially the part about the SUV craze being the death of everything else.
One thing, though, of the undesirable elements you mentioned, the worst may be angry, wine sipping, blonde haired white female real estate agents. Here, even with crossovers, they are absolutely psychotic, and a far bigger threat to me and the Evil Prius than the guys with the big diesel pickups. They make Virginia Beach my least favorite city in the area to drive in. Perhaps the SUVs with the "Captain's Chair" option had that huge console in the back to carry the containers of boxed wine.
The SUV craze I tend to call a need for some people to look down on everybody else.
If you take it down to its roots, I consider those roots to be Detroit's answering the fuel crisis with shrinkage instead of technology. The 1985 C Bodies by GM and the 1986 E Body cars that followed them were especially a step too far. Oddly, the first thing GM axed to build more trucks and SUVs was the last of their body on frame cars...
“Casual and unofficial pharmaceutical industry” 😂😂😂
Good evening Bill from Ron in a wet and cool Manchester. Sorry your weather is muggy and crap. Hope you are keeping okay.
Great idea with the trinkets!! Like Curious Cars cocaine mirrors? How about Rolling Trays? Shot glass' ???
Love your videos Bill Cheers