Yea you cray man

I get why people say that 99% of these will never go off-road, but there are a lot of ranchers & other owners that live in rural areas where gravel, dirt, & rutted roads are common. Snow being another reality for some. That’s where low traction testing is important & applicable in the real world & I believe this Escalade hits the mark in delivering luxury, plus the type of capability needed for most scenarios (terrain).

I drink every time you say “articulation.” Unfortunately, I’m drinking coffee... but on the upside, I’ve been awake since 2014.

That's like going rock climbing in loafers... Surprised how well it went, though ;-)

Smaller rims and some offroad tires and it would probably do pretty well.

The first and only Escalade that will ever go off-road. lol

I can attest that many of these will definitely see dirt. Those who live in rural America know that a lot of the roads are still dirt roads and in the winter they definitely see their share of off-roading. Not to mention that in the more rural areas it’s not as easy to find a foreign car dealership to get the vehicle serviced, whereas almost every other town has a domestic dealership. Now someone in LA or Miami may not have the same experience 😂

Depends on the person weather it goes off road. We have an 85k 2019 Expedition platinum and we take it off road all the time. Swapped out the 22’s for 20’s with Toyo open country tires. People think we are crazy but why have a 4WD and not use it for what is was mint for.

You'll see this truck in the ghetto in 11 years.

And no “check engine”. In your face Land Rover....

They should have definitely just stamped *420* on the back of that thing. 😂😂😂

I love videos like these! Please keep them coming. Keep the Escalade in more off-road settings and challenges. I would love to see more of what it can do!

I mean, it is a Tahoe and Yukon underneath sooo....if those can do it it stands to reason an escalade can too (even if it don't make sense)

you guys always answer my questions. your videos helped me decide on getting 2016 Yukon Denali to tow my travel trailer. Now you answered my question on what if I took escalade off road. granted I would put different wheels/tires if I got one.

1:02 That air tank hangs really low with no skid plate protection.

Need to reconsider the “Dare” moniker if a vehicle without a low range, rear locking differential, and street tires can make it look easy. Otherwise, another great vid guys

Offroad? You seriously need a real offroad track. In many developing countries, this is called ROAD.

That new Escalade made it look easy. Cringed at the rims/tires they come with. I much prefer a taller tire over big, flashy wheels. Was waiting to see those low sidewall tires puncture.

11:24 Surely someone will take this on a well-maintained dirt road to their multimillion dollar ranch.

There are quite a few people where I live that have 5+ year old escalades and use them as work trucks. If you get one that's well taken care off they can depreciate like 40%+ and then they make and awesome cushy towing/working truck for small business owners

If you live in FL, GA or TX you'll see about 1/2 going light off roading and 1/4 with a trailer or camper leaving the pavement.

Now that's a face only a mother could love. Not you Tommy -the Escalade.

"It started to smell a little like tire and torque converter in here" lol

Escalade is the King!!!

600.....American car, using metric units????

Newton meters is so 2020. Next year Ford is one upping GM with inch pounds of torque on the back.

you guys didn't really use the terrain mode properly. it enables 1 foot offroading, when the trans is put into L1 or L2.

This is one of the many reasons why I love you guys! Tommy was this more comfortable off-roading/trail driving than your range rovers & land cruiser?

Today we got 30 cm of snow here in Sweden how i have waited for this snow :D

No, you are not crazy ! This is what the thing was built to do!

GM definitely upped their 4WD performance!!

Thank you you made my mind up between the AMG GLE 63 and a Escalade. And I’m new here too enjoying your videos.

My uncles in Mexico love this suv. Very well recommended.

Just shows how important ample torque is.

You should definitely let whistlin diesel borrow this for a day

That thing did okay! Pleasantly surprised!

Our Lincoln navigator does well off-road

Even though the Escalade is not 100% utilitarian like the Range Rover and G Class sans low range and extra ground clearance, it is good to see it is off road capable.

I'm happy to finally see 👀this beast go off-road.🤪? Unquestionably. But if you buy one of these, then it would help to know how it does on anything but well-maintained pavement. Next up:Cadillac Escalade, Tombstone Hill Special Edition.😊

"It kinda rocks" ... Pun... 🤣🤣🤣👀

My 2007 EXT does ok, well the limited times I've been off-road.

NICE WORK TOMMY, I can smell it to...all the way to SC 🤣 gotta say, the mechanical sympathy of my brain was cringing.

My God, I love this Scalade

I can feel how owner almost got a heart attack!

Its cool you actually tested the limits of this beast. Honestly I don't like the look at all. We all know it's a fancy Tahoe but it really just looks like one. I'll pass but still its a cool video!

What kind of cameras do you use for the interior shots? Just curious.

I am actually considering getting one and replacing the rims with something black and Offroad Tires. I watched another video that said the air suspension was far better than any other truck on the market. So, I will be using mine for comfort, travel and occasional minor off-road.... it's either this or the F250 PowerBoost Hybrid with Air Suspension. Hmmmm

So awesome what these new vehicles tech comes with. Who ever thought 360 camera view or labtop size touch screen on them. Soon we just be hovering over the trail lol

come on cadilac!!! send the one with the low range!! we want to see it in action!!!

Quite impressive 👍.

I bought my wife the 2021 yukon XL AT4 the funny part is that is has all the luxury options , back seat monitors, panoramic roof, air ride suspension independent suspension, the only downside is that it comes with the 5.3 and not the 6.2 but it had way more off road modes then the denali and the Cadillac...its definitely the best soccer mom suv and we dropped 80k out the door the denali and Cadillac with have been 20-40k more...

254 miles on it.no engine light on .

Put an Escalade on 18s and get one with 4 low and this Escalade will be an off-road luxury monster!

The Escalade is like a sophisticated professor with a multiple personality disorder: he's desperately trying to suppress his stronger, wilder, nature-loving hippie side, but in the end because it's just in his imagination he's still a skinny professor with no real muscles or aptitude to go wild. Why would a vehicle clearly targeted at the luxury market want to have some "low class" offroad capabilities? ... just in case the kids at the mall get smart and put a banana peel under opposite tires requiring fake fourwheel drive to be required to get out of the parking spot, and for that the Escalade is highly capable!

I like to see if the escalade can go off road on a hard dirt track, like the off road tracks we have in australia, not like that soft easy pathway that is used in this video.. Granted that i agree only the odd and very few escalade would see off road, but if it can do hard off road tracks well, cadillac could sell some here in Aus, and those merc GLS might have something to compete against.

Nice to see someone had the balls to take an expensive vehicle actually off a main road.

Great review. Finally a reviewer addresses the suv aspects of the Cadillac Escalade and not just its luxury drive and interior. Thank you. There is one aspect, one specific feature, of the GMC Yukon AT4 and Denali that I have been trying to find out if it is also in the Escalade, specifically the "Active Response 4WD System" that sends torque as needed to each of the 4 wheels. GMC markets it extensively by that name for the AT4 and Denali, but despite having so many similarities to those, I see no specific reference to that feature or its capabilities in any of the Escalade materials. The Escalade is based on the same truck chassis, and has so many other of the GMC features, like the air suspension, magnetic ride control, the Auto, 2W High, 4W High, and if you get the Heavy Duty Trailering Package, the 4W Low. Maybe the escalade has it, but doesn't call it that, or maybe that is something the took out of the Escalade. Can you tell me, or any other posters here, if the Escalade has the specific "Active Response 4WD Sytem", or at least that functionality but doesn't call it that? Thank you. I would really appreciate it. Though I don't go "off roading" any longer at my 59 years, I very much would like to get the loaded Escalade Sport Platinum for its luxury driving characteristics and interior. It's just that I want an suv, and to some degree an suv's improved capability on a variety of roads, and road and weather conditions, especially during the worst snow and ice winter storms in ski country (the best time to ski after all). That active response 4WD system's ability to send power to each or any or all of the 4 wheels depending on slippage is a great feature for an suv. If the Escalade does not have it, I am left wondering how it deals with slippery roads and such, if at all. Thanks for any input on this issue you or other posters share.

I love TFL! Off roading a $100k Escalade!

I love that camera for the dash for parking that is so handy

Is it any better than the new Tahoe?

Good video Tommy. This past weekend I was taking the wife put for a rode down a trail, came across a newer Escalade (not sure what year) getting the tar beat out of it by the driver. The trail was not hard. Well, not for me and the 4 runner, anyway. So this is the second Cadillac I have seen off road in two days. Lol.

Do Ford Explorer ST 2021. Claims to be good off road, and I’m buying one so I want more in depth off road experience

The 2nd generation escalade suv 2002 6.0 all wheel drive. Will do just as good out there. 345 horsepower vortec no problem.

Do the people you borrow that truck from know where you are taking it beforehand? I love to see you putting it through that test so people can see it’s not just a city vehicle, it is a capable truck. I would just buy an extra set of wheels, 20 inch and put an off road tire to go on a road like that and I bet it would kick arse, maybe even the Range Rovers arse?

No need for a car this expensive, Suzuki Samurai can do what you do in this video very easily

The Escalade that you drove was far nicer, more upscale looking than the Cadillac that Mr. DeMuro had access to (mostly, it’s unimpressive black interior). It was a great test of it’s skill tolerance level. I don’t believe that the folks over at Range Rover have anything to worry about. Thanks for another insightful video.

Awesome Tommy, so glad you pushed it some, I was afraid you’d chicken out.

17's for off-road and 22's for the street

Yukon Denali 2021 next please

"The 600 on the back its not for horsepower or for torque, is for torque in N•m" So... *it is* for _torque_ lol

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"Has a proper transfer case like a pickup....using 4hi because it doesn't have 4 low " Come again???

its awesome that yall did this

I always wanted to take an Escalade(used 2nd or 3rd hand), lift it maybe 4" put some 37" (if not 40"), Nitos maybe, take it in the bush and see what we could wreck! Need some Roo bars... Thanks TFLoffroad for a hint at what it might be like.

Wish i had the money to buy this car , the CADILLAC models always been my favorite car

Low-range and the extra inch of clearance would be nice. But how about a package with 20" wheels (can't go too much smaller, because Escalade), Goodyear Wranglers and the extra skid plates from a Tahoe Z71? Maybe get real fancy and add an LSD to the front axle?

This video either proved the Escalade is very capable! or that you guys need to find new off-road routes that are actually tough haha.

Love it!! Been waiting for you guys to get back out off road!

idk i take my escalade off road from time to time and i put AT tires on it. mine is def not a pavement princess. however mine does have some scratches and imperfections

An off road trim like the z71 or at4 would be nice. I prefer the design and digital display of the Escalade

Nice job Tommy!!!...it's a beautiful truck...lil scared of those big dash screens...think I'd prefer a mechanical cluster.. Scarry thought if those screens ever quit on you😕..102 Thousand!!!??

And I have one other question, I sure hope you see these two posts, and/or someone else knows the answers and shares: About 3 minutes in to your review, you discuss the electronic ltd slip dif, stating that it transfers power/torque to the left or right. I guess I have two questions about this: One, since I assume this is a rear electronic ltd slip diff, is it only the rear wheels that it transfers power to the left and right wheels depending on slippage, or is it both front and rear, it can transfer power to any or all 4 wheels? And two, by adding the 4W Low option, what is gained, what feature(s) and what capability? Thank you so much. And again, great review that no one else is doing.

What wheels and tires would use want to switch to?

Would love to see it Offroad with the diesel and four wheel low.

Im getting a esv platinum in due time and I’m throwing at3 4s coopers on it 💯

$102,000 !?!?!? That better come with 2 bedrooms and a bath. I wish I had more money than sense 😂😂

How does the 2021 yukon denali handle off road

That shark fin antennae mounted to the side is truly strange. It needs to be in the middle at the back. What were they thinking? But impressive offroading considering the tires. Nice test.

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I'm still waiting to see him take the truck go off road....he did go on a dirt road though! while passing the Ford Focus lol

How did it handle compared to the tahoe z71?

I'm not joking, I would like to see you compare some of these vehicles with a compact economy sedan given burlier tires. Bring the sedan along to carry your camera crew.

The car is amazing and my friend you have made me fall in love with it

That's incredible! A Cadillac off-roading as if it was a Jeep! And it did it well! It's already prepared to compete with the coming Jeep Grand Wagoneer... lol. Greetings from Costa Rica.

That link between rear wheels looks so weird and low does it not touch while off roading

I see many of the last generation being used as family haulers on nearby ranches but most of us at least maintain our dirt and gravel roads on the ranch. That was some proper off roading! I'll stick to Trucks and mid size SUV's...

Cadillac: Everybody's putting numbers on their vehicles. Cadillac: 600 it is! Because, 2020!

In reality, American “SUVs” only have two 4WD settings: School and Groceries. 🤦‍♂️

Not to mention that the Sport is the ONLY way to get the eLSD WITHOUT air suspension. Not possible in the Tahoe or Yukon

Okay well step back a few years to MY Escalade where I just have a button to turn off the auto-running boards...instead of having to go through a couple of screens. 🤣 much easier! But mine isn’t quite this nice!