Oh man GM releases another hybrid SUV (Escalade Hybrid)

[warren]

Exactly! No one mentions other factors such as factories and power plants. I think it's because we see cars everyday and that's the first thing people jump all over and scapegoat. I wonder if these eco people are doing anything else beside moan about how evil cars are while drinking their overpriced starbucks latte.

Starbucks isn't so overpriced, considering how much more they pay their employees and how much better their benefits program is than, say, Tim Horton's.

[Old Lace]

Starbucks is the first coffee place that came to mind.

[_HighVoltage_]

My boss at work drives a regular Escalade and one day I asked him about the fuel consumption, whether he was getting 15MPG and he replied: "I wish!"

[argatoga]

20MPG is actually pretty good, considering it seats one million. Heck I get less than twenty in the city in my car.

[Viper007Bond]

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Whoops. Suppose to be in General Automotive

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[klankymen]

Oh, and also, an Escalade seats 9 compared to the Prius' 5.

It seats nine?! wow... didn't used to though, right?

Sure it's ginormous, but how do they fit 9 seats in? is it a 2-4-3 config? or some kind of sideways setup?

I'm opposed to SUVs, but this is kinda coolish... not that I'd be caught dead in one

[optimusprime]

Sure it's ginormous, but how do they fit 9 seats in? is it a 2-4-3 config? or some kind of sideways setup?

I'm opposed to SUVs, but this is kinda coolish... not that I'd be caught dead in one

I believe it's 2-3-4... which I'm guessing is optimistic in the back seat.

Yeah, though, there's no way I would voluntarily drive one. And, the thing is, they're all owned by drug dealers, who don't generally have 7 kids to drive around.

[klankymen]

Well, it is 2 meters wide, so in theory it should be manageable.... I'd have to see it myself to believe it though

maybe not 7 kids... but 7 henchmen?

The thought just occured to me.... why not use a 3-3-3 config? Back when we lived in the states we had some sort of plymouth or something which had 3 seats in the front and 3 in the back (and 2 doors - rofl)

[Ottobon]

the thing is, they're all owned by drug dealers, who don't generally have 7 kids to drive around.

Maybe shes a drug dealer, who knows, but one of the nicest and best tipping customers at work drives a brand new Escalade, so for that i can't really hate Escalade drivers. Plus its better to buy something that atleast has a sense of style then say a Kia. I'm not at all Pro-SUV, but most cars look so generic now-adays i am almost happy that people choose Escalades just because they can pull off the pimp-mobile look.

I like the way they boast about it dropping down to 4 cylinders to save fuel, but why not just make a 4 cylinder car instead of having 8?

First of all, you obviously have never owned a proper 8 cylinder have you? So what would you know about their appeal, and as HiddenHunter already mentioned you'd need a 4cyl to rev its nuts off to put out enough juice to pull a 3 ton SUV, plus 4cyl are, by design, fairly unbalanced, so even if you made a 4.0 liter it would most likely shake the hell out of the whole truck, either that or it would loose any rational reason for existing by having huge balasts added to it.

[Vette Boss]

One thing that really puts me off this thing, it's over $70,000. For that money, you could have your choice of sturdy German quality, not some plasticky American barge.

[bartboy9891]

I believe it's 2-3-4... which I'm guessing is optimistic in the back seat.

Yeah, though, there's no way I would voluntarily drive one. And, the thing is, they're all owned by drug dealers, who don't generally have 7 kids to drive around.

I doubt it can seat 9, the only realistic way to seat 9 would be to have 3 rows of bench seats. So it would be 3 seats in each row. I'm pretty sure that you can't get a bench seat in the front, and there is no way there could be 4 seats in the third row. You can configure the 2nd and 3rd row to have 2 or 3 seats each. So you can have 6, 7, or 8 seats.

[argatoga]

First of all, you obviously have never owned a proper 8 cylinder have you? So what would you know about their appeal, and as HiddenHunter already mentioned you'd need a 4cyl to rev its nuts off to put out enough juice to pull a 3 ton SUV, plus 4cyl are, by design, fairly unbalanced, so even if you made a 4.0 liter it would most likely shake the hell out of the whole truck, either that or it would loose any rational reason for existing by having huge balasts added to it.

I have no problem with V8s but I thought I better mention this the world's highest displacement production four banger (3L).

[tripbeat]

If US-Rappers start to think about the environment there might be a market. Nice attempt to make a rubbish car a bit less rubbish.

[jetsetter]

One thing that really puts me off this thing, it's over $70,000. For that money, you could have your choice of sturdy German quality, not some plasticky American barge.

lol.

[optimusprime]

Maybe shes a drug dealer, who knows, but one of the nicest and best tipping customers at work drives a brand new Escalade, so for that i can't really hate Escalade drivers.

She probably isn't, but her husband is.

[Donington]

I recently got to see some Escalades for the first time when I went to a Cadillac dealership. Huge, and very pointless for the UK, but in a stupid way I like it, and I know I'd have one over a Prius (no congestion charge in a Escalade, think about it!)

I saw the new CTS as well, and that was much more interesting. Very, very nice car. make a hybrid of that here...

[Vector]

This is only so that idiot celebrities can continue to flaunt their pimped-out Escalades and still say they are driving a hybrid.

[Censport]

And we're surprised by GM releasing an Escalade hybrid? I mean, they've already done it, see Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid, same vehicle.

Just like a regular Escalade is the same vehicle as the Suburban/Tahoe, only pimped out in a grotesque manner. And the Suburban/Tahoe is little more than a civilian Bluebird school bus (short version, of course). So Escalade owners are driving around in pimped-out short buses!



Every time I see a black Escalade (which is often in Brentwood), I think "now there's an idiot". To spend that much more money on a dressed-up Suburban, and then to have a black one with the Tennessee summers we have to deal with, a person would have to be hopelessly ignorant. And yet, they somehow managed to get financing for it, and can afford to feed it...

[Labcoatguy]

Just like a regular Escalade is the same vehicle as the Suburban/Tahoe, only pimped out in a grotesque manner. And the Suburban/Tahoe is little more than a civilian Bluebird school bus (short version, of course). So Escalade owners are driving around in pimped-out short buses!



Every time I see a black Escalade (which is often in Brentwood), I think "now there's an idiot". To spend that much more money on a dressed-up Suburban, and then to have a black one with the Tennessee summers we have to deal with, a person would have to be hopelessly ignorant. And yet, they somehow managed to get financing for it, and can afford to feed it...

This is completely OT, but do you know if Belle Meade Motorcars is still open? I used to drive past it and the bevvy of 80s Rolls Royces and Bentleys every day on my way to school, but I haven't been back to Nashville since 2001.

[Censport]

This is completely OT, but do you know if Belle Meade Motorcars is still open? I used to drive past it and the bevvy of 80s Rolls Royces and Bentleys every day on my way to school, but I haven't been back to Nashville since 2001.

OT! OT! OT!

You're thinking of the little corner lot, right? It's now Global Motorsports. They rarely have Rolls or Bentleys, unless you have a specific request. Same for my friend Sean Petty, who has Music City Motorsports. Sean typically handles more Astons, though, thanks to a good friend of his who collects them. He does have a Bentley Arnage on the lot currently. But no hybrids, naturally.