This white Cadillac Escalade ESV Sport Platinum, based in Orange County, is the only white Escalade in our fleet, built for weddings and celebrations rather than routine transport. The long ESV body seats seven with room for garment bags, and the Platinum cabin pairs semi aniline leather with a 36 speaker AKG system. A chauffeur is available on request.
The 6.2 liter V8 makes 420 horsepower and moves this Escalade to sixty in 5.9 seconds, with a deep, unhurried noise that nothing else in this class produces. Sending that power through the rear wheels alone makes this one as quick to sixty as any Escalade we run, though quick is relative in a truck this size. Air Ride Adaptive Suspension reads the road and softens it before you feel the hit, which matters on the climb up Newport Coast Drive toward Pelican Hill, where the pavement rises and dips over blind crests. At freeway speed on the 405 the cabin goes quiet and the ride settles into something closer to a lounge than a truck.
White paint on this ESV Sport Platinum reads as a wedding car, not a fleet car, which is why it works parked outside a reception near Pelican Hill or along the harbor at Newport rather than outside a terminal. The length is the story, so a long side profile at wheel height carries it, since from the front it looks like any other Escalade. Shoot it at dusk and the vertical light signature front and rear comes alive against the white body in a way it never does on the black cars. The black Platinum interior stays neutral against the white exterior and keeps the cabin out of the frame.
This is the only white Escalade we run. The other five are black, which makes this the one that reads as a celebration rather than a job, the truck you want photographed outside a wedding near Pelican Hill rather than idling at a curb. It also carries the top interior trim in the fleet, the Platinum specification with the massage seats and the 36 speaker system, and the long ESV body that seats seven with room for their bags. Book the black ESV Sport trucks when the Escalade needs to disappear into the background of somebody's day. Book this one when the Escalade is the point of the photograph, and rear wheel drive is not a concern on dry Orange County pavement.
This is the Escalade ESV Sport Platinum, the long wheelbase body with the top interior trim Cadillac offers, in white over black. Platinum brings semi aniline leather across all three rows, 18 way front seats with massage, and an AKG Studio Reference system built around 36 speakers, standard on this trim. The long ESV body adds roughly 41.5 cubic feet behind the third row over the standard car, real room for luggage or garment bags. Power comes from the 6.2 liter V8 at 420 horsepower and 460 lb ft, sent through the rear wheels rather than four wheel drive, which is why this is one of the quickest Escalades we run to sixty.