- To celebrate its 125th birthday, Cadillac is releasing 252 special-edition versions of the Escalade-V for the 2027 model year.
- The Escalade-V 125th Anniversary Collector Series comes in two paint colors, features carbon-fiber details, and has contrasting Santorini Blue interior stitching.
- Ordering is open now, with the starting price set at around $239,000.
In the early 1900s, the Wright brothers were experimenting with flight, Henry Ford was developing the Model T, and Albert Einstein was making finishing touches to his theory of relativity. At the same time, Cadillac was emerging with the 1903 Runabout, which made 10 horsepower from a single-cylinder engine and cost $850—about $33,300 in today’s economy.
Next year will mark 125 years since Cadillac’s founding, and a lot has changed since the Runabout’s release. To celebrate the luxury brand’s milestone anniversary, Cadillac is releasing the 2027 Escalade-V 125th Anniversary Collector Series, which will have a very limited production run.
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The Anniversary Collector Series is all about exclusivity. While buyers can’t choose much beyond the exterior paint color in terms of the vehicle’s appearance, they can add a bit of personalization by selecting their own VIN and serial number.
To complement the Midnight Stone Frost or Vibrant White Tricoat paint, the Escalade-V 125th Anniversary wears forged 24-inch wheels and features blue brake calipers, dark-finish badges, puddle lamps with heritage V-8 graphics, and carbon-fiber details on the grille surround, lower rear fascia, mirror caps, and engine cover.
This special edition doesn’t change much under the hood, but the Escalade-V is plenty powerful as-is. A supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 makes 682 horsepower to cart the massive SUV to 60 mph in just 4.3 seconds in our testing.
Inside, Santorini Blue stitching and seatbelts connect Cadillac’s racing history with the special-edition Escalade-V. The blue accents pair with a sleek black-and-gray interior, Collector Series floormats, exclusive interior badging, and a blue key fob.
The Escalade-V 125th Anniversary Collector Series will be limited to 252 units and sold only in the United States and Canada. Orders are open now, with pricing starting at around $239,000.
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Alayna Wilkening grew up reading motorsport magazines and following her grandpa around his Chevrolet dealership's showroom floor. In true Hoosier fashion, her first car was a hot pink custom cardboard "Fiero-vette" for her kindergarten Kindy 500 race. She now autocrosses a 1994 Miata with her dad, which she learned to drive the night before her first event. Alayna went to Indiana University and graduated with a degree in journalism and a minor in graphic design. As a testament to her great taste in cars, her first real one was a metallic orange 2007 Chevy HHR, which she lovingly called "The Dumptruck."