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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Cadillac Escalade page on 8 September 2019, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
The Cadillac Escalade is a full-size luxury SUV engineered and manufactured by Cadillac. It was Cadillac's first major entry into the SUV market. The Escalade was introduced for the 1999 model year in response to competition from the Mercedes-Benz ML-Class and Lexus LX and to Ford's 1998 release of the Lincoln Navigator. The Escalade project went into production only ten months after it was approved. The Escalade is built in Arlington, Texas. The word "escalade" refers to a siege warfare tactic of scaling defensive walls or ramparts with the aid of ladders or siege towers.
The 1999 Escalade was nearly identical to the 1999 GMC Yukon Denali, but was redesigned for the 2002 model year to make its appearance fall more in line with Cadillac's "art and science" design theme. Escalade production was skipped for the 2001 model year. The Escalade ESV (based on the Chevrolet Suburban) and its former sibling the Escalade EXT (based on the Avalanche sport utility truck) were made in Silao, Mexico, before the 2007 redesign; the new Escalade ESV is sourced from Arlington, Texas.
As of 2015, the Cadillac Escalade is available in every country that Cadillac is available in. The Escalade ESV version is available in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Russia and the Middle East. It is Cadillac's largest luxury oriented, passenger- and load-carrying vehicle, which was a niche previously filled by the Cadillac Commercial Chassis.
| Date | Document Name & Details | Documents |
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| October 2004 | Calspan On-Site Rollover Crash Investigation Vehicle: 2002 Cadillac Escalade National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |  PDF - 201KB - 15 pages |
| July 2003 | General Dynamics On-Site Certified Advanced 208-Compliant Vehicle Crash Investigation SCI Technical Summary Report Vehicle - 2003 Cadillac Escalade EXT National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 231KB - 24 pages |
| February 2004 | Calspan On-Site Certified Advanced 208-Compliant Vehicle Crash Investigation Vehicle: 2003 Cadillac Escalade National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 291KB - 21 pages |
| March 2005 | On-Site Certified Advanced 208-Compliant Vehicle Investigation Vehicle - 2003 Cadillac C1500 Escalade National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 620KB - 18 pages |
| August 2004 | Certified Advanced 208-Compliant Vehicle Investigation / Vehicle to Object 2004 Cadillac Escalade National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 2,101KB - 23 pages |
| January 2004 | General Dynamics On-Site Advanced 208-Compliant Vehicle Investigation SCI Technical Summary Report Vehicle - 2004 Cadillac Escalade National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 158KB - 22 pages |
| October 2007 | Not-in-Traffic Surveillance Calspan On-Site Fatal Back Over Incident Investigation Vehicle: 2004 Cadillac Escalade National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 1,923KB - 26 pages |
| January 2005 | On-Site Certified Advanced 208-Compliant Vehicle Investigation Vehicle - 2005 Cadillac Escalade National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | PDF - 727KB - 19 pages |
| 28 June 2011 | NHTSA Recall 11V339000 2011 Cadillac Escalade, 2011 Chevrolet Silverado, 2011 Chevrolet Suburban, 2011 Chevrolet Tahoe, 2011 GMC Sierra, 2011 GMC Yukon Steering:Linkages National Highway Traffic Safety Administration | Recall Page - 1 page |
| 28 June 2011 | From: Carmen Benavides, General Motors LLC To: Claude Harris, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA Recall 11V339000 | PDF - 375KB - 3 pages |
| 29 June 2011 | Upcoming Noncompliance Recall 11181 Certain 2011 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon Shift Lever May Not Display Correct Gear GM Service and Parts Operations NHTSA Recall 11V339000 | PDF - 20KB - 2 pages |
| 30 June 2011 | Intermediate Steering Shaft From: Jennifer Timian, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration To: Carmen Benavides, General Motors LLCNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA Recall 11V339000 | PDF - 29KB - 3 pages |
| July 2011 | Intermediate Steering Shaft Separation General Motors NHTSA Recall 11V339000 | PDF - 333KB - 5 pages |
| July 2011 | Intermediate Steering Shaft Separation General Motors NHTSA Recall 11V339000 | PDF - 338KB - 7 pages |
| July 2011 | Representative Letter General Motors NHTSA Recall 11V339000 | PDF - 82KB - 2 pages |
| 25 October 2011 | Quarterly Recall Progress Report General Motors LLC NHTSA Recall 11V339000 | PDF - 75KB - 4 pages |
| 25 January 2012 | Quarterly Recall Progress Report General Motors LLC NHTSA Recall 11V339000 | PDF - 59KB - 4 pages |
| 24 April 2012 | Quarterly Recall Progress Report General Motors LLC NHTSA Recall 11V339000 | PDF - 67KB - 4 pages |
| 24 July 2012 | Quarterly Recall Progress Report General Motors LLC NHTSA Recall 11V339000 | PDF - 115KB - 4 pages |
| 24 October 2012 | Quarterly Recall Progress Report General Motors LLC NHTSA Recall 11V339000 | PDF - 147KB - 4 pages |
| Type & Item # | Name | Details |
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| Model Kit - AMT 38435 | 2005 Cadillac Escalade EXT | Rides Magazine presents Custom Collection, 1:25 scale |
| Die Cast - Hot Wheels K7571-0917J D1 | '07 Cadillac Escalade | Gold Rides, small scale, gold chrome |
