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Next Cadillac Escalade’s interior spied for the first time

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The new

Cadillac Escalade

has a lot of work to do in order to reclaim its crown as the full-size American luxury SUV.

Lincoln

unceremoniously swiped it with the wonderfully luxurious

Navigator

, and

GM

needs a strong response. These couple interior

spy photos

are our first look at what

Cadillac

is working with on the inside of its new luxury truck.

We don’t want to make final judgements, as this vehicle is still a prototype and subject to change. However, a few key bits are noticeable from the fuzzy photos. As expected, Cadillac’s CUE infotainment and center stack is nowhere to be seen. Replacing it is new interior design language, with a tablet-like screen rising out of the sloped stack on top. Below the screen is a strip of stitched leather and a couple prominently placed air vents. To the left of this area is what appears to be a push-button gear shifting system, replacing the column-mounted shifter currently in use. Form your own opinion on this decision, but the vertical push-button sequence over there looks more luxurious than the massive stub sticking out of the steering column.

Below all that on a lower level of the center stack are all the climate controls, along with what look like physical buttons for what could be audio-related controls. Does it look as luxurious as the Lincoln? Not with all the coverings and shrouding it doesn’t. But we can’t come to any conclusions with this view. One thing that’s clear is that the interior design is definitely going to be wildly different than the current

Escalade

. That center stack flows downward as one sloping piece into the high and bulky center console area now. This design looks like it brings the center console further downward, and also uses a multi-tiered look. It’s tough to read what’s on the screen, but the software looks like the same stuff we got a preview of on the new

Cadillac CT5

and

CT4 sedans

.

As for the exterior shots, there’s almost nothing new to see we haven’t already got a taste of in

previous spy photos

. The independent rear suspension is a go, as are what appear to be massive headlight and LED DRL fixtures. If you look through the wrapping, you can make out how far up and down the lighting fixtures stretch … or perhaps they’re separate units altogether. It’s tough to tell at this point. Of greater interest is the presence of production lights on this particular tester — the DRLs look like finished units, rather than the makeshift lights on a previous set of

spy shots

.

from Autoblog http://bit.ly/31pNO0A