The 2025 model year is set to debut a mid-cycle refresh for the Cadillac Escalade range, including the high-performance Escalade-V. Externally, this entails a redesigned front fascia with updated lighting signatures inspired by the all-electric Escalade IQ, as Cadillac Society recently spotted on a 2025 Cadillac Escalade-V prototype without camo. Today, we’re taking a peek into the refreshed Escalade-V cockpit, courtesy of our latest spy photos, which offer a detailed glimpse at what’s inside the doors of the go-fast luxury SUV.
Front and center, the 2025 Cadillac Escalade-V interior sports a coast-to-coast (or pillar-to-pillar) display, which houses the digital driver information center (instrument panel), the infotainment system, and a passenger side entertainment screen. This setup mirrors that in the Escalade IQ and Cadillac Celestiq, replacing the 38-inch OLED screen introduced for the 2021 Escalade. That screen spanned only the driver infotainment center and the center stack, but did not extended to the passenger side of the vehicle.
2025 Cadillac Escalade-V interior
2021-2024 Cadillac Escalade interior
Below that, a secondary tablet-like screen handles inputs for the HVAC controls, once again similar to the Cadillac Escalade IQ. Also note the console-mounted rotary knob for the infotainment center, as well as the physical volume dial to its left.
Additionally, the shift lever has been relocated from the center console and is now situated on the right hand of the steering column, freeing up space within the console for the aforementioned HVAC control screen and the repositioned wireless phone charging pad, which is now positioned ahead of the vertically-oriented cupholders.
Finally, the 2025 Cadillac Escalade-V sports a new steering wheel, complete with a new left hand stalk for turn signal and wiper function. Note the iconic V-Series logo is visible on the dash panel, to the left of the wheel.
2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ interior
The cockpit seen on this 2025 Escalade-V will also be used on all 2025 model year Escalade models, including those of the non-V variety.
Under the hood, the refreshed 2025 Escalade-V still cradles the supercharged 6.2L V8 LT4 gasoline engine, which is rated at 682 horsepower and 653 pound-feet of torque. The T1 platform will provide the bones, while production will be handled at the Arlington plant in Texas. As of this writing, Cadillac has not unveiled nor disclosed pricing for the refreshed high-performance luxury SUV.
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Gary
Great news! From the pics, can’t tell where the shifter is located. Will it be offered with the 24 inch wheels?
Mike
Nice stance. Hugemongous screen in there.
Dennis V Brooks Sr
As much as I, and several other Car guys, and Car gals I talk with, truly dislike, is being put in a box, a category if you will…that box is ‘baby boomers’ aka that age group, that doesn’t do this, but does that.
My point, Most of us, grew up loving cars, and Cadillac was King, the King of The Road,
and even more important , The Standard of The World!! Cadillac never put anyone in a box, Cadillac built the ultimate automobile, for the buyer who understood, and respected quality,
true American craftsmanship, beauty, performance, built to last, built with pride, for the Car guys, and Car gals of that era, and they Still do.
Cadillac was a Goal, you set for yourself, it meant you had arrived at that Goal, you had Achieved that benchmark in your life. Remember when your neighbor bought that first Cadillac, and they parked in the driveway, instead of the garage, so Everyone would see it!?
When I look at these gorgeous works of automobile art, these beautiful sculptures, built for comfort, speed, superb handling, and State Of the Art Technology, yes, their that benchmark, that Goal, that we Car guys, and Car gals, park in our driveway, for Everyone to see, to Admire, to Aim for…and they are built right here, in Arlington, Texas 🇺🇸
Henry Williams
I’m thinking of trading in my 2023 LYRIQ for the IQ.