The 2025 Cadillac Escalade is slated to bring a long list of notable updates and changes to the highly popular luxury SUV. For starters, the front fascia will be reworked to give the full-size luxury SUV a meaner, more modern demeanor, the rear end will also be treated to a handful of subtle updates, including the signature vertical taillights at the outer edges of the liftgate. Today, Cadillac Society is taking a closer look at the difference between the 2025 Escalade taillights and the ones on the pre-refresh 2021-2024 models.
Just like on the pre-refresh Escalade, the 2025 Escalade’s taillights span the height of the rear hatch, terminating just below the spoiler mounted above the rear glass. The housings continue to be kinked to follow the slope of the SUV’s rear end, also a carryover from the pre-refresh model. In other words, the overall shape of the taillight housing won’t change for the 2025 model year refresh. What will change are the inner graphics within the taillights themselves. While the refreshed model will retain the three distinct lighting elements contained within the taillight housing, the 2025 Escalade will bring a cleaner interior pattern thanks to the deletion of the horizontal graphics within the upper portion of the housing on pre-refresh models.
Additionally, the 2025 Cadillac Escalade’s taillights will feature a taller inner corner marker than the outgoing, pre-refresh model. This helps create a more vertical reach within the taillights overall, making their aesthetic even more modern.
Other changes at the rear will include new trim on the liftgate, reshaped reflectors and associated trim, plus slightly revised exhaust finishers.
Out front, the 2025 Escalade will feature an all-new front fascia headlined by a new headlight treatment. The full-size luxury SUV will feature brand new LED lights that will now be divided between a set of thin, horizontally-oriented lights just beneath the seam of the hood, which serve as the turn indicators and hazard lights. Below these will be a vertically-oriented housing containing the Daytime Running Lights (DRLs) on the outside pat of the cluster, with the actual headlights nestled slightly more centrally within the same cluster.
Inside, the refreshed luxury SUV will gain a coast-to-coast (or pillar-to-pillar) display that houses the digital instrument cluster behind the steering wheel, the infotainment system over the center stack, and a passenger side entertainment screen. This setup mirrors what’s found in the Escalade IQ and Cadillac Celestiq, creating interior design congruity across the luxury marque’s lineup.
As previously reported by Cadillac Society, the changes on the way for the refreshed Escalade don’t stop with its exterior or interior. The 2025 Escalade will likely ditch the base Luxury trim as Caddy continues to simplify its trim level offerings across its lineup. Additionally, the luxury SUV will no longer offer the turbodiesel engine option, meaning that it will only be available with gasoline-powered engines under the hood.
In the video above, Cadillac Society Executive Editor Alex Luft details everything we know and expect from the forthcoming 2025 Escalade. Check it out, and remember to keep an eye on our new Cadillac Society podcast for stories, discussions, perspectives and analyses of all things Caddy.
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