New Car Overview of the 2005 Cadillac Escalade EXT Luxury Full-Size Sport Utility Pickup Truck

Description: Luxury Full-Size Sport Utility Pickup Truck
Base MSRP Range: $52,865 - $69,535
Invoice Price Range: $48,371 - $63,625
Where built: USA

Escalade EXT has the big cabin of a four-door SUV but also the abbreviated bed of a pickup truck plus a link between cab and truck bed in the cabin's fold-down rear gate. As a unique sport-utility truck (SUT), the EXT variation of Escalade the wagon can convert from a comfortable four-door and five-person sport-utility to a practical pickup capable of hauling cargo as well as passengers. It resembles elite Escalade although the boxy rear bay has been eliminated in favor of the pared pickup bed.

Muscle comes from Escalade's high-output 6.0-liter, V8 ripped to 345-hp.

And 2005 models contain a new instrument cluster, the navigation system upgraded with a touch-screen, burled walnut trim in the cabin and bright chrome on the exhaust pipe at the tail.