The Cadillac Escalade V is all about extra and in contrast to many performance-leaning SUVs it’s obtained sufficient grunt to make it stand out. It’s not alone although as challengers from Mercedes and Land Rover are additionally pushing the envelope of simply how briskly a high-end luxurious SUV could be. Right here’s a entrance row seat to the three of them deciding what’s what on a drag strip.

The V is by far the most costly Escalade on sale at present with an MSRP of $149,990. For that money you get essentially the most highly effective full-size SUV available on the market although with its 682 hp (508 kW). In fact, it’s additionally by far the heaviest automobile of this trio tipping the scales at 6,217 lbs (2,820 kg). The blokes at Throttle Home say that it’s mainly so silly that it begins to make sense once more.

For $118,700, one may choose up the Vary Rover P530. It makes use of a 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 from BMW to pump out 523-hp (385 kW). That’s a giant hole to make up however the Rangey weighs “simply” 5,530 lbs (2,508 kg). The Mercedes is the wild card as a result of it weighs a little bit extra, 5,842 lbs (2,650 kg), however has extra energy too, at 577 hp (424 kW). It’s additionally the most costly with an MSRP of $179,000.

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What’s clear after the preliminary drag race is that cash doesn’t all the time purchase velocity. The Cadillac Escalade V completely rips off of the road and down the quarter of a mile sooner than both the Mercedes or the Vary Rover can address. Regardless of the SUV’s weight penalty, the supercharged V8 underneath the hood is just too brawny to be overwhelmed from a dig.

Issues change once they begin from a roll, although. Regardless of the V having extra energy and extra torque, 653 ft-lbs (885 Nm), it loses to the lighter AMG. Whereas the G 63 could be a little bit weaker underneath the hood, it nonetheless develops 627 lb-ft (850 Nm) of torque, and mixed with its a lot lighter total weight, it comes away because the winner.