- The Curated by Cadillac Escalade IQ is a highly customizable version of the luxury brand’s full-size electric SUV.
- Customers can choose from over 160 paint colors and 44 interior colors, with each model built by hand at GM’s Artisan Center in Warren, Michigan.
- The Curated by Cadillac treatment costs $54,995, which is tacked onto the Escalade IQ lineup’s existing six-figure prices.
If the Cadillac Escalade IQ speaks to you but its standard color palette just seems a bit proletarian, the new Curated by Cadillac version goes Cheesecake Factory on the menu of hues, both inside and out. Hey, why let Porsche and Ferrari rake in the dough with personalization programs like Sonderwunsch and Tailor Made when you can expand the Celestiq build experience to the quintessential nameplate in baller SUVs? Thus, the Curated by Cadillac Escalade IQ, which will be hand-built at the Artisan Center in Warren, Michigan, and add $54,995 to the price of your normcore Escalade IQ.
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As with the Celestiq, Curated by Cadillac buyers get the concierge experience when it comes to speccing out their new electric leviathan. And perhaps you’d want some advice when there are more than 160 exterior paint choices and 44 interior colors, among other possibilities. Each vehicle will get a badge denoting its specialness, although we’d guess the hand-painted body will do most of the work on that front.
The Curated by Cadillac Escalade IQ will go into production in the second half of 2027, but interested parties can get an earlier look on August 14 at The Quail, where Cadillac will show a concept vehicle. And while throwing a $55,000 option at an Escalade IQ makes for a not-inexpensive SUV, that’s just the price of entry to the one-of-one club.
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Ezra Dyer is a Car and Driver senior editor and columnist. He's now based in North Carolina but still remembers how to turn right. He owns a 2009 GEM e4 and once drove 206 mph. Those facts are mutually exclusive.