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In our previous article A Night with Cadillac, I mentioned after the dinner we were riding on a 2015 Escalade back to the rendezvous location, there were something interesting on display.

There are one 2015 Escalade ESV and one 2015 CTS VSport sitting inside the exhibition hall. In this article I will share my personal impression on the 2015 Escalade. All photos are taken live in the Road to Table event in Laguna Beach.

The current Escalade is the 4th-generation, beginning from the 2014 model year. One distinguish point I sensed recently is: Cadillac vehicle’s material quality and assembling quality has great improvement during the past two years...

Yesterday night I attended Cadillac’s “Road to Table” event in Laguna Beach, CA.

The idea of this program is connecting the car driving experience with fine dining pleasures, which similar to Lincoln’s “Day Night” program.

The difference between the two is: for Cadillac they just let you drive the CTS for a couple miles to the restaurant, then treat you with a dinner; for Lincoln, they lend you a MKC or MKZ for 2 days, and give you a $100 debit card; you can go to anywhere within the 48-hr period, no mileage restriction, and you can use the $100 anywhere, not necessarily in a restaurant, even though Lincoln suggests you to.

Cadillac held the Orange County Road to Table e...

Among all the full-size SUVs in the US market, the Lincoln Navigator is a truck that always forgotten by some consumers. In 2013, GM sold a total of 22,514 units of the Cadillac Escalade, compared to 8,613 units for the Navigator.

Both of the Escalade and Navigator are truck-based SUVs, which are using the body-on-frame construction. The reason why the Navigator received lower sales is because some of its major features and styling are outdated. Therefore, Lincoln extensively revised the 2015 Navigator to make it to be competitive again.

Changes made to the 2015 model includes the brand-new 3...

Review Index

2014 Acura RLX – Part 1 (Exterior)
2014 Acura RLX – Part 2 (Interior)
2014 Acura RLX – Part 3 (Electronic Features, Controls)
2014 Acura RLX – Part 4 (Powertrain)
2014 Acura RLX – Part 5 (Chassis)

Our test car is assembled in Japan in May, 2013, see the label on the chassis.

The RLX comes with double-wishbone type design for both the front and rear suspension.

But please do not be fooled by the “double-wishbone” name. On the RLX, it is not the traditional double-wishbone suspension which has both upper and lower A-arms.

For the front suspension, it has an upper A-arm, but there is no lower A-arm...

Review Index

2014 Acura RLX – Part 1 (Exterior)
2014 Acura RLX – Part 2 (Interior)
2014 Acura RLX – Part 3 (Electronic Features, Controls)
2014 Acura RLX – Part 4 (Powertrain)
2014 Acura RLX – Part 5 (Chassis)

The RLX is equipped with a naturally aspirated, direct injection 3.5L V6 engine, pumps out a maxium of 310hp at 6,500rpm, and 272 lb-ft of torque at 4,500rpm. The power is transmitted to the front wheels through Honda’s self-developed 6-speed automatic transmission.

Maybe unknown to some people, automatic transmissions developed by Honda has a completely different architecture...