2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid 0-60 MPH

[lgrigg3]

It kinda sounded like a CVT to me how it held the rpms

[MrDinaso180]

What is that god awful winding noise? That would get really annoying.

[2003BMW325i]

@mpgomatic Why do you think they used a four speed in this and a six in all the others? Its not a DTS ya know? Furthermore do you think Cadillac will update the DTS Transmission anytime soon? In my opinion the DTS should be RWD anyways.

[mpgomatic]

@2003BMW325i Take a look at v=HGlcCTweFYo ... I shot this at SEMA 2008. Joel McGuire from GM provides details on the transmission. Isn't the DTS out of production?

[2003BMW325i]

@mpgomatic Why Do you think they would use a four speed in this and a six in all the others? It's not a DTS you know haha!

[YMCMB4L1F3]

escalade hybrid? thats an oxy-moron

[talldude123]

4-speed automatic in a Hybrid? That's a paddlin'

[form109]

@talldude123 doubt it's a 4 Speed.

[he2fresh1]

@mpgomatic how much does it take to feel up

[robbie1490]

What a pointless hybrid. Ugly, useless SUV.

[rh1n01]

Why does the speedo go to 160? its an escalade.

[wokeupthismorning100]

0:04 VORTEC JUST KICKED IN YO!

[OpticGoat2120]

2 to 45 lol

[BLaCkcLAnX]

wht is mpg? is it miles per gallon?

[FUCK202]

@BLaCkcLAnX YES HAHA

[thetechnerdinc]

2 mpg to 45 mpg at end, wow, bipolar

[crazyforsports1]

worst hybrid MPG ever!!!

[FUCK202]

@crazyforsports1 You do realise when you floor a hybrid it uses full power of the petrol engine, in this case a fucking 6.2 v8. your a fucking spaz if you think flooring a 6.2 v8 will give you good mpg just because its got a small electric motor bolted to the side

[Lexuslover123]

@nithPS2 Well if it was so well engineered, it should have imitated a 6 speed auto, 4 speeds are ancient technology.

[edrickizz20]

what ta sound of engine so smooth!i like escalade

[edrickizz20]

what ta sound of engine so smooth!i like escalade

[edrickizz20]

what ta sound of engine so smooth!i like escalade

[Lexuslover123]

Gm is retarded for using a frekin 4 speed!!! WTF? a 6 speed normal escalade gets only 2 mpg less?

[urlchr]

that is instant economy reading at full throttle which is expected. average fuel economy real time is 25+mpg highway and 20 mpg city on a full size 4wd escalade hybrid.

[daddy00000000001]

0:08 . 1mpg. I swear thats good for an american car.

[TheAutocraze]

0:18 45 MPG

[danwat1234]

What's with the delay before the engine revs up with the CVT transmission? And what about the dead spot between 35 and 45MPH?

[BoboVicus]

My non hybrid escalade gets 2 gallons per mile.

[drippinblood28]

8.5 seconds

[Enzofromwb]

The next person to use the words hybrid and Escalade together in a sentence is getting a purple nurple. As a matter of fact, just don't use either of those words. At all. Ever.

Buy a diesel if you want MPG and do it right.

[04smallmj]

@Enzofromwb I guess these are for celebrities who want to appear environmentally friendly. I'd for a diesel too. The latest TDi engine is awesome.

[crzygutrsnobrdr]

@Enzofromwb not to mention how much torque they have...but yea if you can afford an escalade you can afford $5 a gallon for gas

[person1492]

@chellis151 if you would have read the title of the video, you would have seen it is a hybrid. Hybrids have a 6.0 not the 6.2. They also have an electric engine. The hybrids obvious drive differently because of the engine and gear ratios.

[mikes1sn]

Sounds like a CVT! At least the second gear did, weird.

[porkymouth]

@mikes1sn The transmission has both CVT and fixed-ratio modes.

[Murcielago229]

@porkymouth how the hell? lol not that I don't believe you just HOW THE HELL!?!?!

[porkymouth]

@Murcielago229 Along with the four forward-speed gear ratios, there are two electric motors and an additional planetary gear-set stuffed into the transmission. It's kind of like having an entire Prius transmission and a four-speed transmission stuffed into the same box. At full-throttle, the engine and motors are all at full power to get up to speed quickly, using first gear until 35 mph then switching to full-CVT mode until you let off the throttle.

[chellis151]

the RPM should not go that high and you must have mest with the transmission because i have one and it doesnt not sound like that or do that. also it is a 6.2L V8 not 6.0L

[426rwhpC5]

Why is everyone always so freakin amused when the instant mpg goes down real low???

Well, obviously...its going full throttle people!

People always comment about that...damn. Its not that hard to understand, nor is it very amusing.

[laurahoefkens]

if you want good mpg values, don't get a V8 in the first place!

[Tbolt1000TForLife]

2 mpg HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[FSCMV6]

Sounds the same as the tahoe

[BerriesMcGOO]

the impala v6 gets the same instant mpg

[Zinizzle]

Most Instantaneous fuel displays, are fairly accurate. but taking off from a complete stop uses a lot of fuel. Especially in a big V8, that's why you shouldn't take off from a stop like you're drag racing lol.

[blazzing4321]

2mpg, that escalade must be fresh out the factory lol

[xxnissansilviaxx]

aahaha the mpg went to like 3mpg!

[desimunda116]

1mpg hahah great hybrid

[Lctsforce]

@desimunda116 I think its 2 MPG

[sulimi4ever95]

sorry for being a NOOB but ... whats an MPG ? :b

[xThexIncredibleX]

@sulimi4ever95 miles per gallon!

[sulimi4ever95]

@xThexIncredibleX

thnx

[jimimmm]

1.5 mpg in an 06 expedition. I WIN!!!!

[mrowens131]

2 to 4 mpg . ahahah wowww . lol

[jarheed253]

hahaha 2mpg

[77LincolnContinental]

does it even shift?

[form109]

@77LincolnContinental it Shifted at 5500 RPM.

[SMOOODY13]

How Eco - 1MPG.. When will people learn how unenvironmental these crap hybirds are.. A Toyota Pruis does more environmental damage than a Landrover Discovery in the long term, FACT, so how bad will this heap of junk be long term?!? Who would ever think this hopeless, incredibly uneconomical and badly built car would ever make environmental sense?? Go DIESEL or HYDROGEN FUEL CELL.. Electric and Hybrid cars are all complete CONS. FACT

[geterdonein01]

@SMOOODY13 Dude, the thing has a 6.0 V8 in it, and its a big heavy truck. When you floor it you cant expect it to be getting 100mpg... but i agree with all your points, Hybrids and Electrics are shit.

[Rarrin9378]

HA look at that gas mileage 3 MPG!!!!!!!

[DystruktoBoi1]

weird that 2nd gear didn't move much after u shifted out of first, did u lessen up for some reason? Or does it have some weird gears,

[edratliff]

@DystruktoBoi1 I'm guessing that after 1st gear the gasoline engine served as a generator at maximum power (which is usually near redline)..

[coolgames14]

it's pretty fast for a hybrid lol, i mean 160, that still kinda fast ^^

[meattube4u33]

love the new cts-v 550hp and it beat the turbo awd v-8 audi on the nurburgring circuit, awsome

[MarineHawk117]

Don't non-hybrid Cad Escalades with 6.9L V8 400+ hp get 0-60 in under 7 sec?

Why get this car for 0-60 performance? Why bother to do a 0-60 in it?

[mulcryan]

did anyone notice the temp gauge?

[Tuneman1984]

@mulcryan I think that's gauge is for the battery, how much charge it's producing or something, would make sense for it to go all the way over under hard acceleration...lol I don't think the car was massively overheating going to 60

[mulcryan]

@Tuneman1984 lol no i have an escalade and i know for sure thats the temp gauge

[604ak]

@mulcryan thats not a temperature gauge u clown escalade hybrids have a speacil gauge for fuel effieciency for when your accelerating and braking and yea i have a escalade and i know for sure to

[mulcryan]

@604ak oh wow your right well i have the 09 ext and thats where my temp gauge is

but i have a flexfuel not a hybrid i totally missed that part

[christychackojohn]

their is onlt one gear?

[junktoyota]

0-60: 8.8 sec

[LazBro123]

Even if this Escalade Hybrid has the same engine as the Tahoe Hybrid, the Escalade is half a second faster to 60 then the Tahoe

[JrgrimWoW]

Guys this may come as a shock, but the more you push on the gas pedal the more gas it uses. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that flooring your car (whatever it is) uses a lot of gas. In fact Top Gear raced a Pruis against a BMW and they found that when driven hard the Prius was actually LESS efficient than the BMW.

The MPG number on the display is what the car was getting that very second, not on average.

[nassimlak]

@tj16r an escalade on a 0-60 -_- lol XD

[nassimlak]

hahah 2 MPGs

[wj0102]

At least its better than the Ford Fusion Hybrid... It showed 0MPG when the dude floors it xD

[nassimlak]

@wj0102 holy shit XD

[wj0102]

Verdict: Hybrids are not fuel efficient, get a classic Mustang, it does not show you 0MPG

[nassimlak]

@wj0102 hahah actually thats right XD

[740ilPower]

@nassimlak no it was 45 mpg

stupid

[nassimlak]

@740ilPower wtf r you talking about did you wach from the beginning of the vid to 0:16 lear to read...

[740ilPower]

@nassimlak yea thats what happends when you just flat in it.

[yeu410]

@nassimlak The no-hybrid version gives 1mpg! hahaha

[BenzRules10]

well thats weird

[MercedesSLK350V6]

Sounds like a computor at first!

[MilesStipek]

you probably just broke that rig

[shadowscreecher]

WTF 2 miles a gallon? your being ripped off pal.

[mpgomatic]

Do you know of a vehicle where the Real Time MPGs don't drop way down into the single digits under WOT?

[shadowscreecher]

@mpgomatic Are you kidding? A Range Rover for starters... but seriously... only 2 miles to the gallon... I'm sorry but that is sad for a car.

[amfan12]

Umm, GM cars have a real time MPG display, as well as an average MPG display. Most cars only have the average MPG display. When you plant the pedal to the floor on any car, the real time MPG will only be 1-3MPG

[mpgomatic]

Only some GM cars have the real time display. They need to add the capability to the rest of their lineup.

[6V92TA]

@mpgomatic Cadillac had this feature for a while now...since the mid 80s.

[janji3202]

@6V92TA yup i also had a 1988 Audi 90 quattro with the same real time MPG feature.

[mpgomatic]

Why would I kid? I test vehicles for fuel efficiency week after week.

Under full throttle acceleration the Instantaneous Fuel Economy of any SUV will drop down to single digits.

[chevyblows2001]

same with any car or truck. its dumping all that fuel into the motor at WOT.

[VivaLaBamEpisodes]

@mpgomatic Any car accelerating mpg is very low. Even my 1.8L Toyota engine speeding up fast will be a few mpg. Usually 4-5mpg.

[mpgomatic]

@VivaLaBamEpisodes Yup! Taking off from a full stop consumes a whopping amount of fuel. I'll often take the long way to get from one side of town to the other - with less stops and traffic - to save gas and have a more enjoyable ride.

[awesomeness2571]

@VivaLaBamEpisodes priuses are pretty much the same.... everyone expects it to always have great mpg but when you are always trying to keep up with the traffic on stop and go streets, you never really get the epa estimated mpg.... :(

i still have to love hybrids cuz the engine can shut off whenever you don't have to use it! thumbs up! haha

[bg1379]

@shadow - Are you kidding?! If you drive a Range Rover at full throttle, you are without doubt going to, if only for a moment, be achieving dismal MPG. C'mon, it's common sense that you'd achieve that at full throttle.

[notredame2191]

people dont understand what that is haha.. my moms acura mdx has the same thing

[JordsterMovies]

@mpgomatic I'd bet he doesn't even know what WOT means ... Just for comparison, my 2010 Mazda3 drops to 4 MPG under WOT.

[pkidro]

@shadowscreecher he's at full throttle, that's good if he's getting 2 MPG

[12345678993879]

@pkidro it first said 3 then droped to 0 then 1 2 mpg

[262ss]

Interesting note that GMs Two-Mode Hybrids do not have torque converters. They take off using electric power every time. They went with the larger 6.0L so the vehicle can stay in V4 mode longer. Since this was co-developed with GM/BMW/DCX, this transmission also made an appearance in modified form in the now defunct Durango and Aspen. BMW stuck their 4.4L on the end of it as well in the X6. Its pretty cool tech I just they could make it cost less.

[Sudano66]

i want one so bad i love escalades so much. i wish....

[simsess]

my parents got one of them and they are faster than the look

[SRQshark]

1 mpg!!!

[chevyrider6]

it only got 2mpg lol

[PresidentOfUsa21]

what's the difference between normal escalade 'n' esv?

[CowboyDiplomacy]

ESV is longer (like the Suburban) and the normal one is more like the Tahoe.

[renahnnsh]

it's actually 2 inches longer

[mrH00LIGAN]

i love this car

[INUMIMI28]

7sec87

[cheesefries91]

The electric motor only got it to 5 MPH!!

[NissanDriver15]

What's the point of having a V8 in a hybrid car? Really defeats the purpose of having a hybrid in the first place.

[JasWarLea]

not when the hybrid motor gives you almost 23mpg in the city, and still be able to tow a boat or trailer and haul more people

[FrencunoZeTroll]

the monitor reads 1-4 miles per gallon when its acceleration

[tipy123]

all this thing is a tahoe hyrbid

[shjesus]

where is the 6.2? wtf ...

[elitecssplayer]

What does the  M mean? beside DRIVE

[CowboyDiplomacy]

Manual

[CjmGuy]

m means manual. it has 4 artificial ratios like an auto trans for towing and the cvt resumes function in drive i think

[elitecssplayer]

Thanks!

Come idiots told me that it's means:

Mountain

Motor

Magnet

Mouth (lol)

and Miles

I laughed at everyone!

[parsley0120]

Haha yes they do but not in this case. The regular Escalade has a 6.2L engine with a little over 400 horses. These ones have a 6.0L which puts out 333 horses, Idk how much power the electric engine puts out to aid it.

[wildbloodydragon]

9 seconds 0-60 isn't bad for a car this size. The hybrid engine definitely helped.

[parsley0120]

The none hybrid version does it in 7.somthing.

[wildbloodydragon]

haha shit are you serious? I thought hybrid engines actually aid the gasoline engines under full throttle?

[6V92TA]

nah. it aids the engines in normal everyday driving. Electric motors are good from a stand still but not too good at high speed.

[wildbloodydragon]

Oh aright. But still, even if the electric motor doesn't help, it should be just as fast, right? Or did they use longer gears on the hybrid version?

[6V92TA]

the gearings different. If im correct, some of those hydrids use a type of transmission something like a street sweeper has. Hydrostatic transmission i believe. Jus two gears...forward, reverse.

[wildbloodydragon]

Kinda like CVT, huh.

[6V92TA]

you could say that.

[Artyfil]

does that thing have a CVT? since it's weird that at 0:13 the revs remain about the same but the car is still accelerating.

[rudolphna54]

Yes

[TSXboy26]

hahahah 2 MPG!! good luck with that shit!

[rudolphna54]

ALL cars get 2mpg, less or somewhere in that neighborhood when at wide open throttle. heavy acceleration uses alot of fuel. Dumbass.

[TSXboy26]

ALL cars?!? no sir. You are very iggnunt!! lol

[BlackAstonMartin]

lmao yea

[zech007]

Its a CVT that shifts like a automatic transmission, there are 4 preset ratio in the CVT, it shift accordingly to how you drive.

[parsley0120]

I like how everyone is bashing on the instant mpg. Does any car/truck/suv get good gas mileage when you have it floored? I don't think so.

[ronpradhan]

the instant mpg was 4 mpg... figures

[carmandan14]

give me a break. what do you expect wide open throttle.

[racingmustang01]

kinda slow, but not bad from 0-60 in 9 secs.....

[skimaniac05]

what in gods name is going on in second gear and why would anyone spend their money on that thing that gets MAYBE 2 or 3 MPG better than the standard escalade

[GeneralMotorsRules]

20 mpg city is a lot better than the standard Escalade, actually.

[skimaniac05]

i was talking overall. idk, i think its just me cuz i don't really get the appeal to the escalade in the first place, but its not the kind of car id want in the first place.

[carmandan14]

not second gear. Its a revonlutionary transmission that uses the best of CVT and a conventional 4 speed to get the best fuel economy and performace. Also it depends on how you drive it. I know people who own a tahoe hybrid and average 25 mpg! I have a 07 suburban with AFM and average around 17 mpg. am mostly in the city. So I think the hybrid is worth it.

[slungbungdungclung]

I like how the digital readout says 1 MPG

[rudolphna54]

All cars,hybrid or not, are going to say very low MPGs at WOT.

[shawtiee1085]

slower than tahoe

[DevPack]

6000rpm ftw

[chris000089]

this isn't a cvt is it? It looks like it shifts

[carmandan14]

best of both CVT and 4 speed, it shifts to give feel but holds for more speed.

[marchingwildcatsnake]

slow

[nintendozelda98]

hmm.. does all gm suv hybrids accelerating like that

[occckid123]

nice gearing until 40 den it died lol. acceleration almost stopped just for it to drop back.

[shukiikuhs]

4500 RPM is probably the engine's peak power output.

[hondareconred]

slow

[05Forenza]

That seems to be a poorly designed CVT. It revs to over 5500 and losing tons of power just to drop back to 4500 then start accelerating again.

[rudolphna54]

This CVT has "gears" which are I guess supposed to make it feel more like a typical transmission car.  Apparently doesn't work 100% at WOT

[powerstrokediesel365]

i think its like a 4spd based system its kinda weird.. i know.. very poorly designed , ill have to read up on why it does that...

[ronmann606]

The engine revs up faster than any other vehicle with a cvt that I've ever seen.

[hybridlancer2004]

That escalade hybrid was getting 45 MPG???at the end??lol

[phodalimonada]

he was fast and not accelerating, of course it will show up 45 mpg...

[573W1E6R1FF1N]

He was coasting

[rangerover06sc]

it also showed 75mpg at the end,the fuel comsumption rating isn't always right!A!

[573W1E6R1FF1N]

Well it kind of is. I mean he is using barley any fuel as its just ticking over and he is going like 70 odd. so At that moment it could do 70mpg

[mpgomatic]

That's what happens when you take your foot off the gas pedal and coast. :)

[sugarisgoodness]

0:09 Look closely at the display 1 MPG! haha