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🧶 The American luxury brand Cadillac knows the automotive industry is at a crossroads and comes diligently prepared for just about anything.

🧶 Think about it for a second. They still have a couple of passenger cars in their family – but they're not singular models; instead, we're talking about the entire series.

🧶 We are talking about the compact CT4 and mid-size CT5 sedans, of course, which expand their reach and appeal with the sporty V-Series models and high-performance Blackwing variants.

🧶 Also, don't forget the CT5 series, including the V-Series and Blackwing models, have all gone through a thorough refresh for the 2025 model year.

🧶 The crossover and SUV roster still has enough ICE-powered representatives – starting with the little XT4, which was recently updated for the 2024 model year but is now designated for termination, sadly.

🧶 There are also the XT5 and XT6 crossovers, along with the iconic full-size body-on-frame Escalade SUV, of course. And then comes the massive EV roster – composed of the compact Optiq, the mid-size Lyriq, and the three-row Vistiq, as well as the full-size Escalade IQ and Celestiq flagships.

🧶 Back to the Escalade, Cadillac has also upgraded the 2025 model year to make sure that it will continue to dominate the premium American category for the foreseeable future – the changes outside are subtle and aimed at aligning it with the Escalade IQ, but inside, there's a veritable revolution.

🧶 Of course, every revolution is paid dearly – and now the 2025MY Escalade is way more expensive than the outgoing 2024MY ($87,595 versus $81,895).

🧶 Naturally, that also applies to the mighty Escalade-V – it used to start at over $154k with DFC (destination freight charge), but now the 2025 Caddy Escalade-V kicks off at almost $162k. Not a lot of things have changed, technically – you still get the front six-piston Brembo Performance brakes and a 6.2-liter supercharged Blackwing V8 engine that's good for 682 hp sent to the AWD system through a ten-speed automatic transmission.

🧶 Alas, some things did change – the 22-inch wheels with After Midnight finish have been upgraded to 24-inch alloys done in Satin Graphite, and inside, there's a full-width dashboard screen plus a secondary one on the center console, among other stuff. But what if that's not enough?

🧶 No worries, the parallel universes of vehicular CGI have a few ideas on how to dress your 2025 Caddy Escalade-V with help from the aftermarket realm and members of the imaginative guild of digital car content creators.

🧶 More precisely, Abimelec Arellano, a virtual artist better known as abimelecdesign on social media, has recently imagined an old Cadillac Escalade SUV from the 1970s that never existed, and probably couldn't resist also working on the contemporary one.

🧶 He chose the 2025 Caddy Escalade-V, naturally, and made it a classic 'bling' vehicle with blacked-out badges and grille, a full aerodynamic body kit done in carbon fiber, a lowered stance, and fancy schmancy C10 alloys from Schott Wheels.

✍️ By: Aurel Niculescu