At night, motorists can always distinguish a Cadillac on the road – from behind – because of the brand's signature vertical taillights. From the front, a Caddy's headlamps look pretty
 | | Escalade Product Manager David Schiavone discusses how the new LED headlamps provide the SUV's front end with Cadillac's signature vertical light design. (Photo: AutoCom Associates) |
much like any other vehicle.
That's going to change for the owners of the new 2008 Cadillac Escalade Platinum Edition. The owners of these vehicles will be distinguishable at night coming or going. Thanks to the German automotive supplier Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., Cadillac's vertical light signature is now possible for the headlights. Meanwhile, the luxury sport-utility vehicle is getting a number of other significant upgrades for the 2008 Platinum edition.
A prototype of the new Cadillac Escalade Platinum was displayed at a recent joint General Motors-Hella press briefing at the Detroit MGM Grand casino. Escalade Product Manager David Schiavone of General Motors gave a walk-around of the SUV, talking about how the standard equipment everything platinum editions were a luxury-technology sub-brand that Cadillac had created, but it was the headlights that were the star of the show.
“One
 | | The Escalade Platinum's all-LED headlamps shown here using their low beams. (Photo:GM) |
of the main reasons we are here is to talk about the fully-functional LED (light emitting diode) headlamps,” Schiavone noted, walking around to the front of the vehicle and gesturing to the spot where on traditional headlights, only one bulb is present.
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