2026 Escalade IQL Electric Sibling to the Escalade ESV

This thing is just too large.

1 hour ago, smk4565 said:

This thing is just too large.

When you have a family that is all over 6ft for woman, 6'3" for men, this is perfect size for large family of large people.

50 minutes ago, G. David Felt said:

When you have a family that is all over 6ft for woman, 6'3" for men, this is perfect size for large family of large people.

You should be able to get interior space without a vehicle being this large, it is bigger than the Ford Excursion.

The ID Buzz could fit six 6-foot people in it with ease and is smaller than this.

8 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

You should be able to get interior space without a vehicle being this large, it is bigger than the Ford Excursion.

The ID Buzz could fit six 6-foot people in it with ease and is smaller than this.

ASSumption is what makes ASS out of people. ASSumption is what the ID Buzz is a FAILURE at. 6ft is not my 6FT 6" size. You are making the wrong assumption that a vehicle that is large is not needed. German car companies seem to have in the last few decades FAILED at making roomy autos for the large folks.

To ASSUME everyone is the same leg length, body length, shoulder width, etc. is an ERROR that fails to acknowledge that we are all different sizes. 

You SOUND like the folks that see me fuel up and say I can fit in a compact and should not be driving such a large auto.

Let me ask you this:

What is your inseam? This is the measure from the floor to your crotch. Mine is 40", I have long legs and as such seats have to go back farther than most people.

What is your Shoulder width? Mine is 58", which makes airplane seats that are 28" wide a pain for me to sit in no different than most auto's.

To Assume EVERYONE can fit in smaller cars just because some says a bunch of 6 footers can fit in an auto ignores the various measurements that are taken and depending on where they are taken, one size does not fit all.

Yes, I KNOW that I am much larger than most people. I know I have never fit in mid-size or smaller autos till I bought the 2024 EV9 which has far more room inside than my 2006 Escalade.

Does EVERYONE need an Escalade IQL, no, but then we do live in a democracy where last I heard it was a choice. You have a choice to drive a Mercedes just as I have a choice to drive a Cadillac and Kia.

Just so you can see, here is a picture of my wife who is 5'8" tall and myself at 6'6" tall. While my wife is considered tall for Korean, she is considered normal size. I on the other hand am not normal or average size.

It is still a matter of packaging.  I have not been in an Escalade EV since I don’t know how roomy it is, it better be huge in there.  But i have been in some SUV’s were the 3rd row is basically useless, I think the Volvo EVX90 or whatever it is called is like that.  
 

And this might be an EV issue, the need to shrink the battery so it doesn’t eat cabin space.  And that might take years.

10 hours ago, smk4565 said:

It is still a matter of packaging.  I have not been in an Escalade EV since I don’t know how roomy it is, it better be huge in there.  But i have been in some SUV’s were the 3rd row is basically useless, I think the Volvo EVX90 or whatever it is called is like that.  
 

And this might be an EV issue, the need to shrink the battery so it doesn’t eat cabin space.  And that might take years.

For somebody who claims all his 6ft+ people fit into an EV9 comfortably, I don't see how this much larger is necessary when an EV9 is plenty of room already. 

12 hours ago, G. David Felt said:

What is your Shoulder width? Mine is 58"

Your shoulders are not 58" wide. you're trying to say you're nearly FIVE FEET WIDE?!? There is no way you're that wide based simply off of the numbers, but also because of the picture you posted, you're nowhere close to 5 feet wide. 

If I had to put a guess to it, ~16" per shoulder and maybe 8" for your neck and that's still "only" 40 inches, which still seems like a little bit of a stretch. 

7 minutes ago, ccap41 said:

Your shoulders are not 58" wide. you're trying to say you're nearly FIVE FEET WIDE?!? There is no way you're that wide based simply off of the numbers, but also because of the picture you posted, you're nowhere close to 5 feet wide. 

If I had to put a guess to it, ~16" per shoulder and maybe 8" for your neck and that's still "only" 40 inches, which still seems like a little bit of a stretch. 

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4 hours ago, ccap41 said:

Your shoulders are not 58" wide. you're trying to say you're nearly FIVE FEET WIDE?!? There is no way you're that wide based simply off of the numbers, but also because of the picture you posted, you're nowhere close to 5 feet wide. 

If I had to put a guess to it, ~16" per shoulder and maybe 8" for your neck and that's still "only" 40 inches, which still seems like a little bit of a stretch. 

When I go to big n tall store, they measure my shoulder to shoulder with the measuring tape it comes out 58 for the size coat I have to wear. 

I could be misunderstanding, but I thought the way they measure a person for shoulder width in the clothing industry was used by the auto industry in how they refer to shoulder width in an auto.

4 hours ago, ccap41 said:

For somebody who claims all his 6ft+ people fit into an EV9 comfortably, I don't see how this much larger is necessary when an EV9 is plenty of room already. 

True, I can sit in all 6 seats in my EV9 comfy. Yet the difference is that behind the third seat in the EV9 is a small cargo space, much like a regular Escalade/Yukon/Tahoe has a small cargo space. Once you go to the full-size Suburban, Yukon XL or Escalade ESV. You gain the room needed for suite cases or other cargo that would normally go for a full family if on a road trip or going to the airport.

Escalade IQL I see being used by chauffer / private car services as well as big families that need cargo space on top of people hauling space.

51 minutes ago, G. David Felt said:

When I go to big n tall store, they measure my shoulder to shoulder with the measuring tape it comes out 58 for the size coat I have to wear. 

I could be misunderstanding, but I thought the way they measure a person for shoulder width in the clothing industry was used by the auto industry in how they refer to shoulder width in an auto.

I understand that but take a tape measure and pull it out 58", there is no way your shoulders are 58" across. 

You're probably thinking of your overarm measurement, which is a circumference measurement around your shoulders, not a left to right measurement. Which, at 58 inches, at least that's a real size. It could also be your chest size, but that's also a circumference measurement. Either way, you are not 5 feet wide. Just think about how wide that is for a second and it'll make more sense. 

51 minutes ago, G. David Felt said:

I could be misunderstanding, but I thought the way they measure a person for shoulder width in the clothing industry was used by the auto industry in how they refer to shoulder width in an auto.

Just for some perspective, if you and a twin sat next to each other in a vehicle, the vehicle would need to be TEN feet wide. 

Your EV9 is 78 inches across on the outside, and 62 inches of shoulder room in the front seats. I'm sure your wife has more than 4 inches of space with you in the driver's seat.