2025 Cadillac Escalade ESV Gets a Wacky Digital Facelift and a Slammed Widebody Attitude

Some will say that over the course of five generations since the originally entered production for the 1999 model year, there have been literally hundreds of reasons to indulge in General Motors' luxury full-size SUV. Most recently, there have been a total of 682 – the number of ponies that a Cadillac Escalade-V or Escalade-V ESV has thanks to the 6.2-liter supercharged V8.

There are other tentpoles, though, as the 'Caddy that makes you anybody's daddy' has long been synonymous with opulence, sophistication, and unbridled power. Of course, everything needs a polish from time to time. More precisely, General Motors has already started its refresh procedure for the full-size SUV series with the introduction of the 2025 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban brothers in arms.

GMC is set to follow with the 2025 Yukon and Yukon XL, already teased alongside the all-new Terrain. But Cadillac isn't too far behind, either, as the spy photographers have incessantly captured Escalade prototypes testing out in the wild. Naturally, that means the 2025 model year will be all fresh, complete with a facelifted ICE-powered Escalade and an all-new Escalade IQ with an all-electric powertrain.

But what if that is not enough to stand out in absolutely every crowd? No worries, the imaginative realm of digital car content creators is always ready to fulfill every fantasy – including wacky ones. For example, Evrim Ozgun, a Turkish virtual automotive designer, has decided the fifth-gen Cadillac Escalade ESV is a "cool American SUV" in dire need of a CGI workout and got it through a crash course of digital gym training.

The result is a muscled-up Cadillac Escalade ESV, the long-wheelbase version, dressed in creamy (or yellow, albeit only for a few moments) attire and sporting a "few" new treats. For starters, there are new LED headlights at the front with two horizontal LED blades as DRLs. You can never have enough LED daylight running lights, probably thinks this pixel master. So there are also big vertical elements along with tiny double ones embedded in the new bumper.

The latter doesn't look like a Caddy design anymore due to the triangular-shaped elements and the 'X' formed with the radiator grille. The latter is glossy black with a big mesh design – and that's only the front. On the side, there are new steps with integrated aerodynamic elements, a widebody aerodynamic setup for both the front and rear fender flares, plus new flower-styled alloy wheels that look big enough for at least 26s. Around the back, you can clearly see the widebody add-on elements, the new roof spoiler with dual antenna fins, the changed LED taillights, as well as the redesigned bumper, which includes a glossy black diffusor and stacked dual exhaust outlets on each side.