I know they probably thought this would be super cool and all, but I’m just utterly disgusted by it.
There are full-on transit vehicles that have a smaller footprint and can carry more than double the number of people.
I know they probably thought this would be super cool and all, but I’m just utterly disgusted by it.
There are full-on transit vehicles that have a smaller footprint and can carry more than double the number of people.
Good luck finding a parking space.
Average US parking space according to wikipedia is 8.5 to 9 ft wide. The Escalade IQL is 85 inches (7.1ft) wide with mirrors folded. That gives you 1.5 to 2 feet of space total (not on each side), so you’d probably have to trap your passengers just for the driver’s side to get out in many situations like strip malls, movie theaters, hotels, parking garages that were designed for normal sized vehicles. (For comparison a Toyota Corolla is 5.8ft wide would have about 3 feet of space). Expect a lot of dinged doors and door dinging.
…which will then lead to wider parking spaces and even more space stolen from pedestrians and cyclists.
I’ve seen a similar suv (not sure which model) at my local grocery store parking lot, and it was so long that they couldn’t park in the regular parking space and had to have someone in the car wait at the front driveway of the store with their hazards on.