Compare the2022 Land Rover Range RoverVS 2022 Cadillac Escalade ESV

For enhanced safety, the front and rear seat shoulder belts of the Land Rover Range Rover have pretensioners to tighten the seatbelts and eliminate dangerous slack in the event of a collision. The Cadillac Escalade ESV doesn’t offer pretensioners for the rear seat belts.

Both the Range Rover and Escalade ESV have child safety locks to prevent children from opening the rear doors. The Range Rover has power child safety locks, allowing the driver to activate and deactivate them from the driver's seat and to know when they're engaged. The Escalade ESV’s child locks have to be individually engaged at each rear door with a manual switch. The driver can’t know the status of the locks without opening the doors and checking them.

To provide maximum traction and stability on all roads, All-Wheel Drive is standard on the Range Rover. But it costs extra on the Escalade ESV.

The Range Rover’s optional driver alert monitor detects an inattentive driver then sounds a warning and suggests a break. According to the NHTSA, drivers who fall asleep cause about 100,000 crashes and 1500 deaths a year. The Escalade ESV doesn’t offer a driver alert monitor.

For better protection of the passenger compartment, the Range Rover uses safety cell construction with a three-dimensional high-strength frame that surrounds the passenger compartment. It provides extra impact protection and a sturdy mounting location for door hardware and side impact beams. The Escalade ESV uses a body-on-frame design, which has no frame members above the floor of the vehicle.

Both the Range Rover and the Escalade ESV have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, side-impact head airbags, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, rearview cameras, available blind spot warning systems, around view monitors and rear cross-path warning.

For smoother operation, better efficiency and fewer moving parts, the engines in the Range Rover have an overhead cam design, rather than the old pushrod design of the engine in the Escalade ESV.

To reliably start during all conditions and help handle large electrical loads, the Range Rover has a standard 1600-amp battery. The Escalade ESV’s standard 800-amp battery and largest (Diesel) 900 amp battery aren’t as powerful.

The battery on the Range Rover is in the trunk, which protects it from hot underhood temperatures that can degrade battery life. By keeping the Range Rover’s battery 20 to 30 degrees cooler, its life is increased by years. The Escalade ESV’s battery is in the hot engine compartment.

The Range Rover P525’s standard 5.0 supercharged V8 produces 98 more horsepower (518 vs. 420) and 1 lbs.-ft. more torque (461 vs. 460) than the Escalade ESV’s 6.2 V8. The Range Rover SVAutobiography’s standard 5.0 supercharged V8 produces 137 more horsepower (557 vs. 420) and 56 lbs.-ft. more torque (516 vs. 460) than the Escalade ESV’s 6.2 V8.

As tested in Motor Trend the Range Rover P525 is faster than the Cadillac Escalade ESV:

On the EPA test cycle the Range Rover gets better mileage than the Escalade ESV:

Regenerative brakes improve the Range Rover’s fuel efficiency by converting inertia back into energy instead of wasting it. The Escalade ESV doesn’t offer a regenerative braking system.

Regardless of its engine, the Range Rover’s engine automatically turns off when the vehicle is stopped, saving fuel and reducing pollution. If the conditions warrant or the driver wishes, the system can be manually disabled at any time for the duration of a trip (not available P360/P400). Cadillac only offers an automatic engine start/stop system on the Escalade ESV Diesel.

For better stopping power the Range Rover’s brake rotors are larger than those on the Escalade ESV:

The Range Rover stops shorter than the Escalade ESV:

The Range Rover’s optional tires provide better handling because they have a lower 40 series profile (height to width ratio) that provides a stiffer sidewall than the Escalade ESV’s 50 series tires.

The Range Rover V8 has active sway bars, which help keep it flat and controlled during cornering, but disconnect at lower speeds to smooth the ride and offer greater off-road suspension articulation. This helps keep the tires glued to the road on-road and off. The Escalade ESV doesn’t offer an active sway bar system.

The front and rear suspension of the Range Rover uses air springs for a smoother, controlled ride than the Escalade ESV, which uses coil springs. Air springs maintain proper ride height and ride more smoothly.

The Range Rover’s drift compensation steering can automatically compensate for road conditions which would cause the vehicle to drift from side to side, helping the driver to keep the vehicle straight more easily. The Escalade ESV doesn’t offer drift compensation steering.

The Range Rover SVAutobiography handles at .78 G’s, while the Escalade ESV Sport 4WD pulls only .71 G’s of cornering force in a Car and Driver skidpad test.

The Range Rover executes Motor Trend’s “Figure Eight” maneuver 2.3 seconds quicker than the Escalade ESV Premium Luxury 4WD (26.7 seconds @ .71 average G’s vs. 29 seconds @ .56 average G’s).

For better maneuverability, the Range Rover’s turning circle is 2.8 feet tighter than the Escalade ESV’s (40.5 feet vs. 43.3 feet). The Range Rover LWB’s turning circle is .5 feet tighter than the Escalade ESV’s (42.8 feet vs. 43.3 feet).

The Land Rover Range Rover may be more efficient, handle and accelerate better because it weighs about 250 to 800 pounds less than the Cadillac Escalade ESV.

The Range Rover is 2 feet, 6.1 inches shorter than the Escalade ESV, making the Range Rover easier to handle, maneuver and park in tight spaces.

Unibody construction lowers the Range Rover’s center of gravity significantly without reducing ground clearance. This contributes to better on the road handling and better off-road performance and stability. In addition, unibody construction makes the chassis stiffer, improving handling and reducing squeaks and rattles. The Escalade ESV uses body-on-frame design instead.

Flexibility is maximized at the game, campground or a drive-in theatre in the Range Rover SVAutobiography Long Wheelbase when its optional tailgating rear seats are deployed, allowing people to sit facing out of the tailgate. (Do not use while vehicle is in motion.) The Escalade ESV doesn’t offer tailgating seats.

The Range Rover SVAutobiography’s optional sliding cargo floor makes loading and unloading cargo easier and safer. The Escalade ESV doesn’t offer a sliding load floor.

The Range Rover’s rear cargo window opens separately from the rest of the tailgate door to allow quicker loading of small packages. The Escalade ESV’s rear cargo window doesn’t open.

While the Escalade ESV 4WD Diesel can only tow 7700, any Range Rover can tow a minimum of 7716 pounds.

In poor weather, headlights can lose their effectiveness as grime builds up on their lenses. This can reduce visibility without the driver realizing. The Range Rover has standard headlight washers to keep headlight output high. The Escalade ESV doesn’t offer headlight washers.

Manual rear side window sunshades are available in the Range Rover to help block heat and glare for the rear passengers. The Escalade ESV doesn’t offer rear side window sunshades.

The Range Rover Westminster/Autobiography/SVA has standard front air conditioned seats and the Range Rover offers them optionally in the rear. This keeps the passengers comfortable and takes the sting out of hot seats in summer. The Escalade ESV doesn’t offer air-conditioned seats for the second row.

Both the Range Rover and the Escalade ESV offer available massaging front seats. The Range Rover also offers optional massaging rear seats in order to maximize comfort and eliminate fatigue on long trips. Massaging second row seats aren’t available in the Escalade ESV.

Insurance will cost less for the Range Rover owner. The Car Book by Jack Gillis rates the Range Rover with a number “5” insurance rate while the Escalade ESV is rated higher at a number “10” rate.

According to The Car Book by Jack Gillis, the Range Rover is less expensive to operate than the Escalade ESV because it costs $409 less to do the manufacturer’s suggested maintenance for 50,000 miles. Typical repairs cost much less on the Range Rover than the Escalade ESV, including $24 less for a water pump, $798 less for a muffler, $321 less for front struts and $1358 less for a power steering pump.