Compare the2025 Land Rover Range RoverVS 2025 Cadillac Escalade ESV

For enhanced safety, the front and second-row 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 its second-row 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.

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, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, around view monitors, rear cross-path warning and driver alert monitors.

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.

The Range Rover P530’s standard 4.4 turbo V8 produces 103 more horsepower (523 vs. 420) and 93 lbs.-ft. more torque (553 vs. 460) than the Escalade ESV’s 6.2 V8. The Range Rover P550e’s standard 3.0 turbo/supercharged 6-cylinder hybrid produces 123 more horsepower (543 vs. 420) than the Escalade ESV’s 6.2 V8. The Range Rover SV’s standard 4.4 turbo V8 produces 186 more horsepower (606 vs. 420) and 93 lbs.-ft. more torque (553 vs. 460) than the Escalade ESV’s 6.2 V8.

As tested in Car and Driver the Range Rover P530 4.4 turbo V8 is faster than the Cadillac Escalade ESV:

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

On the EPA test cycle the Range Rover running its gasoline engine gets better mileage than the Escalade ESV:

The Range Rover P550e can travel with zero emissions for 53 miles. The Escalade ESV can’t move without running its internal combustion engine.

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.

The Range Rover’s launch control uses engine electronics to hold engine RPM’s precisely in order to provide the most stable and rapid acceleration possible, using all of the available traction. The Escalade ESV doesn’t offer launch control.

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

The Range Rover offers 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 offers an available active suspension system, which counteracts cornering forces actively, limiting body roll and improving handling and stability. Cadillac doesn’t offer an active suspension on the Escalade ESV.

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 SWB handles at .73 G’s, while the Escalade ESV Sport 4WD pulls only .71 G’s of cornering force in a Car and Driver skidpad test.

For better maneuverability, the Range Rover SWB’s turning circle is 7.4 feet tighter than the Escalade ESV’s (35.9 feet vs. 43.3 feet). The Range Rover LWB’s turning circle is 6.6 feet tighter than the Escalade ESV w/24” Wheels’ (37.9 feet vs. 44.5 feet).

The Land Rover Range Rover may be more efficient, handle and accelerate better because it weighs about 150 to 750 pounds less than the Cadillac Escalade ESV.

The Range Rover SWB is 2 feet, 4.1 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 doesn’t use unibody construction, but a body-on-frame design.

For enhanced passenger comfort on long trips the Range Rover’s middle and third row seats recline. The Escalade ESV’s third row seats don’t recline.

Flexibility is maximized at the game, campground or a drive-in theatre in the Range Rover 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’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.

The Range Rover’s standard towing capacity is much higher than the Escalade ESV’s (7715 vs. 7300 pounds). Maximum trailer towing in the Cadillac Escalade ESV is only 7500 pounds. The Range Rover offers up to a 8200 lbs. towing capacity.

Unlike the driver-only memory system in the Escalade ESV, the Range Rover has standard driver and passenger memory, so that when drivers switch, the memory setting adjusts the driver’s seat, steering wheel position and outside mirror angle and the front passenger seat also adjusts to the new passenger’s preset preferences.

Heated windshield washer nozzles are optional on the Range Rover to prevent washer fluid and nozzles from freezing and help continue to keep the windshield clear in sub-freezing temperatures. The Escalade ESV doesn’t offer heated windshield washer nozzles.

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.

To better shield the driver’s vision, the Range Rover has a standard driver’s side dual-element sun visor that can block glare from two directions simultaneously (Range Rover also offers optional passenger side dual sun visors). The Escalade ESV doesn’t offer a secondary sun visor.

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.

J.D. Power and Associates rated the Range Rover first among large premium suvs in owner reported satisfaction. This includes how well the vehicle performs and satisfies its owner’s expectations. The Escalade ESV was rated second.