John Hennessey’s wife has a new supercharged Cadillac Escalade. It’s not the full-blown, seven hundred horsepower one (HPE700), it’s the HPE550, but it still pretty brisk, managing to cover the quarter mile 14.88 seconds at around 95 mph or 152 km/h.
The HPE550 Escalade should also be good for a naught to sixty time of around six seconds. As you may know, the pack boosts the horsepower rating from the stock 420 hp all the way to 557 hp with the addition of a supercharger, ECU remap and intercooler system.
It’s a pretty nice upgrade if you really like Escalades, but with it specified one of Cadillac’s new SUVs will set you back close to $100k; for that kind of cash you can look at a properly sporty and sorted one like the Porsche Cayenne, Infiniti’s FX or the new Range Rover Sport.
By Andrei Nedelea
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