Cadillac plans to build only 252 examples of the 2027 Escalade-V 125th Anniversary Collector Series, and the starting price is about $239,000. That figure includes destination freight but leaves out taxes, title and dealer fees. The model is the first Escalade to receive the brand’s Collector Series treatment, and it was shown ahead of the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.
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The ask is roughly $69,700 above the regular 2027 Escalade-V, which starts at $169,300. Buyers are not paying for a faster truck. Cadillac has announced no new powertrain for the special edition, so the premium goes toward paint, trim, serialization and the right to say a given SUV is one of a very small group. For a vehicle that already sits at the top of the Escalade range, that is a steep jump, and it frames the car as a collectible first and a daily driver second.
Two colors, 126 SUVs each, numbered 1902 through 2027
Cadillac’s own Escalade-V page explains how the 252 figure breaks down. The run is limited to 126 units in Midnight Stone Frost and 126 in Vibrant White Tricoat, and the vehicles in each color are numbered from 1902 through 2027. Those years bracket the brand’s history, which is the point of a 125th anniversary car, and two colors at 126 apiece land exactly on 252.
Autoblog, which reported the numbers on Oct. 23, adds a detail aimed at collectors: buyers can choose their own vehicle identification number and serial number. That personal touch is the hook of the whole program, because the number on the dash plaque and the one in the paperwork become part of the car’s identity. The same Autoblog report says the Collector Series can be ordered in both the United States and Canada, but it gives no delivery timing, so the first customer cars have no public date yet.
What the extra $69,700 pays for
The additions are visual and tactile. Outside, the Collector Series gets forged 24-inch wheels, a carbon-fiber grille surround, lower rear fascia, mirror caps and engine cover, blue brake calipers, dark-finish badges and puddle lamps carrying a heritage V-8 mark. Inside, a two-tone Black and Sheer Gray cabin is trimmed with Santorini Blue stitching, blue seat belts, special badging, illuminated sill plates, Collector Series floor mats and an exclusive blue key fob.
Underneath, nothing changes. Cadillac lists the Escalade-V with a hand-built 6.2-liter supercharged V8 rated at 682 horsepower and 653 lb-ft of torque, with a 4.4-second 0-60 mph time that the company labels an estimate, and the same page puts the standard model’s starting price at $169,300. In other words, the collector premium is pure packaging: the hardware that makes the Escalade-V quick is available for about $69,700 less in the regular version.
Cadillac’s anniversary playbook, from 120 Blackwings to 11 Mexican Escalades
Cadillac has done numbered anniversary cars before. For its 120th birthday in 2022 it built 120 CT5-V Blackwing Anniversary Editions, each VIN serialized to a year between 1902 and 2022, and duPont Registry reported that the debut car sold for $250,000 at the Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach auction minutes after it appeared. The company was founded on Aug. 22, 1902, according to a GM Authority item about an earlier anniversary tour, which is why every one of these programs counts years from 1902.
A smaller Escalade exercise shows the other end of the scale. Motor1 reported a Checo Perez edition of the Escalade-V limited to 11 units for Mexico only, priced at 4,099,000 pesos, about $222,500, with mostly cosmetic changes such as blacked-out badges, a visible carbon-fiber engine cover and numbered plaques reproducing the driver’s signature. Motor1 stressed that the Perez car is not a Collector Series model. The new run is larger and carries a higher price than that Mexican special.
What remains unannounced
Cadillac has not published a delivery schedule for the Collector Series, and the Autoblog account contains no on-the-record comment from a Cadillac executive about demand, allocation or how the 252 cars will be divided between the two markets. Buyers who want one will have to go through the order process in the United States or Canada. The final transaction price will depend on taxes, title and dealer fees that sit on top of the roughly $239,000 starting figure, so a window sticker could land well above the advertised number once those items are added.
Collectors weighing the purchase will also want to compare it with the standard Escalade-V, which delivers the same engine and the same 0-60 time for $169,300. The extra money buys scarcity, a chosen serial number and an anniversary story, which is a different value proposition from performance per dollar. Whether secondary-market buyers reward that choice, as they did for the 2022 Blackwing, will only become clear after the first cars are delivered.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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