Two hundred fifty-two units. That is the entire production run Cadillac has planned for the 2027 Escalade-V 125th Anniversary Collector Series, revealed ahead of the United States Grand Prix in Austin. Each one starts at roughly $239,000 before tax, title, and whatever the dealer decides to tack on top.
For context, a standard 2025 Escalade-V already commands north of $155,000. Cadillac is betting collectors will pay an $84,000 premium for carbon fiber mirror caps, blue brake calipers, a special key fob, and the privilege of choosing their own serial number.
The truck arrives in two colors: Midnight Stone Frost and Vibrant White Tricoat. Vehicles in each color will carry labels spanning 1902 through 2027, one for every year since Cadillac’s founding. Buyers pick their VIN and serial number, which is the kind of detail that matters when your garage already has a velvet rope.
Forged 24-inch wheels, a carbon-fiber grille surround, carbon-fiber engine cover, and dark-finish badges handle the exterior distinction. Heritage V-8 puddle lamps project onto the ground when you open the door, a nod to the supercharged 6.2-liter under the hood that remains the mechanical heart of every Escalade-V.
Inside, the cabin gets a black and Sheer Gray two-tone treatment accented in Santorini Blue, a color Cadillac traces back to the Mondrian pattern in the V-Series emblem. That blue first showed up on the Project GTP concept, then migrated to V-Series race cars and earlier Collector Series editions like the Petit Pataud and Le Monstre. Now it shows up as stitching, seat belts, and an exclusive key fob in a $239,000 SUV.
This is the first time Cadillac has extended its Collector Series to the Escalade. Previous editions stayed within the CT4-V and CT5-V Blackwing families, where the performance credentials were self-evident. The CT5-V Blackwing F1 Collector Series, for instance, tied directly to Cadillac’s entry into Formula 1.
Those cars were surgical, track-bred things. An Escalade-V is a 6,200-pound luxury hauler with a supercharged V-8, a different animal entirely.
Cadillac Vice President Kristian Aquilina called it “our uncompromising approach to performance luxury.” That phrase does a lot of heavy lifting when you are selling a vehicle whose primary talents are boulevard cruising and valet-line intimidation.
Still, Cadillac knows its customer. The Escalade-V already sells every unit it builds, and demand has never softened despite repeated price increases. Wrapping the flagship in collector packaging at a quarter-million dollars is simply the logical next step for a brand that watched the CT5-V Blackwing Collector Series models trade above MSRP the moment they hit the secondary market.
The 252-unit cap is deliberate. Scarcity is the product. The truck is the delivery mechanism.
Ordering is open now in the United States and Canada. With only 252 to go around and dealers setting the final transaction price, the real cost will almost certainly exceed that $239,000 figure. How far above it lands will tell you everything about where Cadillac sits in the luxury pecking order as it heads into its 126th year.
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