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Auto of the week: Cadillac Escalade from Zombieland

Posted by Team Boxwish 5 months ago

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It certainly helps to be creative when killing zombies. Shaun (Simon Pegg) and buddy Ed (Nick Frost) went for the cricket bat and garden shovel options (apparently LP records thrown at the head don’t work) in Shaun of the Dead, while Cherry (Rose McGowan) preferred to gun them down with the M4 carbine she used as a leg substitute in Planet Terror. Though there are countless ways to do the job, just look at Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), the Twinkie-obsessed anti-hero in new horror comedy Zombieland. He and his fellow survivors, trying to forage a life in the zombie inhabited post-apocalyptic world, are very imaginative in their zombie-killing duties, using everything from pianos to banjos and one of his favourite tools is his Cadillac Escalade, this week’s auto spot.

Tallahassee rides about Zombieland in the second generation Escalade, the SUV from General Motors’ luxury brand, Cadillac. And he chose well. The Escalade is a beast of a road machine; even its name denotes fighting spirit, Escalade meaning scaling defensive walls during sieges in medieval times. It was introduced to the GM production line in 1999 and is currently still pushing its third generation model that debuted back in 2007.

Many improvements were made to the second wave of Escalades, the original being considered little more than a spruced up Yukon Denali. Upgrades included rear-wheel drive and an increase in seating capacity from five seats to eight, while the 2003 version as seen in the movie also boasts power-adjusted pedals and the “StabiliTrak” stability control system.

More changes would come, with a Hybrid version also added to the line-up, yet still there’s no sign of a zombie-killing feature. Maybe one day…

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It's "Escalade", not "Escapade" Jesus...
Added by honor man 5 months ago
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Sorry - gremlin in the system. It's changed now and thanks for pointing it out.
Added by Team Boxwish 5 months ago
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Zombieland comin out on DVD feb 2nd
Added by ohhey about 1 month ago

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