Cadillac Escalade is a full-size luxury SUV that was produced as a competitor to foreign, German, Japanese SUV’s and also to a Lincoln Navigator (brand is owned by Ford). Car is being manufactured from 1998. First generation was produced from 1999 to 2000, second one (with a specification levels EXT, ESV and ESV Platinum) between 2002 and 2006, third one from 2007 to 2014 (hybrid model was released in 2008, also 7 different updates were released during the lifetime of this generation), fourth generation is being produced from 2015 (with updates in 2016, 2017 and 2018). Models that were produced as a third generation were admitted as having high fatality rate, with a death rate of 33 (class average is 15), however overall it is accepted as a high safety car.