Two hundred fifty-two vehicles. That is the entire run of the 2027 Cadillac Escalade-V 125th Anniversary Collector Series, revealed today ahead of the United States Grand Prix in Austin and priced at approximately $239,000 including destination. Cadillac is using the anniversary, and the racing backdrop, to do something it has never done before: put a Collector Series badge on an Escalade.
The Collector Series program started in 2022 and has since tied special editions to specific moments in Cadillac’s performance calendar. The CT5-V Blackwing F1 Collector Series marked Cadillac’s Formula 1 entry with 26 cars and a six-speed manual. The 125th Anniversary edition takes the opposite approach in scale, if not in spirit: 252 units across the entire run, with buyers able to select their own VIN and serial number from the production sequence.
The number 252 is not arbitrary. Each vehicle in the run carries labeling that spans 1902 through 2027, marking each year of Cadillac’s existence, split between the two available colors. Those colors are Midnight Stone Frost, an exclusive finish developed for this edition, and Vibrant White Tricoat. Carbon fiber appears on the grille surround, lower rear fascia, mirror caps, and engine cover. Forged 24-inch wheels, blue brake calipers, and dark-finish badges round out an exterior package calibrated to read as rare without resorting to louder signals.
Inside, the color that matters most is Santorini Blue. It threads through the cabin as stitching on the Black and Sheer Gray two-tone interior, as the seat belt webbing, and as the accent on the exclusive key fob. Cadillac developed Santorini Blue as a visual link between the fifth-generation V-Series road cars and the Cadillac V-Series.R race car, first introducing it on the Project GTP concept. It has since appeared on the Petit Pataud and Le Monstre Collector Series editions. Bringing it into an Escalade cabin, the largest vehicle the brand makes, is a deliberate effort to attach track-program identity to a vehicle that will mostly park in front of restaurants.
Illuminated sill plates, commemorative interior badging, and premium floor mats specific to this edition complete the cabin. Heritage V-8 puddle lamps project below the doors. None of this changes what the Escalade-V is underneath: the supercharged 6.2-liter V8 from the standard Escalade-V carries over with its 682 hp and 653 lb-ft of torque intact. Cadillac has not announced any mechanical changes for this edition.
The broader Escalade lineup sold nearly 50,000 units in the United States in 2025, with the first quarter of that year up 39 percent to 12,683 deliveries. The standard Escalade-V starts at $170,895, which means the Collector Series commands roughly a $68,000 premium over the base performance variant. That spread is steep, even by Escalade-V standards, and Cadillac is counting on the combination of serialized numbering, the racing program connection, and the anniversary framing to close that gap with collectors rather than conventional buyers.
The 2027 Escalade-V 125th Anniversary Collector Series is available to order now in the United States and Canada. At 252 units split across two colors and two markets, the allocation per dealer will be thin. Cadillac’s 125th anniversary year is just getting started, and the brand is opening it with the most expensive Escalade it has ever sold. Whether the Collector Series strategy scales from sedans to SUVs without diluting its own premise will be answered quickly, given how few of these exist.
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