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TESTED Cadillac’s new
three-row XT6 crossover
shares parts with Buick,
Chevrolet, and GMC
models—not that you’d
ever realize it.
_by Eric Tingwall
utomakers building luxur y vehi-
cles from mainstream models is
kind of like people picking their
noses. Ever yone does it, but no one wants
to be caught in the act. While the 2020
Cadillac XT6 takes parts from other Gen-
eral Motors vehicles, most buyers will
never suspect that there’s a Chevrolet on
the dealer lot next door that shares so
many nuts and bolts.
The XT6 rides on the size-medium
variant of the platform also known as
C 1 XX (or sometimes Chi), with a wide
track and a relatively short wheelbase. It is
dimensionally most similar to the GMC
Acadia, while the Chev y Traverse and the
Buick Enclave ride on a longer wheelbase.
The slender headlights and clean look of
the handsome Escala concept car make
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putting people inside. The six- or seven-
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stretched (and Suburban-based) Escalade
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XT6 photography by JOHN ROE