Going beyond interiors and getting down to the nitty gritty of its performance prowess will reveal that the 2008 2009 Cadillac Escalade is the most powerful SUV in the world. It is also big in most ways that SUVs are not: in sheer size, style, comfort and most especially, power.

There are three body styles to choose from. There's the standard Escalade which is actually a full-size sport utility sharing the same architecture and roughly the same dimensions as the Chevy Tahoe. Another style is the Escalade ESV or the long-base version. The Escalade EXT is a sport utility/pickup combination that quickly converts from a pickup with an enclosable eight-foot bed to a five-passenger luxury SUV with a short bed. In a way, it is the Cadillac's answer to the Chevy Avalanche.

Whatever you decide on, you can rely on 403-hp 6.2-liter V8 mated to a six-speed automatic transmission that offers manual shift control.