In our SUV of the Year testing, as reported in the last issue of Truckin's SUV, the Escalade EXT blasted down the quarter-mile in 16.48 seconds at 85 mph, the second quickest (only the Escalade performed better) of the 10 vehicles tested. During that same performance testing, it also went from 0 to 60 mph in a very quick 9.84 seconds.