Factory build sheet
2021 Cadillac Escalade Premium Luxury Platinum
Build 1GYS4DKT-M · 3L 6cyl · Four-wheel drive · Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1GYS4DKT and position 10 reads M. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Escalade whose VIN starts 1GYS4DKT and carries M in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 49 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 49 known VINs
- 2 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Cadillac with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 3 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Configuration
- V-Shaped
- Engine model
- LM2
- Valve train
- Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
- Turbocharged
- Yes
- Fuel type
- Diesel
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Four-wheel drive
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Forward speeds
- 10
- Brake system
- Hydraulic
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV)/Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV)
- NHTSA body type
- MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE (MPV)
- Doors
- 4
- Seats
- 7
- Seat rows
- 3
- Manufacturer
- GENERAL MOTORS LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 2F
- GVWR
- 7,001–8,000 lb
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
Driver assistance, as built
- Forward collision warning Standard
- Crash imminent braking Standard
- Lane departure warning Standard
- Lane keeping assistance Standard
- Adaptive cruise control Standard
- Blind spot warning Standard
Systems the filing does not record are not listed above. Check the window sticker of the exact car before you rely on any single feature.
What this build asks today
Asking prices of live dealer listings decoded to this exact configuration — narrower than the trim-level figure, because every car counted here shares the same engine, transmission and drivetrain.
$65,348 median asking price · 6 listings · as of Aug 30, 2026
Too few listings to publish a price range — with 6 cars on the market, the cheapest and the dearest are single cars, not a spread. The median above is what they ask in the middle.
The same build, other model years
Cadillac used the VIN pattern 1GYS4DKT for 4 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 1GY | GENERAL MOTORS LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | S4DKT | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | M | Model year — 2021 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2021 Cadillac Escalade as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★★ 5 / 5
Rollover
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
12 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2021 Escalade. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
49 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1GYS4DKT-M shares the specification above.
- 49 Known VINs
- 2 Listed for sale now
- 6 Priced listings
- $65,348 Median asking
- 1GYS4DKT 5MR457412
- 1GYS4DKT 4MR347628
- 1GYS4DKT 1MR250774
- 1GYS4DKT 0MR426018
- 1GYS4DKT 9MR332929
- 1GYS4DKT 3MR268709
- 1GYS4DKT 8MR166712
- 1GYS4DKT 8MR413033
- 1GYS4DKT 3MR462639
- 1GYS4DKT 7MR401813
- 1GYS4DKT 9MR226464
- 1GYS4DKT 6MR291546
- 1GYS4DKT 5MR389368
- 1GYS4DKT XMR355913
- 1GYS4DKT 3MR305340
- 1GYS4DKT XMR140127
- 1GYS4DKT XMR354521
- 1GYS4DKT 9MR441021
- 1GYS4DKT 2MR327460
- 1GYS4DKT 4MR267374
- 1GYS4DKT XMR407542
- 1GYS4DKT 6MR425214
- 1GYS4DKT 3MR251800
- 1GYS4DKT 7MR268650
- 1GYS4DKT 2MR393958
- 1GYS4DKT 2MR394284
- 1GYS4DKT 6MR363247
- 1GYS4DKT 5MR363644
- 1GYS4DKT 5MR285043
- 1GYS4DKT 7MR390585
- 1GYS4DKT 4MR188271
- 1GYS4DKT 1MR319902
- 1GYS4DKT 0MR347237
- 1GYS4DKT 6MR255002
- 1GYS4DKT 5MR329011
- 1GYS4DKT 1MR150402
- 1GYS4DKT 6MR382025
- 1GYS4DKT 2MR287171
- 1GYS4DKT 1MR473543
- 1GYS4DKT 4MR339240
- 1GYS4DKT 1MR415495
- 1GYS4DKT 2MR321609
- 1GYS4DKT 7MR375911
- 1GYS4DKT 3MR282139
- 1GYS4DKT XMR137793
- 1GYS4DKT 6MR347209
- 1GYS4DKT XMR382853
- 1GYS4DKT 7MR462899
- 1GYS4DKT 5MR166697
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Escalade, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2021 Sport 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 1,556 vehicles · $56,384 median
- 2021 Sport 3L 6-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 71 vehicles
- 2021 Sport 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 3,398 vehicles · $56,165 median
- 2021 Sport Platinum 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult · 4WD 3,229 vehicles · $60,895 median
- 2022 Premium Luxury 6.2L 8-cyl · Sport utility vehicle suv mult 586 vehicles · $58,702 median
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Prices are asking prices from 6 live dealer listings decoded to this build , last updated August 30, 2026 . They are what sellers ask, not what buyers paid.
Vehicle counts come from the 49 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.