GM Rolls Out $10,000 Discount on Escalade to Fend Off Navigator

  • Morgan Stanley has pegged Cadillac model profit at $1 billion
  • Lincoln’s new behemoth landed in showrooms late last year
GM Cadillac Escalade SUVPhotographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

In Cadillac and Lincoln showrooms, the battle of the behemoths is on.

General Motors Co. is stepping up its defense of the Escalade SUV, a cash cow for Cadillac and the company, by offering $10,000 discounts to some current customers to keep them from straying to Ford Motor Co.’s hot-selling new Lincoln Navigator.