The Suburban is the longest-running nameplate in American motoring and it has always been for the same thing: moving a lot of people and a lot of luggage a long way without anybody noticing the effort. Three rows, eight seats in most configurations, and — the part that matters — a boot behind the third row that still takes real suitcases. It shares the Escalade's underpinnings and independent rear suspension, and it carries eight without drawing a second look.
On the road it is remarkably quiet and completely unbothered by distance. The V8 is unhurried, the ride is soft, and a run to Palm Springs or Santa Barbara passes in near-silence.
It is superb on a freeway, at a kerb and on a highway, and a valet or an open bay handles the rest.
- Three rows, up to eight seats, luggage behind the third
- Independent rear suspension — quiet and settled at freeway speed
- Built on the Escalade's underpinnings
- Black on black, the way the airport version always is · $299 a day