Life is too short to drive boring cars. Not only does this apply to your weekend toys, it should also provoke you to get the best from your daily driver. The Cadillac Escalade is the flagship SUV from General Motors. As such, it arrives with 420 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque. Not bad for an SUV, but its Corvette V8 is capable of much more. To see how their latest build compares against the world’s best, here is a Ferrari 488 GTB vs Hennessey HPE800 Escalade.
Of course its an unlikely comparison, and that is how John Hennessey gets us to watch until the end. The American contender weighs in at 5,856 lbs, and makes 805 horsepower and 812 lb-ft of torque. The stock Ferrari is 3,252 lbs, with 660 horsepower and 590 lb-ft of torque. to make supercar power, the Cadillac has been bored and stroked to 6.78 liters and topped with a 2.9L supercharger. Tell us which one you would drive in the comments below and stay with us for all your Hennessey Performance updates.