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 is the working alternative to the Escalade, with the same underpinnings, the same independent rear suspension and a much plainer face.
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.
Honest hook: it is very long. Superb on a freeway, at a kerb, and on a highway; genuinely hard work in a tight parking structure.
- Three rows, up to eight seats, luggage behind the third
- Independent rear suspension — quiet and settled at freeway speed
- The working alternative to the Escalade
- Black on black, the way the airport version always is · $299 a day