TAMPA, Florida — Santonio Holmes has selected an $85,275 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum 2WD, loaded with such goodies as four DVD screens, as his prize for being chosen as Super Bowl XLIII MVP, Cadillac said on Monday.
Holmes made the Super Bowl-winning catch with 35 seconds to play, with three Arizona Cardinals players in hot pursuit. The touchdown came with time running out and just two minutes after the Cardinals had moved ahead on Larry Fitzgerald's 64-yard touchdown reception.
Holmes is the sixth Super Bowl MVP to choose a Cadillac Escalade in the eight years that the GM luxury brand has awarded a vehicle. Tom Brady, the Super Bowl MVP in 2004, chose a Cadillac XLR, as did Deion Branch of the New England Patriots in 2005, according to Cadillac. Brady holds the distinction of having won two Cadillacs: He was the Super Bowl MVP in 2002 and took home a Cadillac Escalade afterward.
Cadillac has not yet begun production of the 2009 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum. Production will kick off at GM's Arlington, Texas, plant in a couple of weeks, according to Cadillac spokesman David Caldwell. The price of Holmes' SUV includes a $950 destination charge.
Caldwell said this is the first year that Cadillac has offered a Platinum model of its Escalade Hybrid. The vehicle includes a unique front end, Magnetic Ride Control and LED headlamps. The EPA said the hybrid gets 20 mpg in city driving and 21 mpg on the highway.
Caldwell said Cadillac does not yet know what color Holmes has chosen for his Escalade. "This is a little bit of a ceremonial exercise," he said of Monday's event.
Source : www.edmunds.com (2/2/2009)
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