But some drivers may be less comfortable and confident in the dark, especially if they aren’t fans of driving at night. It stands to reason that anything an automaker can do to enhance comfort and confidence in that setting might help it sell more machines. You don’t typically see a car’s interior after dark until you’ve actually bought it, though it remains an important part of the machine’s character. After some 800 kilometres of late-evening testing on the highways of Central and Northern Ontario, I can tell you the Escalade’s after-dark drive is one of its greatest assets—especially for drivers who enjoy the quieter roads and more-focused experience that comes from driving at night. Customers shopping in this pricing universe expect to be wowed, and with the latest, top-dog version of the market’s most famous luxury SUV, that’s assured both by day and night.