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JRP - that is exactly what the Cadillac Service Technician told me years ago when I bought the cars. He said they are basically "Suburbans in disguise" and all of the engine, transmission and drive train components are from the truck division. The only mandatory requirements to make it all work together are towing ONLY in 3rd gear, a fuel consumer, and use of a weight distributing hitch for something as large as the Outrage 25. The trailer has 4 wheel disc brakes. For all of the smaller boats, including the 21 Ribside, a total load of less than 4000#, a regular 2" ball standard hitch is all that's needed and you don't even know the boat's behind you. these cars tow extremely well, and in great highway comfort, even with the 25.

I basically only use these big cars for towing. The gold 1996 now has over 120,000 towing miles on it. Still going strong, and everywhere I go with it, someone seems to want to buy it.
Very few were actually ordered from the factory with the 7000# tow package as mine was. They are now impossible to find used. A typical comment I get at a gas station or launching ramp is "You don't really tow that boat with THAT car do you?" or "I can't believe that cars pulls that big boat out of the ramp - my pickup would just sit and spin the tires"