Somewhere between Detroit elegance and disco fever lies this: a 1980 Cadillac Seville Opera Coupe by Crendor—a coachbuilt monument to excess, opera windows, and the belief that snakeskin and diamond-plate are acceptable automotive building materials. This Seville is a rolling tribute to the era of crushed velvet dreams and mirrored ceilings — but it is […]
If you’ve ever thought your garage was missing something roughly the size of a regulation shuffleboard court, this classic Cadillac Sedan DeVille might be the ticket. With a paint color that screams “forest formalwear” and an interior dressed in black like it’s headed to a Vegas funeral, this big-body Caddy is everything a proper American […]
This next car comes as a tip from Dave in Tampa who writes: Oh boy, a Cadillac XLR I can afford – but would never be seen in. Not sure what they were shooting for here, perhaps Bandit Firebird Pep Boys Edition vibes? That is some serious ‘Murica vibes on that thing. I’d have an […]
The Cadillac Allanté started with a Pininfarina-designed body assembled by Italians in Cambiano, Italy, and then shipped airfreight to Detroit, where a domestic V8 was shoved up front. Legend has it that GM spent more than every dollar they earned to airfreight 21,000 Allante bodies from Italy to the Mantramck Assembly plant in Detroit (1986-1993) […]
Since 1953 the Corvette has stood alone. Most models/platforms developed by GM have been re-badged and reskinned over the year as various Buick / Oldsmobile / Pontiac / Chevrolet models…but not the Corvette. The Vette stands alone on something that was occasionally called the Y-platform (front-engine rear-mounted transaxle mounted in a hydroformed perimeter frame with […]
The Cadillac Eldorado survived for a staggering 50 years of automobile production. It’s name originated in 1952 on a concept car that was celebrating Cadillac’s golden anniversary (50th) and hence the name “The Gilded” in Espanol…also a reference to the mythical Colombian Lost City of Gold — El Dorado. It was a rad 2-door Harley […]
I’ve owned and driven many cars over the years, but few have had the street presence of the 3rd generation (1965-1970) Coupe De Ville (or is it de Ville or DeVille…or?) that I owned back in the day. This is a gigantic car with a gas-guzzling 472 cubic inch V8 that will put a smile […]
In 1976 GM used the Seville name on a standalone model that was the smallest and most expensive car in the Cadillac lineup. Cadillac product managers had noticed an encroaching threat from European luxury cars that were smaller than a high-end American luxury boat (think BMW 6-series, Jaguar E-type/XK, versus a Lincoln Continental or Cadillac […]
This next car comes as a tip from Jeff who writes: It’s not often you see a 400hp V8 sedan with a stick. Indeed, the era of the manual gearbox-equipped sedan with big displacement and big torque is gone, except that it isn’t. You might not be able to buy one at a new car […]
Customizing a car requires some degree of skill, but making a car into a boat is a completely different ballgame altogether. Unfortunately, today’s boat car doesn’t go into the water, but it makes for an interesting conversation piece and something to get you kicked out of your local HOA. Find this 1981 Cadillac Boat Car […]