In the late 1970s, Cadillac had a problem that was not unlike the problem it has today. Their buyers were old. Really old. Instead of just waiting for Chevrolet buyers to age, the GM execs instructed Caddy product planners to bring some cars that appealed you younger buyers, such as a Cadillac based on the […]
Oh boy, the early 80s. A time of big hair, neon clothes, and Cadillac trying to be cool by entering the compact luxury market with the Cimarron. GM was about as successful as selling arms to Iran to fund Contras. Today’s Cimarron is a typical J-body misfit, with a 4-cylinder engine, automatic transmission, and front-wheel […]
The Cadillac Cimarron is often accused of being many things — a badge engineering experiment gone wrong, the worst car ever built with an egg crate grill, and a festering pile of monkey feces, but you can’t lump it into the same boat as the typical Cadillac and accuse it of being a…well…boat. That is […]