All of the '80s C-bodies had great seats in their own distinct styles. The Olds ruled with the loose pillow look. The Buick matched the cushy comfort of any velour recliner. The Cadillac's button leather seats would be right at home in any executive office or library. These were the pinnacle of GM RWD luxury cars.
Does anyone get chills hearing the music in Cadillac commercials or is that just me? Such beautiful and classy automobiles that will never make a return.
This particular ad is all '80s, with the upbeat chorus. These ads stuck in your head - an ear worm nagging you to stop by the Cadillac or whatever dealership. What Cadillac ad now accomplishes that simple task?
I get the chills because its beautiful and nostalgic, but they are coming back. The car companies have already realized that their practices of the 2010s are unable to continue and are about to collapse, electric vehicles are a scam, and classic cars are inexpensive, easy, and hands-off to manufacture. They even cost less brand new than even used cars cost in the 2010s. Every bit of "safety" legislation has been a ploy by the companies to sell more cars to the same customers at ever-increasing price points and around 2008 they just started inventing problems to introduce fixes to. The instant they knew there was nothing left in wimpy 4 cyl tiny suvs was the instant they said they were going electric as a distraction. The classics, ALL THE CLASSICS, are returning. And there will even be some additional models you haven't seen before such as the 1959 Cadillac Escalade Tradesman (based on the concept of the Escalade EXT)
My Dad was a auto mechanic at a Cadillac dealership from 1955 until he retired in 1995. He LOVED Cadillacs and he was always watching the trade-ins to pick up a sweet low mileage one because they were not abused by previous owners. We always had two of them. When he would go to work in the morning sometimes it would be a different model coming home! Lol! Mom was always surprised. 😄 He always said Cadillac was the best built car until the '90s. That's when GM went downhill in design, quality, and pride. Cadillac will never be the same. 😒
This was when Cadillac was Cadillac. Now they're trying to be the American Mercedes. I remember my grandparents had a '93 DeVille, that car was amazing, & it lasted 22 years.
Whenever I am worn down by today's crappy news and society going down the toilet, I watch this commercial and feel better. That jingle captures '80s self-assurance and consumer confidence.
I love this car!! I have owned 2 in the distant past, and just bought an '87 Brougham D'Elegance a few weeks ago as an early (or late) birthday present, and it's been amazing to have in my life again. True elegance, power, and what Cadillac used to be. Today, I would buy a Mercedes. Sorry, GM... I love you, I used to work on your cars for 15 years, but... I don't want an over-priced, over-produced plastic car. The latest model year I purchased was a '98 DeVille. What a sad day when the engine started overheating. What a sad few months before I decided to buy a brand-new Silverado in 2007. *lol* It didn't make sense to pay $3,000 to have the engine repaired. I just didn't love the car THAT much. I haven't heard of too many issues between 2002 and 2009, but I have heard that 2010 - current has many issues, especially with ATS models. I don't know what's going on, but they suddenly don't know how to build or price some of their vehicles anymore My 2014 Silverado crew cab LT has 5 recalls on it already... my 2007 had none. I almost wish I didn't trade it in, but . . . so far, the recall work that was done seems to be holding. The latest one I am aware of has something to do with the seat belts. *rolls eyes* ---- Anyway, I my love for the older Cadillacs is deep. I've watched this commercial many times.
The '80s GM C-bodies have aged extremely well. I think they are still very handsome cars 40 years later. The 1980 redesign was perfect. They are very large cars, but much more realistic and useful than the '70s behemoths they replaced. Nearly perfect cars for their times as far as I'm concerned.
That's when Cadillac not only looked unique but Cadillac looked like something worth buying. Today Cadillac cars look like nothing more than a glorified Chevy.
@@mattdavis9601 None of them is worth "buying," since they aren't reliable, but any one of them is worth leasing. They are great vehicles, I don't know what you're talking about. They're all getting good reviews.
It's a shame Cadillac can't build a decent car anymore. However, that's true of every luxury maker. Lincoln and Caddy both decided to make shit that wasn't comfortable.
+Sample Text You do have a point in today's cars, however... I'd rather have this full size. If I were in the market for a modern luxury car it'd be a Cadillac. Lincoln is the biggest joke of them all. Rebadged Fords with small improvements for huge markup. I would still love to see a car as big as the Brougham built today, with the suspension where you feel as if you are floating.
+kirbyyasha I think the only cars these days that can achieve similar comfort levels are the big Citroëns such as the C6. Otherwise they're not comparable at all, way different.
Went to the Dayton autoshow, most comfortable car there was the chevy equinox, which wasnt even half as comfy as these cadillacs, all cars nowdays have seats that feel like concrete. i own an '85 fleetwood in dark red, love it.
Just bought an 86 fleetwood, replacing all the brakes and brake lines and tires so it's road worthy again. Amazing how every single interior option still works on this 36 year old car. We now drive disposable computers with insane prices.
A plan to make Cadillac great again: • Step One: Borrow Silverado crew cab frame and power options • Step Two: Lower and soften the suspension • Step Three: Equip it with a neo-classical '70s-80s style Fleetwood body and interior • Step Four: Stop production of all these cramped, stealth fighter jet styled, hard riding, overpriced store brand BMWs that would make more sense as Pontiacs Step Five: Profit
Not only a car,it's luxury,safety, joy,beauty,class..It's just lovely,... Day by day the cars devaluing like other thing,like music,humanity,culture,.... It's so sad...
The base model Broughams from 1980-1986 had beautiful tufted square patterned seats such as the ones shown in this video. Starting in 87 the base Brougham seats were rather flat with straight lines, sort of identical to the seats in the DeVille's of 79-84 The only tufted seats offered were on the upgraded d'Elegance models.
My '92 deville is about to take a pause from being my daily for a refresh, and while she's going through that, i've got an '87 brougham triple blue with velour interior lined up for my next daily, and she's to die for!
I would if I could. Only changes I would make is a modern 32 valve V8 of about 5.0L making around 300 hp, dual exhaust, anti-lock brakes, and dual airbags. Everything else is superfluous.
Disappointed the new caddy's removed the wreath from the crest from the logo, but this right here are the Cadillacs I fell in love with!!! Wife already on notice I'm getting one
Amazing American Car, I have its like a new, arrived to my country for one embassy in 1985, I believe that today is unique in Chile, if I sell this car I would be a crazy
1986 - "When you think BIG, think Cadillac" 2013 - When you think big, think of all the wildlife habitats being destroyed for your oil production for the gas for you car, and how environmentally unsafe your emissions are and how awful is it want a car that big and......" Let's go back a few decades.
If you look at the dash design on the new XTS, you can see it picking up the motif of the Fleetwood heritage. Very nice touch! Can’t wait until the omega platform is ready (Ciel).
Agreed. GM should have put in something better than what was going in the Chevy Caprice wagon. Even the high-output 307 from the Cutlass 442 would have been better. Something to give it a premium edge.
My parents traded in their 82 Buick LeSabre Custom sedan for a new 86 Fleetwood Brougham, I loved driving it when we went out, it had the standard velour seats which were quite comfortable, it ended up going to California with my late uncle who my mom sold the car to, he enjoyed it, sadly that poor car rusted under the vinyl roof, I couldn’t believe that, but the car my cousin & his wife own is the 92 Town Car my mom loved driving, and I believe they still have it
Today's Cadilac CT6 Commercial: Worst of all... It's a Cadillac while playing Justin Bieber music in the background. I'm going to replace my Hyundai Sonata with Cadillac Brougham someday.
@NitroGadvRules I agree with you. The Lincoln Town Car was the epitome of a first class, exquisite luxury car and one of the last fine examples of the big, spacious luxury cars in modern times. The same can be said for the Ford Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis. It's such a shame that these cars are being taken off the market and that the motor companies are sucked in by the current trend of small, sporty cars. I've always preferred to ride in big luxury cars. They exude style and class.
HP ratings are miss leading, TQ is what moves a car. Your 1.8 makes 140hp and 130tq. The 5.0 V8 makes 140hp and 255tq. Even if we don't take gear ratios, weight, or the power curve of the engines in to account, your 1.8 in the caddy would be even slower and just as thirsty, maybe even more so. I own one of these cars with 37k original miles and it returns 17 in regular driving and 20 on the hwy.
Yes styling that's every inch a Cadillac.. Gotta love that jingle.. Best of all it's a Cadillac.. gonna make mine say that every time I start her up lol
@ghettofama703 Yes absolutely right,...I am happy to see still there are some people like you can feel the laps of values ,.. I had a Cadillac sevil 1981,it was lovely,.. I will try to find another beauty of GM later again,i can't live without them,... Cheers,..
@themaytagrepairman That's why Cadillac advertised the displacement as 7.0 & 6.0 Liter respectively. When GM downsized in '77 it incorporated metric parts and measurements in it's new models. I'm glad I have both S.A.E. and metric tools seeing that it's a hodge podge of mix and match parts used to build these cars. I have a '77 Commercial Chassis Cadillac hearse.
i had a 83 & 84 coupe de ville & loved them. i bought a white on white astroroof 81 brougham coupe 8/6/4 really nice car exc the engine & the brougham pillow seats fuck up your back if you are tall. Beautiful 15" factory daytons. Still loved them all.
If I remember correctly, Cadillac switched to all downsized FWD for the sedan deville and coupe deville for the 1985 model year. Lincoln did some aggressive advertising to capture the Cadillac customers that wanted the RWD full sized caddy. Cadillac was forced to reintroduce the large rwd platform as the Fleetwood Brougham in 1986
I had an 87 Brougham back in the 90's. That Olds engine was swamped with emission control devices. It passed state emissions with flying colors year after year. Not a dirty car at all.
@ez3276 Cadillac specs are the '86 fleetwood brougham is 221 inches long, my '94 sedan deville is209.7 inches long.So thats 11.3 inches shorter not even a foot and not 18+.But both are nice big cars.94 is when they made them longer and taller and wider then the '87's to '93.They made this body style from '94-'99.I really like the old one like this commercial it's what I wanted but the '94 is nice also-peace.
It had a 5 liter? I wonder was that the 305 or 350? All my 1980s/90s Caddy's had either the 4.1 with the notorious bad oil returns, 4.5, 4.7 or 4.9(& one with the Northstar, a 2001). I don't recall seeing many Caddy's from then with any "5.0 liters" stamped on them(not to mention any with rear wheel drives by the mid to late 80s).
@stellarfungk85 one of the few exceptions to this rule as far as luxury car classic is the last generation town car. It was very classy and truely american. Sad to see it go as it commanded a presence that very few other cars could do and also be super classy at the same time.
This was a good era for the DeVille sedan. No competition from Buick or Oldsmobile, though the Lincoln Town Car was nipping at its heels and gaining ground fast with a superior EFI 302. The 4100 engine was gone. Best days (though short-lived) were ahead with the Chevy 350. It was all downhill after that.
When the 1977 B/C bodies came out, they advertised how small and space efficient they were. Then, bam, gas prices drop and they tack on a few extra inches at the ends and the wasted space is a selling point.
I wish Cadillac still had a Brougham model today. Not the one of the early 90s that looked like it had a bar of soap in its family tree, but a BIG, ROOMY, COMFORTABLE luxury car that is the most comfortable way there is to drive for hours and hours on end and has good looking, modern, and conservative styling. I honestly think that it'd sell. Not everybody wants every car to be sporty.
I still have my 86 in the garage it's got just over a hundred thousand miles on it the bumper fillers have curled up and fell out... the paint has white spots on the hood and trunk spots.....but the interior still looks like no one ever set in it.... and I wouldn't take $40,000 for it right now
The big 350 gm engine was one of the best as it powered many cars and trucks for decades. it should never have been discontinued. Thank your Congress for wanting to dump all V8s which they damn near have done. V 6's are OK but sometimes you need a V8 as I hate tiny cars. They aren't safe and they are hard to get comfortable as I'm 6 foot tall.
Now THAT is a Cadillac!!!
That’s a mafia car lol. No gps or ac system or back up camera no way get the fuck out of here with that junk
This Fleetwood Brougham 86 is authentic Cadillac Style
Cadillac had the best seats. It was like sitting on a sofa at home.
I always joke it's like driving your living room sofa around
All of the '80s C-bodies had great seats in their own distinct styles. The Olds ruled with the loose pillow look. The Buick matched the cushy comfort of any velour recliner. The Cadillac's button leather seats would be right at home in any executive office or library. These were the pinnacle of GM RWD luxury cars.
No More! Junk now! Cadillac will go the way of Olds and Pontiac...Wait 5 years.
Cadillac does have something that Mercedes-Benz doesn’t: The fluffy fabric seat
I just don’t like leather seat
@@colonelpotter It's true. It was a joy just to sit in the vehicle. Everyone wanted to go for a ride in the car.
Does anyone get chills hearing the music in Cadillac commercials or is that just me? Such beautiful and classy automobiles that will never make a return.
This particular ad is all '80s, with the upbeat chorus. These ads stuck in your head - an ear worm nagging you to stop by the Cadillac or whatever dealership. What Cadillac ad now accomplishes that simple task?
I get the chills because its beautiful and nostalgic, but they are coming back. The car companies have already realized that their practices of the 2010s are unable to continue and are about to collapse, electric vehicles are a scam, and classic cars are inexpensive, easy, and hands-off to manufacture. They even cost less brand new than even used cars cost in the 2010s.
Every bit of "safety" legislation has been a ploy by the companies to sell more cars to the same customers at ever-increasing price points and around 2008 they just started inventing problems to introduce fixes to. The instant they knew there was nothing left in wimpy 4 cyl tiny suvs was the instant they said they were going electric as a distraction. The classics, ALL THE CLASSICS, are returning. And there will even be some additional models you haven't seen before such as the 1959 Cadillac Escalade Tradesman (based on the concept of the Escalade EXT)
@@AlexanderCrumpWell said!!
My Dad was a auto mechanic at a Cadillac dealership from 1955 until he retired in 1995. He LOVED Cadillacs and he was always watching the trade-ins to pick up a sweet low mileage one because they were not abused by previous owners. We always had two of them. When he would go to work in the morning sometimes it would be a different model coming home! Lol! Mom was always surprised. 😄 He always said Cadillac was the best built car until the '90s. That's when GM went downhill in design, quality, and pride. Cadillac will never be the same. 😒
Thanks for sharing.
That big Boat could float! I remember driving down the AC expressway doing about 80, you didn't feel a thing.
Best Of All. It's A Cadillac!!
Its crap. Made for your shitty lame highways. Bring it to German Autobahn and you will recognize, a BMW Benz Porsche or Audi is way better
This was when Cadillac was Cadillac. Now they're trying to be the American Mercedes. I remember my grandparents had a '93 DeVille, that car was amazing, & it lasted 22 years.
This is what a cadillac should be..not that european pseudo audi they make now
+cibriosis at least the escalade is the Fleetwood of SUV's.
Agreed.
Whenever I am worn down by today's crappy news and society going down the toilet, I watch this commercial and feel better. That jingle captures '80s self-assurance and consumer confidence.
My grandfather had one of these and it was the same one in the commercial, color and everything totally brings me back to those days I miss so much.
I love this car!! I have owned 2 in the distant past, and just bought an '87 Brougham D'Elegance a few weeks ago as an early (or late) birthday present, and it's been amazing to have in my life again. True elegance, power, and what Cadillac used to be. Today, I would buy a Mercedes. Sorry, GM... I love you, I used to work on your cars for 15 years, but... I don't want an over-priced, over-produced plastic car. The latest model year I purchased was a '98 DeVille. What a sad day when the engine started overheating. What a sad few months before I decided to buy a brand-new Silverado in 2007. *lol* It didn't make sense to pay $3,000 to have the engine repaired. I just didn't love the car THAT much. I haven't heard of too many issues between 2002 and 2009, but I have heard that 2010 - current has many issues, especially with ATS models. I don't know what's going on, but they suddenly don't know how to build or price some of their vehicles anymore My 2014 Silverado crew cab LT has 5 recalls on it already... my 2007 had none. I almost wish I didn't trade it in, but . . . so far, the recall work that was done seems to be holding. The latest one I am aware of has something to do with the seat belts. *rolls eyes* ---- Anyway, I my love for the older Cadillacs is deep. I've watched this commercial many times.
sadly classic styling is dead
david daniel open your eyes
It still exists... but in the form of Bentleys, Rolls-Royces or Toyota Century. Classic styling is now out of reach to most of us.
The '80s GM C-bodies have aged extremely well. I think they are still very handsome cars 40 years later. The 1980 redesign was perfect. They are very large cars, but much more realistic and useful than the '70s behemoths they replaced. Nearly perfect cars for their times as far as I'm concerned.
That's when Cadillac not only looked unique but Cadillac looked like something worth buying. Today Cadillac cars look like nothing more than a glorified Chevy.
Or a Hyundai
the styling changed radically starting with the 2000 year models
Well not wanna go against somebody's opinion but it's like saying that a Bentley is a glorified Volkswagen.
What's sad is that today the only new Cadillac worth buying is the Escalade; the one Cadillac that literally is a glorified Chevy.
@@mattdavis9601 None of them is worth "buying," since they aren't reliable, but any one of them is worth leasing. They are great vehicles, I don't know what you're talking about. They're all getting good reviews.
It's a shame Cadillac can't build a decent car anymore. However, that's true of every luxury maker. Lincoln and Caddy both decided to make shit that wasn't comfortable.
+Sample Text You do have a point in today's cars, however... I'd rather have this full size. If I were in the market for a modern luxury car it'd be a Cadillac. Lincoln is the biggest joke of them all. Rebadged Fords with small improvements for huge markup.
I would still love to see a car as big as the Brougham built today, with the suspension where you feel as if you are floating.
+kirbyyasha I think the only cars these days that can achieve similar comfort levels are the big Citroëns such as the C6. Otherwise they're not comparable at all, way different.
+kirbyyasha wait until the continental comes out.
Went to the Dayton autoshow, most comfortable car there was the chevy equinox, which wasnt even half as comfy as these cadillacs, all cars nowdays have seats that feel like concrete. i own an '85 fleetwood in dark red, love it.
CT6 ain't shabby for a v1.0
i'm a new happy owner of a 1989 Cadillac brougham :) i love it!
Jean-Pierre Bovin You are a lucky man!
I had one as a daily driver 2019-2021. I miss it. (I never should have traded it.)
Beautifull this Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham 86. Confortable, great cargo space, engine ,V8 5.0, automatic transmission and beautifull interior
Just bought an 86 fleetwood, replacing all the brakes and brake lines and tires so it's road worthy again. Amazing how every single interior option still works on this 36 year old car. We now drive disposable computers with insane prices.
I absolutely love this car
So much nostalgia. It definitely brings tears to my eyes.
I feel the same.
A plan to make Cadillac great again:
• Step One: Borrow Silverado crew cab frame and power options
• Step Two: Lower and soften the suspension
• Step Three: Equip it with a neo-classical '70s-80s style Fleetwood body and interior
• Step Four: Stop production of all these cramped, stealth fighter jet styled, hard riding, overpriced store brand BMWs that would make more sense as Pontiacs
Step Five: Profit
I've owned a bunch of those... I still have a 91 Brougham D'elegance... 5.7. great cars. Best of all, it's a Cadillac.
They should make these type of cars today I would definitely buy one
I need one....Or two.
Not only a car,it's luxury,safety, joy,beauty,class..It's just lovely,...
Day by day the cars devaluing like other thing,like music,humanity,culture,....
It's so sad...
Последний из настоящих классических Кадиллаков
The base model Broughams from 1980-1986 had beautiful tufted square patterned seats such as the ones shown in this video. Starting in 87 the base Brougham seats were rather flat with straight lines, sort of identical to the seats in the DeVille's of 79-84 The only tufted seats offered were on the upgraded d'Elegance models.
My '92 deville is about to take a pause from being my daily for a refresh, and while she's going through that, i've got an '87 brougham triple blue with velour interior lined up for my next daily, and she's to die for!
My First Caddy was an 86 FWB with the D'elegance Package. Still my Favorite of the 6 Caddies I have bought.
Please build again.
I would if I could. Only changes I would make is a modern 32 valve V8 of about 5.0L making around 300 hp, dual exhaust, anti-lock brakes, and dual airbags. Everything else is superfluous.
I remember that commercial!
Whoever the 1 person that disliked this is, they are an idiot! Who could hate something this beautiful?
that is a real car. world best american luxury needless to explain.
I miss the 80s!!!!!
I'm buying a 1984 Cadillac Brougham with only 40,323 MI
Disappointed the new caddy's removed the wreath from the crest from the logo, but this right here are the Cadillacs I fell in love with!!! Wife already on notice I'm getting one
Now that was a car. Great commercial from a great era.
The GM Box Cars were pure beasts on the Road back in 80's. My Mom had an Blue and Grey 82 Chevy Caprice Classic loaded.
"I drive a Bro-Ham. "
"What's a Bro-ham?"
A male pig.
I have a 92. The last year of that body style. I love it
BEAUTIFUL LUXURY ELEGANT STYLE BUILT WITH CLASS !
Amazing American Car, I have its like a new, arrived to my country for one embassy in 1985, I believe that today is unique in Chile, if I sell this car I would be a crazy
If they made this today - I would buy it in a second
When cars were still built like cars.
i got the same exacte car... but now stored for winter... i miss my cadi so bad
Today, if you want to buy a Cadillac, it comes with a hatchback. LOL.
The best car I've ever bought i hade it for many years
1986 - "When you think BIG, think Cadillac"
2013 - When you think big, think of all the wildlife habitats being destroyed for your oil production for the gas for you car, and how environmentally unsafe your emissions are and how awful is it want a car that big and......"
Let's go back a few decades.
2019 - woman has maternal instincts towards environment (Sweden or Germany idr)
If you look at the dash design on the new XTS, you can see it picking up the motif of the Fleetwood heritage. Very nice touch! Can’t wait until the omega platform is ready (Ciel).
We had three of these. Good cars.
They needed to put the L98 in this, the Vette engine, and not the 307-4v. They did rectify it somewhat in '90 with the LO5 TBI 350.
Agreed. GM should have put in something better than what was going in the Chevy Caprice wagon. Even the high-output 307 from the Cutlass 442 would have been better. Something to give it a premium edge.
Simply the best !
My parents traded in their 82 Buick LeSabre Custom sedan for a new 86 Fleetwood Brougham, I loved driving it when we went out, it had the standard velour seats which were quite comfortable, it ended up going to California with my late uncle who my mom sold the car to, he enjoyed it, sadly that poor car rusted under the vinyl roof, I couldn’t believe that, but the car my cousin & his wife own is the 92 Town Car my mom loved driving, and I believe they still have it
Today's Cadilac CT6 Commercial: Worst of all... It's a Cadillac
while playing Justin Bieber music in the background.
I'm going to replace my Hyundai Sonata with Cadillac Brougham someday.
I have a '94 sedan deville it's just as big as this one but it's front wheel drive with a 4.9 liter V-8, both are very nice. CADILLAC STYLE.
Should be "And new for brougham, a new not-so-powerful 5.0 liter V8"
140 hp, certainly more powerful than a Toyota Corolla haha, so much for 5 liters of fuel consumption :)
@NitroGadvRules I agree with you. The Lincoln Town Car was the epitome of a first class, exquisite luxury car and one of the last fine examples of the big, spacious luxury cars in modern times. The same can be said for the Ford Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis. It's such a shame that these cars are being taken off the market and that the motor companies are sucked in by the current trend of small, sporty cars. I've always preferred to ride in big luxury cars. They exude style and class.
damm 50 yrs later still looks beautiful
50 years? What calendar are you using?
thats a beautiful car
HP ratings are miss leading, TQ is what moves a car. Your 1.8 makes 140hp and 130tq. The 5.0 V8 makes 140hp and 255tq. Even if we don't take gear ratios, weight, or the power curve of the engines in to account, your 1.8 in the caddy would be even slower and just as thirsty, maybe even more so. I own one of these cars with 37k original miles and it returns 17 in regular driving and 20 on the hwy.
My Dad bought one!
He needed a Maritime Pilot’s license to drive it. 🤠🤠🤠
It lasted less than 5 yrs and less than 100k miles. Detroit Iron.
Cadillac Fleetwood was the american S-Class, I will remember this car
Yes styling that's every inch a Cadillac.. Gotta love that jingle.. Best of all it's a Cadillac.. gonna make mine say that every time I start her up lol
@ghettofama703 Yes absolutely right,...I am happy to see still there are some people like you can feel the laps of values ,..
I had a Cadillac sevil 1981,it was lovely,..
I will try to find another beauty of GM later again,i can't live without them,...
Cheers,..
And to think, in under two decades, we went from this to the Magic Pimp Bus that was the Escalade.
It's my favourite Cadillac :)
@themaytagrepairman That's why Cadillac advertised the displacement as 7.0 & 6.0 Liter respectively.
When GM downsized in '77 it incorporated metric parts and measurements in it's new models. I'm glad I have both S.A.E. and metric tools seeing that it's a hodge podge of mix and match parts used to build these cars. I have a '77 Commercial Chassis Cadillac hearse.
i had a 83 & 84 coupe de ville & loved them. i bought a white on white astroroof 81 brougham coupe 8/6/4 really nice car exc the engine & the brougham pillow seats fuck up your back if you are tall. Beautiful 15" factory daytons. Still loved them all.
@MaestroTJS Pre 82's had large displacement big blocks in them usually a 6 or 7 liter depending on model year. 82-85's had a weak little 4.1 V8.
If I remember correctly, Cadillac switched to all downsized FWD for the sedan deville and coupe deville for the 1985 model year. Lincoln did some aggressive advertising to capture the Cadillac customers that wanted the RWD full sized caddy. Cadillac was forced to reintroduce the large rwd platform as the Fleetwood Brougham in 1986
I would love to drive one of these to Vegas!
Wow........that's the only words.
Well, i wouldn't have expect to see you here sir.
Jim Dayton mr. greengrson?!
tronnor's howell
I am good, how are yoooooouuuuuu-rrrrrrrrrr?
Jim Dayton ha ha! yeah i guess i am doing pretty good!
tronnor's howell Learn what "manpooping" is, and stop it.
i would want a V16 cadillac from the 1930s that's my opinion of luxury.
I'd settle for a Rolls-Royce Merlin in the engine bay.
I had an 87 Brougham back in the 90's. That Olds engine was swamped with emission control devices. It passed state emissions with flying colors year after year. Not a dirty car at all.
The Olds 307 was the last production carbureted engine because it could meet emissions requirements that the Chevy 305 could not. I'm not sure why.
Cadillac doesn't even offer a V-8 anymore. Except in the hideous Escalade.
Real luxury
Good thing roads in the states are straight and wide. That thing would be a nightmare in the narrow and tight-curved roads in Europe
@ez3276 Cadillac specs are the '86 fleetwood brougham is 221 inches long, my '94 sedan deville is209.7 inches long.So thats 11.3 inches shorter not even a foot and not 18+.But both are nice big cars.94 is when they made them longer and taller and wider then the '87's to '93.They made this body style from '94-'99.I really like the old one like this commercial it's what I wanted but the '94 is nice also-peace.
@foxdev321 A '94 front drive Sedan Deville is not even close to as big as this '86 Fleetwood, it's a good 18 inches shorter
Este Cadillac Fleetwood es hermoso los amos
It had a 5 liter? I wonder was that the 305 or 350? All my 1980s/90s Caddy's had either the 4.1 with the notorious bad oil returns, 4.5, 4.7 or 4.9(& one with the Northstar, a 2001). I don't recall seeing many Caddy's from then with any "5.0 liters" stamped on them(not to mention any with rear wheel drives by the mid to late 80s).
My Dad had one. Nice ride
well despite oil prices being halved, cars did continue to become more efficient, car designers in the 80s were obsessed with aerodynamics
@stellarfungk85 one of the few exceptions to this rule as far as luxury car classic is the last generation town car. It was very classy and truely american. Sad to see it go as it commanded a presence that very few other cars could do and also be super classy at the same time.
This was a good era for the DeVille sedan. No competition from Buick or Oldsmobile, though the Lincoln Town Car was nipping at its heels and gaining ground fast with a superior EFI 302. The 4100 engine was gone. Best days (though short-lived) were ahead with the Chevy 350. It was all downhill after that.
When the 1977 B/C bodies came out, they advertised how small and space efficient they were. Then, bam, gas prices drop and they tack on a few extra inches at the ends and the wasted space is a selling point.
There was a Cadillac in a Pet Shop Boys music video Opportunities around same time
room for 6 adults 5 in the cabin 1 in the trunk
Now that's pretty!
I have beautiful daydreams about extra-terrestrial planets where cars still look like this.
30 years ago
I wish Cadillac still had a Brougham model today. Not the one of the early 90s that looked like it had a bar of soap in its family tree, but a BIG, ROOMY, COMFORTABLE luxury car that is the most comfortable way there is to drive for hours and hours on end and has good looking, modern, and conservative styling. I honestly think that it'd sell. Not everybody wants every car to be sporty.
this is a sweet ride ,damned i wish i had one..!
Love it
When Cadillacs were designed by people who love Cadillacs.
I still have my 86 in the garage it's got just over a hundred thousand miles on it the bumper fillers have curled up and fell out... the paint has white spots on the hood and trunk spots.....but the interior still looks like no one ever set in it.... and I wouldn't take $40,000 for it right now
This spirit individualist is the human essence,america grow for this,the human spirit is this it.
The big 350 gm engine was one of the best as it powered many cars and trucks for decades. it should never have been discontinued. Thank your Congress for wanting to dump all V8s which they damn near have done. V 6's are OK but sometimes you need a V8 as I hate tiny cars. They aren't safe and they are hard to get comfortable as I'm 6 foot tall.
When America made great cars.
WOW, just WOW!
3 people are driving a Prius.