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Automotive News & Views Can GM make Cadillac the standard of the world Again?
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Since GM has suspended development of the next-generation premium V-8 that would have replaced its able but aging Northstar V-8, the DIG high-feature V-6 could be a suitable substitute down the road? “On one hand,” says Cyrus, “nothing sounds like a V-8. On the other hand, a lot of customers are saying, ‘V-6 is good.’ We get quite a good draw on it in Cadillacs where we offer both. We expected to sell quite a few V-8s and smaller numbers of V-6s, but sales have gone the other way around, probably 80% V-6 and 20% V-8 in the STS. For the time being, we’ll continue to offer both and let the customer decide.”
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Feb 28, 2008 11:32 am) We expected to sell quite a few V-8s and smaller numbers of V-6s, but sales have gone the other way around, probably 80% V-6 and 20% V-8 in the STS. For the time being, we’ll continue to offer both and let the customer decide.” I don't think we're too far from the point where a V8 is about as desirable among trend-setters as wearing a mink coat to a PETA convention. |
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Replying to: pmc4 (Feb 28, 2008 6:26 am) Looks like a late-70s Malibu with a Cadillac grille, emblematic of Cadillac's descent into irrelevance. Bleh. 
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...a late '70s Malibu might've aped the Cadillac Seville but the Cadillac Seville didn't ape a late '70s Malibu. The Seville debuted in 1975 as a 1976 model. The downsized A-body Malibu didn't appear until 1978. It isn't the first time lesser GM makes imitated their upscale cousins. Early 1930s Chevrolets looked like baby Cadillacs. The 1940-41 Chevrolet clearly imitates a contemporary Buick. |
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 28, 2008 7:04 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 28, 2008 7:04 am) Yep, and it didn't get the thicker Seville-like "C" pillars until it was "freshened" in 1980 or 1981. The original Seville was based on the old Nova.
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Replying to: fintail (Feb 28, 2008 12:07 pm) I'd say the 1976 Cadillac Seville influenced a lot of late 1970s/early 1980s GM vehicles. Take a look at the rather upright Seville-esque rear roofline on a 1980 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight for instance or the very Seville-like front end of an early 1980s Chevrolet Caprice. I, for one, believe the first-generation Seville is a classic design. It was exponentially better than Lincoln's feeble effort the Versailles.
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Replying to: xhe518 (Feb 28, 2008 12:18 pm)
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 28, 2008 12:22 pm) |
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 28, 2008 12:25 pm) The mid-70's to mid-80's were pretty much dark times for the domestics - not too many great or memorable cars really.
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