Which Cadillac names should be brought back?

"Manwich - now Keto-Friendly" (manwich) 12/13/2019 at 10:38 • Filed to: None

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My thoughts are:

1. Fleetwood
2. Seville
3. Eld orado

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 12/13/2019 at 10:43

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Moar Pizzazz!!! Moar POWAH.

*looks up stats*

“LB6:

The LB6 engine was introduced in 1985 to replace the original LE2. It used multiport fuel injection and produced 130 hp (97 kW).”

You know, that’s not bad for 1986

pip bip - choose Corrour > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 12/13/2019 at 10:44

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Catera

Cash Rewards > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 12/13/2019 at 10:48

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None. Those are all associated with old people driving 10 below the speed limit living in Florida. It's why they did the whole Art and Science campaign with the original cts in the first place

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 12/13/2019 at 10:48

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SERIES 75

Thomas Donohue > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 12/13/2019 at 10:49

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Allanteeeeeee’

412GTI > Cash Rewards 12/13/2019 at 10:51

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Agree. 

412GTI > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 12/13/2019 at 10:53

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Cadillac is a tough one to judge but I’m going to say not going back to the older names is a better idea. For someone like me (25), they just remind me of old relatives and AARP discounts. Maybe that’s what Cadillac needs? Idk I feel like that market is going away.

They probably should’ve just stuck with CTS, ATS...etc that they started and not the CT/XT bullshit. 

Cash Rewards > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/13/2019 at 10:54

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This. Number scheme works with desire to be a modern German luxury competitor, old enough to not have 80s 90s era negative association. 

Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 12/13/2019 at 11:04

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C A T E R A

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Cash Rewards 12/13/2019 at 11:06

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I’m clowning in that the 75 is the factory limo, but they did also have a series 70 on and off, and there’s no real reason not to bring back Sixty-Two and Sixty Special as models either.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 12/13/2019 at 11:07

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Catera? Because we all want to zig again?

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Thomas Donohue 12/13/2019 at 11:09

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Don’t hate on me for it, but those clean Italian lines have been speaking to me lately.  May pick one up for a project car...

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > pip bip - choose Corrour 12/13/2019 at 11:09

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beat me to it.

pip bip - choose Corrour > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/13/2019 at 11:12

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well CoFL beat me to Cimarron

Thomas Donohue > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/13/2019 at 11:14

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While I see what you are saying, I am permanently scarred by the interiors I remember .

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 12/13/2019 at 11:16

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Cinnamon, obviously.

benn454 > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/13/2019 at 11:17

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 Nice Opel ya got there.

benn454 > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 12/13/2019 at 11:19

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SIXTEEN

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Thomas Donohue 12/13/2019 at 11:19

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He looks exactly like who I'd expect to own an Allante in 2019

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > benn454 12/13/2019 at 11:20

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Funny, for that reason it probably had the best build quality of any Caddy during that time period. But, it still felt wrong.

Apparently an LS swap fits neatly into that engine bay, almost like the designers had thought about it at the time...

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 12/13/2019 at 11:21

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None. As others have said, names like Fleetwood and DeVille make me think of old people doing 40 in the left lane.

On the other hand, I do like cars that have actual names, and not alpha numeric designations . Unless their German. Somehow I think that works for the Germans... except I liked it better when then codes actually meant something (i.e. 325xi meant a 3 series platform with a 2.5l engine and AWD ). But I digress.

Maybe I’m way out in left field here, but you can’t be a market leader if you’re following everyone else. Don’t do the alphanumeric thing, do names, make them cool again.

Also, Cadillac needs to stop cutting corners. I looked at an ATS back over the summer and was immediately turned off because the manual uses the EXACT SAME SHIFT KNOB as a my Cruze. That and the interior is slathered in piano black. The cheapness was astounding. There were lots of good things about it, they obviously made progress in many areas, but why would cheap out on one of the key interface points of a car? /endrant

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Thomas Donohue 12/13/2019 at 11:23

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Yeah, totally agree. Every one I’ve looked at, the seats have held up remarkably well. So I think they used ugly materials of the highest quality...

Our theory was to leave the Pininfarina badges but de-badge everything else...  basically erase any Cadillac references.

punkgoose17 > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 12/13/2019 at 11:23

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Series 10

Eldorado 

Jim Spanfeller > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/13/2019 at 11:35

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You’re right, that car doesn’t look bad at all. Q uite classy.

WilliamsSW > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/13/2019 at 11:48

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The Sixty Special - spelled out- is the best of those.

WilliamsSW > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 12/13/2019 at 11:51

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Sixteen

Eldorado Biarritz

Eldorado B rougham

Eldorado Seville

WilliamsSW > benn454 12/13/2019 at 11:53

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YAAAAAASSSSSSS

benn454 > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/13/2019 at 12:39

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What doesn’t the LS fit neatly into?

 I'm sure the Camaro and Corvette teams were less than thrilled when they heard about that.

benn454 > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/13/2019 at 12:52

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 It might be that same ostrich leather from '69.

Sovande > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 12/13/2019 at 12:53

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Calais

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > benn454 12/13/2019 at 12:54

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My Fiat X1/9 for one.

Please don’t ask how I know...

benn454 > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/13/2019 at 12:56

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 Was it really that much worse than a Fiero?

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > benn454 12/13/2019 at 13:01

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It’s tight back there. Really tight. You have to shoehorn, “hard” even to get a Busso in there.

We’re doing one now with an LSJ Saturn ION mill, so ask me in a couple of months...

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > benn454 12/13/2019 at 13:02

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It might also be because the cars only were driven once a month, in the summer, to the country club...

But the interiors generally look great in those cars, assuming they used the hardtop.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Sovande 12/13/2019 at 13:04

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Sovande > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 12/13/2019 at 13:06

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Yes. Please.

benn454 > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/13/2019 at 13:22

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Yikes. That is tight.

 Good luck on the Fiat Redline.

benn454 > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/13/2019 at 13:25

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 That would help, of course. Your post simply reminded me of the 69 Caddy that Mr. Regular reviewed.

Thomas Donohue > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/13/2019 at 15:23

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That was peak 80's GM on the inside!

i86hotdogs > WilliamsSW 12/13/2019 at 15:29

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I like the idea of using Biarritz as a trim level like the V’s. Top trim with added chrome, badges, and....standing hood ornament.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > benn454 12/13/2019 at 16:02

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We’re cutting out the “trunk” (which has too much rust anyway) for the intercooler... pics to follow if I can achieve “authorship” status here on OPPO.

It should be a 250HP roller skate.

benn454 > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish 12/13/2019 at 19:00

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