Talk:Cadillac Seville

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Is it really true that the Seville is gone? It still has its place on the Cadillac web page. RivGuySC 03:22, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)

-- -- -- -- That the 1st gen Seville was a "rebodied Chevrolet Nova down to the brakes" is terrifically misleading. So is "This was the first time Cadillac based one of its vehicles on a Chevrolet model.".

The Seville is a K-Body on a K-chassis, as opposed to an X-Body/ X-chassis. Numerous sources state the only thing aside from the brakes & some of the A/C system that was shared were door hinges & the front floor pan. Major suspension parts & tuning was unique to the Seville. To further state that 'this trend continued with the Cimarron' erroneously implies great interchangability on the Seville/ Nova issue, which is not the case. The Cimarron is well-known as a 'badge-engineered' car (same sheetmetal, engine, interior, etc as the Cavalier), the Seville is 90%+ unique.

The passage harping on the bolt circle & brake specifications is greatly overweighted and of dubious education value.

--WQ59B

[edit] Most powerful?

The last ETC/STS models produced 300 hp net. But the 1969-1970 Oldsmobile Toronado produced 375 hp gross. So which is most-powerful? Probably the Toronado... --SFoskett 11:21, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

  • Actually, its not an important point, but the old gross horspower numbers were a minimum of 25% too high when compared to today's net horsepower numbers which would comfortably put the 300 net HP of the final front wheel drive STS and ETC ahead of the Toronado. Additionally, I definately recall Cadillac touting the Northstar-equipped Allante which had 295HP as the most powerful front wheel drive production car ever produced (in 1992-3). But like I said, it probably isn't a super important point in either case. Rawja 21:54, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
    • I usually assume 20% gross-to-net conversion, but even at 25%, they're tied. Both deserve mention as impressive feats, though! --SFoskett 19:34, August 8, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mid-size

I think the Seville was a Full-size car during its first and last Generation, was it? Gerdbrendel 04:35, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

  • Actually, the Seville was a midsize car until 1992. I forgot to put that in on the table, so you can go ahead and do it. --ApolloBoy 04:44, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Misc. questions

Is it true, as has recently been added, that the car was built under license in Iran? Pars Khodro was a GM affiliate, it's true, but I'd never heard they built Sevilles. And the fact that it's an IP edit makes me suspicious.

Also I have doubts about the pink '58 car pictured. I don't see how a four-door can be a Seville, which was a coupe in the 50's, and I don't see the distinctive downswept rear fenders of the '57 & '58 Eldorado. Even the caption on the picture page just says it has replica Seville badges.

I'd say both these things ought to be deleted unless they can be firmly documented. RivGuySC 05:25, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

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