Talk:Cadillac Coupe de Ville
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[edit] What engines?
I am positive that a Coupe de Ville never came with, for example, a Ford Cleveland or Chrysler Magnum engine as posited by several infoboxes...
You are so right. That's just vandalism. RivGuySC 04:11, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sedan de Ville - where?
Should the Sedan de Ville be dealt with here, or in the Cadillac DeVille article, or in a new, separate article? I have a pic of a 72 in the Commons: Image:1972 Cadillac Sedan de Ville.jpg and was wondering where to put it. —Morven 05:28, May 1, 2005 (UTC)
- The sedan belongs in Cadillac DeVille. --SFoskett 15:36, May 1, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Faux infoboxes
I have real doubts about where the infobox is going. "Super fins?" Can this be documented? And I don't think there's any evidence either the buyers or sellers ever considered the CdeVe a personal luxury car. RivGuySC 02:54, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
I am very sure that the terms in the generation infoboxes are made up and to say the least highly POV; thus they are not fit for an encyclopedia article. One could argue that the Coupe DeVille was a personal luxury car since it wasn't really a sports car but rather a luxurious two door variant of the Deville sedan. I think since the CDeVe was primarily a luxury car due to its size and emphasis on comfort the personal luxury car classification does not seem to be too inapropriate. Of course the Eldorado was Cadillac's primary personal luxury car. Regards, Signaturebrendel 05:19, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Needs Work
This article needs some major work. What is here is well-written, but it's just an overview. For a car of this stature there can be much, much more. Until a few minutes ago the engines weren't even linked. I have doubts about the accuracy of the generations shown in the infoboxes. Some anons were playing with them a while back, and I'm not sure which version is right. I know that the 1977-84 is one generation, so I did change that back. --Sable232 19:48, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
One more thing. I really don't think we need to have a list of songs that mention the Coupe de Ville. That can probably be removed. --Sable232 01:43, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
I disagree. I think the songs are one of the strongest parts of the article. Probably no other car model can show such an impact on popular culture, and I think that's legitimate to demonstrate in the article. RivGuySC 22:01, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Dubious
I'm calling into doubt the dimensions in this article, mostly with the 1977-84 figures. Two height figures are given for 1983-84, but no explanation is given. One of these figures is basically the same as the 1981-82 figure. How did the height change? Where does this information come from to begin with? And how did the width change by 0.2 inches between '79 and '80? These measurements need to be verified. --Sable232 03:42, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Convertible
I have edited the infoboxes to remove reference to a "2-door convertible" bodystyle, as the author or authors of the original article were confused on this point. The Coupe de Ville name was never applied to a convertible model. The standard (non-Eldorado) convertible wasn't even included in the De Ville line until the 1964 model season, and when it was, it was called simply "de Ville" (not Coupe de Ville, not Convertible de Ville). Prior to 1964, that model was called the Series Sixty-Two convertible. A picture of a lovely, gold, 1970 de Ville convertible is included in the article, and I changed the caption, as it had been listed as a Coupe de Ville. Mhrogers (talk) 21:19, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
