17 Facts About Cadillac Seville

Cadillac Seville is the name of a Spanish province and its capital, renowned for its history and treasures of art and architecture.

The Seville became the smallest and most expensive model in the lineup, turning Cadillac's traditional marketing and pricing strategy upside down.

Cadillac Seville stylists added a crisp, angular body that set the tone for GM styling for the next decade, along with a wide track stance, giving the car a substantial, premium appearance.

Originally, the engineers of the Cadillac Seville wanted to choose the Opel Diplomat as the basis for the car; however, in the end it was decided that the X-body platform would suit them best in response to GM's budget restrictions—executives felt re-engineering an Opel would be more costly.

Cadillac Seville Trip Computer "Tripmaster" was a unique option available midyear during the 1978 and 1979 model years at a cost of $920.

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The Cadillac Seville BLS, built in Sweden exclusively for European market, was introduced in 2006.

Some buyers were alienated by a smaller Cadillac Seville having a higher price tag than the larger standard models .

The Cadillac Seville failed to attract the younger import-buying audience, especially since luxury makes tended to sell based on brand loyalty rather than price or features.

Cadillac Seville introduced features that would become traditional in later years.

The "Cadillac Seville Trip Computer" was a precursor to this option in 1978.

In 1982, Cadillac Seville offered heated outside rear-view mirrors with an optional rear defogger.

Unfortunately, some traditional Cadillac Seville customers regarded the smaller exterior size and nontraditional styling as being too similar to cars produced by other GM divisions.

The other significant news for 1988 was the introduction of the Cadillac Seville Touring Sedan, equipped with the FE2 touring suspension.

In 1990, the Cadillac Seville got a new fuel injection system which brought the horsepower up to 180.

The Cadillac Seville Touring Sedan was Motor Trend magazine's Car of the Year for 1992.

Seville continued to move upmarket, in both size and price which lead to the Cadillac Catera taking its place as Cadillac's smallest car for 1997.

Fifth-generation Seville was the first Cadillac engineered to be built in both left- and right-hand-drive form; and the first modern Cadillac to be officially sold in a right-hand-drive market .