1986 Cadillac Large & Small car Promo Video
1986 Cadillac lineup switched its rear-drive cars to a 5.0-liter (307-cubic-inch) Olds V-8 with 140 horsepower. Other changes to the 1986 Cadillac ensemble were subtle. The bread-winning 1986 Cadillac De Ville and 1986 Cadillac Fleetwood got a slight power increase, from 125 horsower to 135. The interior of the 1986 Cadillac Sedan de Ville Touring edition featured special trim. Also added were Touring versions of the 1986 Cadillac Coupe de Ville and 1986 Cadillac Sedan de Ville. Touring editions of the 1986 Cadillac Coupe de Ville and 1986 Cadillac Sedan de Ville with firm suspension, husky blackwall tires on aluminum wheels, a front airdam with built-in foglights, plus less chrome outside and special trim inside.
Cadillac’s high zoot Cavalier, the Cimmaron still offered Chevy’s 2.8-liter V-6. Cadillac also tinkered with Cimarron’s suspension to impart a more “European” feel. But buyers still stayed away in droves, and Cadillac struggled to sell an average 20,000 Cimarrons per year through 1986. Demand then slid to less than 15,000, and the model was unceremoniously dropped after model-year 1988.
In 1986 Cadillac came in 10th place in overall sales, ahead of Lincoln in 11th place, with 281,683 vs 156,839.
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Thank you for sharing. This is a sad point in Cadillac history. You look at these cars you see Cadillac is finally getting it right in 2012 and you see Cimarron and think about how the ATS is a vast improvement today. They are still missing a flagship model.
I LIKE CADILLAC IS SO SEXY LUXURY CAR FROM THE 70S,80S AND EARLY 90S ERA 😀 AWESOME SO SMOOTH IT REMIND ME OF DISCO MUSIC CITY IN ATLANTA,GA AND DALLAS,TX
I liked the FWD 1985-1988 DeVille and Fleetwood as they were a refreshing change to the larger, aging RWD models of the time.
I’m glad that the RWD models were kept in production, though, too.
Thank you for sharing these rare and interesting videos. Even though these Cadillacs (except Brougham) had quality problems, they were what the market demanded at the time. I had both an 88 deville and 87 brougham and the quality difference was like night and day with the brougham being a much better built and more reliable car. Much respect and appreciation for Cadillac to still produce a Limousine back then. That FWD limousine is extraordinarily rare.
I have a fleetwood and is very good unit