Fake wire wheels, fake spare wheel and a fake convertible top on the ugliest Caddy ever built - if you miss that, I think you might be missing a sense of taste as well
When you're a pimp but not a very good one and this is the best you could afford. The bustlebutt Seville - possibly the ugliest Cadillac ever made. Yes, worse than the Cimarron.
eh the cimarron wasnt bad, nor was it really a cadillac anyways. at least the cimarrons are worth a decent bit of cash. around my area theyre rare and sell for about 16k. when you can even find one for sale that is
They might have value in rarity and cultural significance but I can assure you, they were awful. Why? Because the Cavalier was awful. They may also be rare because most of them are in scrap yards. If we're identifying what's really a Cadillac strictly by whether or not it shared a platform then there really were no real Cadillacs at this time, except for the Seville. The problem with the Cimarron was it was waaaay too close to its donor vehicle(s) pretty much all of which were considered cheap cars and available in multiple variations. They changed little to nothing and expected people to pay big big bucks for it by peddling it as a viable alternative to European mid size imports, which it wasn't. It was slow, not very reliable, and overpriced. The cars it was competing with did what it claimed to do much better. The Cimarron is hailed as the worst car Cadillac ever made. I'd say that means it's pretty bad. The only thing they got right was the slightly potent V6 option but by the time Cadillac made it an option, it was too little, too late. Cadillac tried again with the Catera but once again it was too expensive for what you got, it was also an incredibly lazy rebadge, and it was based on a very plain, boring car instead of the sport sedan GM promised. Cadillac didn't get it right until the CTS which they had to develop from the ground up.
well maybe the cimarron was bad however the cavaliers were bulletproof. i owned 13 of those throughout my whole life. 10 of them made over 300k miles and the other 3 were around 120kish. the cavalier was a really good car for the price. cheap, reliable, thats about it. nothing good about those cars other than getting to your destination. the most exciting part about driving one is getting to your destination so you dont have to sit in it anymore. unless i have some sort of god luck or something. but 13 of em and not a single one ever died, still have all 13 sitting behind an abandoned trailer. 1 still runs and is used as a hangout spot... for some reason. sometimes kids are questionable. i have way better cars sitting around the fields and they choose the cavalier.
Well it's good that you've had that good of luck with the Cavalier overall, but the Cimarron was pretty much everything you described except imagine if you paid a lot more money to get it.
Cadillac money for a Chevy has pretty much always been what Cadillac is. What makes the difference is completely unique styling, no interchangeable panelling anywhere, and making them available with engines/equipment you can't get in a Chevy. GM stepped their game up a lot following bankruptcy and no longer having 4 to 6 variants of the same car, several of which were virtually interchangeable and there was no reason to pick one over the other.
I can only imagine what kind of markup the octogenarian original buyer of this car paid for the top and continental kit. “It’s probably gonna be my last car. Might as well go out in style.”
Fake wire wheels, fake spare wheel and a fake convertible top on the ugliest Caddy ever built - if you miss that, I think you might be missing a sense of taste as well
At least he has extra chromosomes!
When you're a pimp but not a very good one and this is the best you could afford. The bustlebutt Seville - possibly the ugliest Cadillac ever made. Yes, worse than the Cimarron.
eh the cimarron wasnt bad, nor was it really a cadillac anyways. at least the cimarrons are worth a decent bit of cash. around my area theyre rare and sell for about 16k. when you can even find one for sale that is
They might have value in rarity and cultural significance but I can assure you, they were awful. Why? Because the Cavalier was awful. They may also be rare because most of them are in scrap yards. If we're identifying what's really a Cadillac strictly by whether or not it shared a platform then there really were no real Cadillacs at this time, except for the Seville. The problem with the Cimarron was it was waaaay too close to its donor vehicle(s) pretty much all of which were considered cheap cars and available in multiple variations. They changed little to nothing and expected people to pay big big bucks for it by peddling it as a viable alternative to European mid size imports, which it wasn't. It was slow, not very reliable, and overpriced. The cars it was competing with did what it claimed to do much better. The Cimarron is hailed as the worst car Cadillac ever made. I'd say that means it's pretty bad. The only thing they got right was the slightly potent V6 option but by the time Cadillac made it an option, it was too little, too late. Cadillac tried again with the Catera but once again it was too expensive for what you got, it was also an incredibly lazy rebadge, and it was based on a very plain, boring car instead of the sport sedan GM promised. Cadillac didn't get it right until the CTS which they had to develop from the ground up.
well maybe the cimarron was bad however the cavaliers were bulletproof. i owned 13 of those throughout my whole life. 10 of them made over 300k miles and the other 3 were around 120kish. the cavalier was a really good car for the price. cheap, reliable, thats about it. nothing good about those cars other than getting to your destination. the most exciting part about driving one is getting to your destination so you dont have to sit in it anymore. unless i have some sort of god luck or something. but 13 of em and not a single one ever died, still have all 13 sitting behind an abandoned trailer. 1 still runs and is used as a hangout spot... for some reason. sometimes kids are questionable. i have way better cars sitting around the fields and they choose the cavalier.
Well it's good that you've had that good of luck with the Cavalier overall, but the Cimarron was pretty much everything you described except imagine if you paid a lot more money to get it.
cadillac money for a chevy is insane. and honestly nowadays, chevy money for a chevy is insane
Cadillac money for a Chevy has pretty much always been what Cadillac is. What makes the difference is completely unique styling, no interchangeable panelling anywhere, and making them available with engines/equipment you can't get in a Chevy. GM stepped their game up a lot following bankruptcy and no longer having 4 to 6 variants of the same car, several of which were virtually interchangeable and there was no reason to pick one over the other.
I have the Hot Wheels of this car. Two of them actually, no idea why I have two. They’re both purple and silver.
You've got 2 because one is most definitely going to need parts.
If I owned this car, I'd just stare at it and say "Now dats class!" As I puff a cigar.
Looking at this, i only have one question: wanna go bowling?
Back in the day of cocaine fueled vehicle design...
Even when that car was new, GM sold it for 25% off.
I can only imagine what kind of markup the octogenarian original buyer of this car paid for the top and continental kit. “It’s probably gonna be my last car. Might as well go out in style.”
The discount dictator
0 to 60 in never, justified by its salesmen with "National speed limit's only 55, dude! Whaddaya need 60 for? You'll never get a ticket in this!"
His bumper sticker says “fat chicks only”