I have a 1980 2nd generation Seville. I really enjoy the car. I find it's rather absurd styling fun to look at and enjoy. Whereas I believe the 1st generation is a more timeless style I think the 2nd generation interiors are better thought out. The 1st generation interiors just left me wanting more.

You did a really great job presenting the first generation Cadillac Seville. Despite having researched this car extensively, I have never seen some of the brochure or advertisement pictures you display in your video. It was nice to see those pics. Of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I feel this is one of the 5 most beautiful cars ever produced, and quite possibly #1. You also provided lots of interesting technical information about the car. Congratulations on a great job, and enjoy your Seville!

I owned a 1976 and a 1979 Seville. Both white . One with deep red leather. The other with saddle leather. Loved them both !

I've owned several of these vintage Seville's and loved them. One was a highly used and rusty 1979 Elegante in black and silver. The next was a few years later and it was a one owner in perfect condition with zero rust. That was a maroonish brown with the matching top and leather. I kept that one for a long time. Now years later, I have a one owner (I'm the second owner) pristine 1986 Seville with 23,100 miles. Sitting along side it is my equally clean 1988 Cadillac Cimarron in red over silver with 61,000 miles. I love my older Cadillac's. Great videos by the way.

I think it’s Uber cool and a very elegant car. My friend’s dad had one back in the days in Germany. It was super exotic

That looks like my 85 Chevy pickup s twilight! 😊😊

My father had one of those 1977 but he had to sell it because mom found out my dad bought the car with money she saved up as a down payment for a house in her country. Unfortunately my dream of being a mechanic never got fulfilled; with all this knowledge of swapping engines. I would have liked to restore a Seville with a LS swap

This is a very refreshing take on a car that seemed pretty unexciting to me when it came out. I dig the take from a European about a Cadillac. I usually see an American gushing over a European model. Nice job on this TACG.

I have a 1976 Cadillac Seville.

The most striking thing about the '76 Sevile was its sheer beauty, with its forward front wheel placement, Silver-Shadow-inspired roofline, and its one-year-only egg-crate grill. The most interesting thing about it was the silk-purse-from-a-sow's-ear story of the conversion of the Nova/Camaro platform into a refined luxury car. The Nova X platform was neither refined nor space efficient since it had a massive front subframe which consumed space but overlapped the unitized body braces, and front wheels directly under the center of the engine to optimize the handling of the Camaro. The one thing both it and the Versailles had in their favor was a history of use in performance cars, giving both better handling potential than their primitive architectures would suggest. But GM did an amazing job of making this creaky platform even quieter than the bigger Cadillacs; they also made it hard for the casual observer to see any common lineage with its cheaper fore-bearers. What they couldn't do was get more than adequate performance out of the emission-controlled, CAFE-driven engine technology that was available at the time, or get more than 4-passenger comfort, even with a 3" stretch, out of the notoriously cramped Nova platform. The car was not for everyone, but for those who wanted European size with American cushy smoothness and quietness, it worked.

I have owned 4 Sevilles

I have a 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon, which was an early attempt by GM to create a "Mercedes-fighter" before the Seville; alongside the Pontiac Grand Am. Both mentioned comparing them to more expensive "european touring cars" in their advertising and Car and Driver even decided to do a rather optimistivc comparison between a Salon and an S Class. I wonder if these were to test the waters for the Seville, to fill a gap while it was developed, or if they were totally separate programs. It's just a trim level and so has nowhere near the features of the Seville, but it is interesting to see what GM decided gave a car European credentials. Four door models only, front reclining bucket seats with console, headlight dimmer on the turn signal instead of the floor, 15" radial tires, "handling" suspension, paint matched wheel covers, and emblems with a bunch of flags was apparently what they thought it took. Or at least, what they could afford. Still, I'd love a Seville. Or an S class.

To be fair GM did a great job with the 76-9 Seville.The fuel injection was way ahead of the ECM that controlled it,they used the Olds V-8,and did a nice job hiding the X body platform.To be fair it was a great car in my unnecessary opinions,and it still looks good today.

I worked for Cadillac when the Seville came out at the start of production in May when it was introduced. At first, many American buyers did not like it because it was smaller and cost thousands more than the Sedan Deville!

Never understood the sheer stupidity of rear red light blinkers. I drive a brand new German automobile which in this market has red, not amber rear blinkers. Some cars have amber blinkers but most don't. Don't get me started on our antiquated headlight laws. Now, for the 1976 Seville. We had one when they first came out, my mother drove it and loved it. Being Florida, it s hot and humid most of the year and the air conditioning was superior to my dads 1972 280 SE which he always complained about the insufficient air conditioning. Getting back to the Cadillac, rain water leaked into the trunk from the start and numerous other issues here and there. About 1978 it was replaced with a Fleetwood.

Very interesting to hear a modern European perspective on the original Seville. It's hard even for me to appreciate the great styling only because GM started to endow its "lesser" marques with similar styling (Olds Cutlass and Buick Century sedans, Chevy Malibus, Pontiac LeMans, etc.) to the point that it was a bit "ho-hum" a few years after it had been on the roads. Definitely an excellent quality car, and it is not quite accurate to say that it was a bold move to compare Seville with "established" makes. Daimler-Benz may have had some years on Cadillac, but Cadillac was certainly not an upstart in any sense, especially compared with companies that were founded decades afterwards. Cadillac had veritable prestige in the 1930s, including the V-16 engine that only had competition for the soon-to-be-defunct company Marmon, while the big mass-produced Cadillacs of the 1960s had several traits that were class-leading. That being said, by 1976, Cadillac was very much mass-produced, and trying to focus on exclutivity by making comparisons to various European cars was indeed bold. But interestingly, its difficult to really compare the Seville with ANY of the cars that it compared itself to. Some of the Europeans were more sporting (the BMWs, others more luxurious (the 450SEL, Jaguar XJs and Silver Shadow), or comparatively austere (Volvo 164 and the Mercedes 200 series). The Seville might have outclassed some of these vehicles in certain areas, but none were a direct competitor. In fact, Seville supposedly cannibalized sales of larger Cadillac models. But that wasn't necessarily a bad thing considering the Seville was as much as twice the price of a standard Cadillac. Classic cars as daily drivers are uncommon in my area, but I have seen the occasional original Seville in recent years driving on nice, fair weather days, and the condition is typically excellent rather than a "rat rod" on its last legs. Although I grew up with the highest regard for American cars, they lost a great deal of competitiveness and uniqueness in the wholesale shift from rear-wheel drive to front-wheel drive, the pressures of corporate cost cutting, and the developmental costs of meeting various safety and environmental regulations. I remember having a conversation with a much younger car nut whose knowledge I greatly respect, and I had to agree with him that, GM for instance, lost much of its greatness when the last full-sized cars were produced.

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The only "bold" thing about the Seville was it's inflated price!

Downsizing GMs of lates 70s was wonderful, too american and too rationals, not so all the Mopars and Ford.

The 76 Seville was a gorgeous car, and it still looks great unfortunately GM cheapened out on the suspension. It could have been a Mercedes competitor, but at the time GM was run by bean counters and the stupid Congress voted in the 55mph speed limit. 55mph is 90 kmh for those in Europe. Trust me Democrats life mission is to rob people of joy. In Europe it’s the greens. Let freedom roll Autobahns for all

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