These designers interviews are fantastically informative. This interior was quite attractive.

One of Cadillac's best looking interiors ever I think!

That blue interior with the sweeping wood grain is absolutely gorgeous !

Fascinating how your documenting history with these interviews. This will be very valuable information years in the future.

I daily drive a 1994 Eldorado. Bought it several years ago with 24,000 miles on it. I simply love the car. It drives great and looks even better. It’s approaching 50,000 miles. The head gasket hasn’t blown yet…

For some reason, I am impressed with these designers ability to articulate exactly how the processes worked. They are intelligent, very detailed and well spoken- all of them. Thank them and you for exposing us to these gems 💎

These guys are Living History and their work touched, literally, so many of us in this life and still does! What a great and unique Niche you've found with these awesome interviews!! Hats Off!! Nice work!

Mercedes used Zebrano wood on their interiors for years - My 91 W126 has it, and I agree with Marvin, the long flowing lines look great!

The cover photo for this video is what got me. Love these interviews

I just discharged from the Air Force in 1992 and was driving home from Nebraska to New Hampshire. I saw a car carrier truck full of what I thought were huge Honda accords. I slowed down to get a better look and was blown away that they were Cadillacs. I thought it was the best looking 4 door car that year. My brother in law had one a few years later and the dual exhaust on that v8 sounded…awesome!! He traded it on a nice straight six 98 E class and they only gave him $9k for the Seville. I was pissed he didn’t give me a chance to buy it for $9k.

I've had a 1995 Eldorado. This was one of the cars I would buy again.

These Eldos and Sevilles are timeless beauties!!

That interior design set the template for Cadillac all the way up to the 2010's. Think about how much the world changed between the late 80's and 2010's. That design remained classy throughout that whole time.

Very smart on not wanting controls on a center console. You can drive a car for years everyday and you will still look down to actuate a switch.

I find these interviews so fascinating. I'm sure these various retired designers and engineers enjoy the opportunity to participate. Looking forward to many, many more

When I saw the new ‘92 Eldorado/Seville at the Chicago Auto Show…the styling was impressive, but when I saw the interiors of them I said to myself… ‘Damn…’ It was LEGIT feeling like a baseball caught in a fielder’s mitt…HOME RUN Cadillac was BACK on that day..!!

It’s fantastic to hear behind the scene people of all these vehicles. Keep grabbing these designers Adam we love hearing what they have to say.

I owned a 98 Eldorado when I was 22, and from a styling perspective it is still the pinnacle I judge all cars against. It's just a shame that the previous owners didn't maintain it and it blew the infamous head gasket. One thing I wish you had mentioned was the early models with the column shifter, which I find to be a fascinatingly antiquated and incongruous option when taking in the sportier essence of the Eldorado and Seville as a whole.

Bless you for preserving these stories and history! This kind of stuff is FACSINATING for us car guys! We love learning about and debating these kinds of things! Thank you so much!

Thank you for exceeding 20 minutes on this one. Your quality, effort and consistency puts you at the top of my list. And many others agree 👍

I attended a new car show in Atlanta in 2000 and liked the interior in the older Eldorado more than the interior in the just redesigned Deville.

These cars were beautiful on the interior as well as the exterior. Bold and stylish and classy all at the same time. I think the Seville stands the rest of time. I want to buy one of these one day.

Your interview abilities are on par with Johnny Carson. You have prepared for the interview and know how to draw out facts/stories from those individuals.

After reading for decades, so many magazines and books, about these people behind the scenes, designers and engineers who created and developed these cars, it is so wonderful to see them in your great interviews. Absolutely wonderful and so incredibly interesting. Thank you so much fort the great work you are doing.

These were lovely cars to drive or ride in when new. When I was in high school my folks had a '92 4.9L digital-dash Seville that I took my drivers license test in, followed by a '93 Northstar STS which was a beautiful purple color and eventually became my sister's college car when my folks got an STS from the next generation to replace the '93.

Thank you for sharing with us Marvin. Greatly appreciate it.

This was another premium presentation. Thank you,

Thanks for a very informative interview. I found the ‘92 Eldorado and Seville to be some of the most attractive cars of their era. Even though they developed a notorious reputation with the ‘93 and-up models with the Northstar, these were great driving cars with much improved ergonomics. I have driven and enjoyed several of these, including a ‘94 and ‘99 ETC, a 2001 SLS and a 2003 STS.

Marvin has some fascinating insights on the interior design of Cadillac & even Pontiac!!! 👍👍🙂

Thanks for introducing us to Mr. Fisher, Adam. What a talented designer! These interiors were a true benchmark in the industry when they came out. They were beautiful, intuitive and soothing to ride and drive in. I remember BMW executives were bowled over with the interior of the Seville STS when it debuted in 1992. Believe we've regressed with modern car interiors which are anything but intuitive and jam packed with flashy screens and controls that really don't provide anything one can't find on the cell phone we are carrying anyway. Modern IP's tend to take our eyes AWAY from the drive. That's never a good thing.

These spectacular cars saved Cadillac. 30 years on and the Seville still looks fresh - and with the Northstar a year later it had a drivetrain to match.

I really appreciate these videos. Hearing from the designers is illuminating. Thank you to the designers for their contribution to our pride and our experience as Americans. Thank you for making these videos happen. Now I wish Caddy would return to the names we love, Seville, Fleetwood, Coupe DeVille so many great names.

I love the ‘92 Eldorado!

This interior was an absolute standout. Truly standard of the world at the time. Thanks so much, Mr. Fisher, for returning American luxury to relevance. Your work will never be forgotten.

Personally I would rather have velour than leather. More comfortable. Doesn't last as long. But still better in my opinion. Also I absolutely love the Fiero. Beautiful car inside and out

I feel so lucky to get to hear from these living legends. Marv made an excellent guest. This gen Eldorado and Seville were honestly super handsome vehicles and remained modern looking even a decade after their introduction. A big part of that was a great interior design that really was revolutionary for Cadillac in the early 90s. It's nuts to think that these were on the same new car lot as the final year brougham, a design dating back to 77! I'd love to find a 4.9 Eldorado or Seville, or even a 4.9 Deville. Of course the 350 powered fleetwood would also be amazing.

Thanks always for documenting automotive history and doing it in. an entertaining means. Was proud I knew Zebrano wood! Almost fell over laughing when Marv noted its superiority over "knotty pine."

I absolutely love the 1992-1995 Cadillac tear drop dash/interior

I agree with Marv that the Zebrano is much more elegant compared to the Burl with I believe has a certain cheese-ball look.

I definitely want to hear the Fiero interior design story, I love riding in mine. Such classic 80s style and the rotated tach is one of the coolest little touches.

We don’t see this anywhere else on KZfaq. Thank you Adam!

One of my favorite Cadillac interiors. In blue, it was just 100% perfection.

I love hearing about the the give and take between engineering, design and accounting to produce a consumer product. I don't think I'm joking when I suggest interviewing the finance guys in the future. There's gotta be a fascinating story there, too.

I drove a 1995 sls as a test drive for a customer repair in 2017 and that was the first time i truly understood why people bought them. Such a handsome car inside and out, and such a nice drivetrain when it all works right. Im a big mercedes guy but that mid to late 90s era of caddy was truly a high watermark until the CTS and the rear wheel drive STS. I enjoy these interviews with the designers at gm so much, keep it up!

What a designer and a gentleman. That dashboard blew the competition completely out of the water imo and I myself was blown away. Excellent that you can get these interviews and bring it to us. Why is it that we can only give one thumbs up? I have two.

I remember that Seville dashboard being a really big deal.

I was almost floored viewing the "new" Cadillac basic interiors back in the 90s. Fast Forward a decade later in my 2002 Cadillac DTS.....my sister said "I love this interior, it's so clean and simple". So I just changed my mind about this interior because......they need to bring back BLUE!

They made so many big changes in a decade up to and including these!

Had an 85 Seville loved the interior. Now own a 93 Eldorado and must say the interior of the 93 still feels modern although it is 30 years old.

Thank you for your enormous efforts preserving automotive history.

I remember when this series debuted and it was immediately apparent that there was a jump in quality especially in the interior but the entire car was larger and more performance oriented. For the first time in years I wanted an Eldorado but I wasn’t in the market for a car. My brother’s late father in-law called me, as he often did when buying a new car to ask what I thought of the new STS and I recommended it. He loved the car. My nephew would in later years inherit the car. It really was a nice car. One of GM’s best of the era.

My mom had a ‘94 Eldorado ETC emerald green with dark tan interior. I feel to this day that was one of the nicest Caddy’s they had. The following generations and into the CTS era things got just plain cheap.

Thanks for the video. 👍✨

Seating position and accessibility of controls is the most important factor in driving comfort. If you can get in the perfect position, see and reach everything, you will be able to drive for hours

I LOVED this interior design. Both beautiful and functional, high quality but also warm and inviting, soothing, relaxing, easy to use. Absolutely perfect. The exterior designs were also a distinct improvement over the previous generation. My one concern was no bench seat option, even if there was no center seat, I just prefer the openness compared to the "in a slot" feeling of a prominent console. And the design of this panel could have easily offered both options, as the Bonneville's and Deville's dashes also could have a console "plugged on" or not, depending on customer preference. (*Edit - It looks like at 9:00 that a bench seat WAS part of the design... I do not remember the bench seat option, or maybe very few picked it?) Other than that, I think this panel is FAR superior to more recent designs, that are convoluted , gimmicky, and frankly hard on the eyes with all of the slashes and incongruent angles and hard to use controls. This design though is near perfection, with only changes to upgraded wood, metals, materials and accommodations for a screen and digital guages possibly needed in subsequent evolutions, but the essential design was GREAT! Should have become a Caddy design cue, like Benz and BMW interiors used to be. You could be blindfolded and put in either of those cars and immediately identify the brand by their interiors. Great job Mr. Fisher! And I definitely remember "Zebrano wood" being a big deal in advertising and pamphlets! It was a Cadillac exclusive, another thing that should have been retained and made a "Cadillac Thing" to give some coherence and legacy to create recognizability and loyalty from customers over time.

I love these interviews. I would love to see some more designers. Can you get some engineers too?

I grew up in early 60s building models and going out to see new all the new cars that came out. So, I really enjoy the interviews with these designers and engineers. It is great to hear all the reasoning behind the decision-making that went on to build these great cars.

This interior was a huge leap forward into the modern era. It was a clean, beautiful design. I did, however, think the non-touring versions of this interior were let down by the lack of wood trim on the center console. Considering how far that piece of wood went towards warming up that area and making the interior look expensive, it was unfortunate that GM left it out. Same issue with the doors on the non-touring Sevilles -- they only got some of the wood that the STS got. My only other criticism is that, while the interior looked very Lexus-like, many of the buttons and switches did not have the premium feel of some competitors.

With this fantastic interview with Marv Fisher, Adam makes available to us the mysteries of designers' and engineers' magic. When we ask why we love our cars, it stems from the intiuitive appreciation of all the thought and experience that goes into their deisgn and manufacture. Great video!

I have always loved the design of these cars, a timeless design that will always look great. Would love to own/drive on of these great cars.

That sweeping dash was used by Holden at the same time for the 93' Holden statesman and Caprice . Interesting.

Great interview, thanks to you both.

I liked the Cadillac dash. Since then, I have discovered the 95-98 Riviera.

Thank you again for featuring these amazing designers and their incredible stories. Nobody else does.👏

Another great interview. Thank you, Adam! I'm with you -- these cars are beautiful, inside and out, and were a most welcome (and necessary!) evolution for Cadillac. I think the STS is one of Cadillac's best desgned cars, ever.

Amazing history, Adam. Your content needs to be archived in the Smithsonian or Library of Congress! ♥️👌🏼 I have the feeling that the flowing ip and zebrano are inspirations from Stuttgart, Germany 😉

Excellent

I recently saw a Seville of this vintage, and was struck by what a handsome design it is.

I agree with Marvin that digital speedometers are a much quicker read. I never understood why the big round analog gauges you could find in a pre-WWII car are considered sporty. I suppose seeing the needle move fast with quick acceleration can be satisfying, but they take up the most room and are the slowest to read, particularly if you have a version that is labeled only every 20 MPH.

Wonderful job Adam! Keep building these interviews, the car designers of this era are dying off as we speak!

Thank you once again Adam. It is amazing you are connecting with these designers and they are joining you to share so much. I like the 1992-1997 Cadillac Seville and Eldorado. I like the instrumentation panel that offered the digital gauges. They were offered. They were changed from the buck, but they still looked great. That car was indeed a homerun in so many ways. There are a lot of parts that went over to the 1994-1999 Deville on the interior. They eventually offered steering wheel controls on those cars with the 4 spoke steering wheel. Thank you to your guest Marv. It is appreciate you do these interviews.

Beautiful interior. More luxury European/Japanese taste than traditional American interiors. Very harmonic design. Well done. Having said that, I love the chaotic boxy lavish traditional interiors too, becuase of their cheap seductiveness.

Thanks to Marv for his work through the years. As a Fiero owner, I remember being smitten by its interior since I layer eyes on it as a kid. Still fresh and modern after 40 years. I always thru the mid to late 80s thought pontiac had excellent interior designs. The downside was that it was obvious they were trying to do nice interiors on the cheap. Material quality could have been better, and I think that's where we started to lose out to honda and Toyota. Not design but execution

Yet another great guest from the industry for a historical perspective. Thanks Mark.

My dad bought a Seville in '93 and the whole family thought the world-class interior was designed by a genius. We were right! Thank you good sir.

Back to back designer interviews you’ll be at the top

My fav Caddy, particularly with the 1st year wheels which aren't shown here

My first new car was a 99 eldo ETC. diamond white with dove interior. To this day the nicest car I’ve ever owned. Even better than the 2012 DTS I ordered in the same color combo.

I see that the Eldorado interior influenced the interior of my 01 Buick Regal. I think that is one of the nicest interiors ever.

I loved the exterior and interior design of the 92 Seville. I felt Cadillac finally produced a modern cockpit. However, the HVAC controls being placed in an awkward location always bugged me. Also the Eldorado's C-pillar design looked a bit wonky and clumsy to me. But overall, (aside from the Northstar issues) I think Cadillac did a good job on those cars.

I agree with your subscribers; capturing the history of how GM design evolved is fascinating and timely - we're not getting any younger. In the 1992 Seville and Eldorado video with Marvin Fisher, you comment that Cadillac seats lacked sporting adjustment prior to the 1992 generation. As an owner of a 1991 Cadillac ETC, I wanted to point out that the seats have both lumbar and side bolster power controls and quite aggressive from a sporting perspective.

Dude your vids are "amazingly informative" 👍👍👍

I always thought they cut a few corners with this interior, the door material always felt spongy and the lack of door courtesy lights always bugged me, but it was really nice and still a huge leap forward from the 86 cars.

These videos are amazing. I really respect your ability to make them. It's very impressive.

Enjoying the design conversations. The Seville was a good looking car back in the day. I was less keen on the Eldorado as I didn’t like the C pillar. A bit more “speed” in the C pillar would have looked better imo.

Marv is very modest, but he had a huge amount of talent. His work was ahead of a lot of his contemporaries. His early 90s interiors would pass for late 90s/early 2000s interiors.

I bought a 88 DeVille in 97 and a 92 Seville STS in 99. I liked the 94 STS steering wheel design instead of the 92. I miss them both

Yep, generally I'm not a Cadillac-Design fan, but these cars really look stunning all around and not much dated - at least the coupe.

This was when Cadillac was creating a HIGHER Standard, which became their slogan throughout the 1990s. The Seville and Eldo's 1990s design language would be influenced with the later Fleetwoods and DeVilles.

Sadly after getting my license in 1980 and watching the Chevy 305 cam shaft issues, The Cadillac V864 and then the Northstar head bolt issues it soured me on ever buying a GM product. My grandfather bought a 83 Monte Carlo that literally fell apart. Sad products from a company that was once the envy of much of the world.

Adam, thank you, so much for having these people on your show! We "now" can see, what, and "WHY" some of these STUPID choices were made!

My Dad loved his ‘94 Eldo Touring Coupe. The interior was quite impressive. It was not better than the previous cars (I liked them too) but at the time it looked ritzy and modern. They still hold up. Great interview.

The zebrano still looks good😊

I owned a 1998 Eldorado ETC. It developed the "Northstar problem" even before I finished paying for it. Never another Northstar. Otherwise, it was a great car. It needed more back seat room though.

I had a 1992 eldorado in highschool. Mine had the square steering wheel. It was green with a tan fabric top. 4.9l v8. Nice car pretty quick to for how heavy it was. The car used to lock me out and not let me start it. Then it gave me a 3 min count down to restart it. Also the lock always froze. I have no clue why. I bought it from a guy that drove it to the casino in Detroit and back. Good memories in that car.

I believe the 1992s had the carryover 1991 squarish center airbag steering wheel. I remember thinking the dash was influenced by the Z32 300ZX as it also had the HVAC controls on a pod next to the instrument cluster. This interior redeemed Cadillac in many ways great job done by the designers.

These were nicely designed cars, that performed well despite the controversial Northstar System. Some of the fit and finish was lacking. My father had a late '90's Seville I remember there was a chunk of foam missing from the driver's door trim panel/Door card and they just covered over it with vinyl (from the factory). Unacceptable quality control for a car that stickered out for about $44,000.00 over 25 years ago. Additionally these 90's cars were very unsafe in IIHS offset crash tests receiving a "Poor" rating.

Thanks!

Both the 1992 Seville and Eldorado were beautiful, until you have to change out the steering rack. Thanks to Marvin and Adam for their time in making this video, Is Marvin Fisher any relation to the name Body by Fisher ??? These interview type videos are such a great source of automotive history and very educational. Thanks for posting.

Those are beautiful cars. I always wanted to figure a way to throw the body on a rear drive frame without gaining much ride height.