This Seville brought back memory seats in 1981, a feature Cadillac hadn't offered since the Eldorado Broughams of the late 1950s, a quarter-century gap.
Lead trim: Base · 4.1L · FWD · up to 135 hp
Cadillac Seville4th Gen · 1980–1985
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FactThis Seville brought back memory seats in 1981, a feature Cadillac hadn't offered since the Eldorado Broughams of the late 1950s, a quarter-century gap.
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Trims & Figures
4 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base · 4.1L | 1984–1984 | 4.1 L V8 | 135 hp | 190 lb-ft | — | — | Automatic 4-spd | — |
| Base · 4.1L · FWD | 1985–1987 | 4.1 L V8 | 135 hp | 190 lb-ft | — | FWD | Automatic 4-spd | — |
| Base · 5.7L | 1984–1984 | 5.7 L 8-cyl | 105 hp | 205 lb-ft | — | — | Automatic 4-spd | — |
| Base · 5.7L · FWD | 1985–1985 | 5.7 L 8-cyl | 105 hp | 205 lb-ft | — | FWD | Automatic 4-spd | — |
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Photographs
This Seville broke new ground for Cadillac: the first one engineered from the start in right-hand drive, letting the brand officially sell it in places like Hong Kong and the UK.
This Seville Touring Sedan won Motor Trend's Car of the Year for 1992 — and could still hit 60 mph in 6.9 seconds in STS form, sports-car pace in formal luxury clothes.
The first 1988 Seville STS wasn't built on Cadillac's own line — outside coachbuilder Cars and Concepts hand-built the initial run, reserved for GM VIPs, and unveiled them at that year's Detroit Grand Prix.
This Seville brought back memory seats in 1981, a feature Cadillac hadn't offered since the Eldorado Broughams of the late 1950s, a quarter-century gap.
The Seville's razor-edged 'bustle-back' rear end wasn't a 1980s idea at all — Cadillac's designers lifted it from English coachbuilder Hooper & Co.'s 'Empress Line,' a look from the early 1950s.
The 1978 Seville's optional "Tripmaster" computer was the first full electronic instrument cluster on an American car — built around a Motorola 6800 chip, the same processor family found in early home computers.
Rivals
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