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1979: "A Car You Will Either Love or Hate -- At First Sight"
Bob Mayer gets behind the wheel of the 1980 Cadillac Seville, but not before remarking on the car's "dramatic styling changes" in this 1979 story.
120 pounds lighter than the 1979 model, 1980's Seville featured a dramatic rear end "reminiscent of an old Rolls-Royce." GM's evocation of one of the great high-end classic cars didn't extend to the interior of the vehicle, where plastic parts weren't fitted well and loose vents on the digital air conditioner directed cold air toward the headliner. In addition, a "mushy gear shift" could easily slide into the wrong forward gear.
The new Seville's paint job was excellent and the car handled well, but a squeaky suspension, interior rattles and a raft of malfunctioning accessories (No key buzzer? Ourageous!) were disappointing in a twenty-thousand-dollar luxury car.
Subscribe to the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives’ YouTube channel and tune in to the fascination and fun of Miami and Florida’s past, captured on film and video and preserved by the Wolfson Archives at Miami Dade College.
This video and audio is copyrighted/owned by the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives at Miami Dade College.
This clip is derived from news video in the WTVJ Collection. Accession number 210-13; airdate October 19, 1979.
Bob Mayer gets behind the wheel of the 1980 Cadillac Seville, but not before remarking on the car's "dramatic styling changes" in this 1979 story.
120 pounds lighter than the 1979 model, 1980's Seville featured a dramatic rear end "reminiscent of an old Rolls-Royce." GM's evocation of one of the great high-end classic cars didn't extend to the interior of the vehicle, where plastic parts weren't fitted well and loose vents on the digital air conditioner directed cold air toward the headliner. In addition, a "mushy gear shift" could easily slide into the wrong forward gear.
The new Seville's paint job was excellent and the car handled well, but a squeaky suspension, interior rattles and a raft of malfunctioning accessories (No key buzzer? Ourageous!) were disappointing in a twenty-thousand-dollar luxury car.
Subscribe to the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives’ YouTube channel and tune in to the fascination and fun of Miami and Florida’s past, captured on film and video and preserved by the Wolfson Archives at Miami Dade College.
This video and audio is copyrighted/owned by the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives at Miami Dade College.
This clip is derived from news video in the WTVJ Collection. Accession number 210-13; airdate October 19, 1979.