1992 Cadillac Sedan DeVille Review - A Sleepy Luxury Sedan

[@GarrettRaakman]

I burst out laughing at the back seat review, well done. I love these older luxury cars!

[@11.9lsupercharged4]

This is what under bosses and baby mobsters drove until they could get the fleetwood

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

Eeeeeexactly

[@nhlba3301]

😅😅 i drove this great car

[@gettcouped]

This was more expensive than the fleetwood. The Fleetwood was basically a Chevy Caprice even with a Chevy motor. This was a custom Cadillac Aluminum motor, had Air Struts with an active suspension that would change height and I think stiffness as you got faster. Had variable steering. This was peak Cadillac. Sold for around $40K for one with some nice options which is about $90k in today’s money.

[@11.9lsupercharged4]

@@gettcouped drove a couple. Nowhere near the power of a LT1

[@gettcouped]

@@11.9lsupercharged4 The fleetwood 5.7L only had 185 HP compared to the 200 of the Sedan/Coupe DeVille. DeVille had torque and lighter too.

[@TxMx214]

5:59 this part of you falling asleep on the comfortable seats is a major flex that no other car review person has ever done. That was over the top in a good way. It was a show off and a bad ass moment in car history tbh

[@sammyt3514]

This is my favorite era of Cadillac as well, aesthetically speaking. This DeVille, the Seville and, especially, the Eldorado of the same era are the best looking Cadillacs imo. A 1991 Eldorado was the only Cadillac I ever came close to buying (used), but the condition of the car I looked at was not exactly pristine.

[@highspeed1865]

I love this style I've had my 89 sedan deville for about 20 years now. Always starts and drives. 34 years old and still amazing.

[@Trance88]

What a beautiful example of a modern-classic Caddy! Weird to think cars that have air bags, ABS breaks, quasi-contemporary styling to be classified as a "classic" car.

[@jessalmero4145]

That radio was available in almost every GM vehicle of the time.

[@omostim2385]

Haha falling asleep in the back seat. I’ve been there. As a kid my parents rented a couple of these when we’d come home to the states on vacation. from Saudi Arabia. I would ask my dad if he could get a Town Car but each time they were reserved so we’d end up with a DeVille consolation prize. I remember this gold DeVille we had for almost a whole summer started to have this problem where a bolt expanded and would get caught on the front of the door as you opened it making a loud popping noise and taking a little paint off on the edge, leading my mom to start calling it the Rattillac She still says this to this day when Cadillacs are brought up😅. As time goes on I miss the comfy Caddy days

[@ajicycles]

Needs more red

[@CB12345]

Needs some lava too.

[@TxMx214]

I always wanted one of these Cadillacs. It was sort of my dream car during high school but then I got a job had money and went for a Lincoln Navigator second Gen. and I don’t regret it. In still alive and while I am I might pull the trigger in one of these someday.

[@robertgruver9613]

Had a white 91 inherited from my mother with 60,000 miles on it. I sold it with 140,000. After a few bugs were worked out of it under extended warranty, thank heavens, the car was rock solid reliable. The 4.9 is a great engine- reliable, relatively economical, smooth and quiet. The transmission shifted like butter with no iisues ever. The car was very comfortable to drive, handled okay, and was a tank in the snow. It's one car I regret selling.

[@drmnishikawa]

4:37 These got to be the plushiest carpeting ever fitted to a production car. So lovely. Guess Cadillac lost its way when execs decided to cater to a younger audience instead of letting this same audience age enough to enjoy Cadillac's qualities.

[@jlr194]

Cadillac style

[@ennsma]

🎶 “The only way to travel . . .” 🎶

[@Metalodeath]

Back when caddies mostly had v8s and the seats weren’t rock hard

[@bwofficial1776]

I don't understand the trend of making seats rock hard. I want to sink down a couple inches when I sit down. American luxury needs to go back to being big comfortable cruisers instead of chasing the sporty European feel.

[@Metalodeath]

@@bwofficial1776 exactly!!!!

[@WarthogRacer]

Ha! I just love the color! I so miss red cars with red interiors. The gold badges are cool too.

[@cliffm6566]

This 1991-93 refresh is the most beautifully resolved design of the 1st Gen FWD Cadillacs. A retro classic in every respect, and the 4.9L PFI V8 is a beautiful engine.

[@drewzero1]

I had a neighbor who was a substitute teacher and would sometimes drive us to school. She had a newer convertible for nice weather but whenever it snowed we got to ride in the caddy. Seeing that red interior, I can still smell the residual cigar smoke. We were very much a Buick (and VW) family so I recognized some LeSabre parts.

[@phillyspitta8147]

My bestie has a mint DTS with 17k on it and I keep telling him to off it before it pukes fluids n spits pistons n rods everywhere

[@klavers]

Great review! I own a 1994 with the 4.9l. Cranberry red, i think the only one 94 sedan de ville in the netherlands.

[@haytamsanchezhd3430]

Nice I’m from Belgium and have the 1990 sixty special with the 4.5 engine 180hp😁, I think I’m the only one in Belgium with a sixty special Fleetwood 😅

[@auntbarbara5576]

I had the exact CDV version of this car. Ruby red w faux carriage roof, red leather. Was a total garage queen but with high mileage. Ran very well. Firm ride, was ok, not softest ride i ever had. Was getting sick of Premium ..

[@Roddy_Zeh]

Recently I've been checking Caddies more...and then this review shows up. Interesting coincidence. Very nice. 🍷🗿

[@johnpezzullo9644]

These were great cars. I rented them all the time. And the 4.9 was not that slow actually, it moved out. Very Reliable and Pretty Piece for the day and still for today. !!! This was a Cadillac. !!!!

[@jimmya2578]

Lol, no joke. They were fast off the line in their day - LS400 (or better) acceleration, at least up to 70 or 80.

[@johnpezzullo9644]

@@jimmya2578 Yes Sir. These were not slow by any means. Great cars. !!!

[@adamcampbell8794]

I had a 93 Deville one of my favorites. The back seat and trunk were huge. Nothing like anything today. Beautiful to drive.

[@robert89Ak]

I’ve got a ‘92 Eldorado. And my first car was a ‘92 sedan deville 😊

[@RazorFoxDV]

As has been said here already, the grid lines adjacent to the speedometer were for warning lights, and the Information Center had even more warning lights and indicators. My parents had two of these--a blue 1986 and a burgundy 1989, virtually identical save for the color. We took so many comfortable multi-state road trips in those!

[@triode1]

I rented one of these in 1992 on a trip thru New England-a total joy!

[@philipp9481]

Haha - great review! Thats for sharing that absolute beautiful car! What a timecapsule ❤

[@SuperBooboo02]

have this as a coupe, absolutely nothing wrong with the V8....of course compared to todays engines yes its a bit slow, but still runs great..i prefer this over the hard seat, hard riding shit carmakers are making now...

[@kenji642]

aw man i just submitted my 85 sedan deville not long ago ahah, hopefully i can get the stanza up and runnin for ya soon

[@phillyspitta8147]

U got a stanza is it the sedan or weird cool minivan thingy one

[@kenji642]

@@phillyspitta8147 mines the sedan, i was gonna get the wagon one too but all the ones i looked at were rusted beyond repair

[@CB12345]

That red is just so gorgeous on this Caddy. I love it a lot even if I wasn't a fan of Cadillac around this era.

[@darylkik6204]

I had two with that shade of red and my friends all called it, "Pimp Daddy Red" but they loved it also.

[@kevinmencer3782]

Back when Cadillacs were Cadillacs, not overpriced wannabe muscle cars.

[@AiOinc1]

I've got a 93 and I used to also have a 91. The digital cluster was optional, and so my 91 had the big ol horizontal speedo. Wonderful cars and amazing things to drive. 3:12 The grid surrounds the warning lamps. The information center includes less important warning lamps, like the trunk, CCR if you have it, cruise control, traction off if you have that, service air conditioning, etc. 4:30 This is the standard Delco radio for these Cadillacs, there was a fancier one called the Delco Gold which has no equalizer, and there was offered a CD player as well. 5:55 No mention of both rear passengers getting cigarette lighters though, huh? 6:50 This car has keyless! No door button on the trunk, and I saw the fob on the keyring. Wonder why you didn't show that off, it was fancy for 1992.

[@Jok3rz21]

The back seat review was epic🤣🤣

[@Samuelfish2k]

Those aren’t opera lights, those are reading lamps. Opera lights are on the outside B or C Pillars.

[@hattag3399]

Ok I going to go buy one right now

[@robertdiehl9003]

If that had a 3800 series 2 engine- it would be an awesome car otherwise, cadillac was very dangerous with all thier junk engines. Nice car body wise

[@jimmya2578]

4.9 was a phenomenal engine. Strong runner, efficient, & durable.

[@dave11686]

Hey! That’s the same engine as in my 94!

[@ejd1984]

Cadillac has been using the fender indicator lights for decades. *They may have been the first cars to use them.

[@andregonsalvez9244]

Beautiful Cadillac , these FWD Fleetwoods/Sedan Deville were decent luxury cars @ the time .

[@broman260]

There's something particularly comfy about these early 90s cadillacs.

[@DiscoingGD1989]

At 200 hp/275 ft-lbs, it's not going to win any races, but it's quick off the line and can roast the tires if you choose to do so (since it's not your car, I don't blame you for not testing that lol).

[@jasperdilincoln2341]

My Grandmother still has hers. She bought it in '93

[@Trenton-om9qs]

That Cadillac is in really good shape.

[@johnfrei9057]

I like this car but peak Cadillac for me was right around ’63 - ‘66 in terms of design, engineering and build quality.

[@igormac88]

I still think it's funny how especially older american cars has every function W R I T T E N with full words, without any symbol or so..

[@keypoint1293]

I drove one of these on a road trip from montreal, virginia beach, memphis, nashville, new orleans, pensacola back to montreal in 26 hour straight drive on last leg.

[@clintconnally6603]

I half expected to hear the big freakin bottle fail sound effect when you said this car is FWD.

[@stephendavidbailey2743]

Handsome, dignified. I notice a flag mast on the front bumper. This Cadillac may have been an official car in the past.

[@dave11686]

Grid boxes are the warning lights I believe

[@trustyframe9541]

i think the plate that says "information center" actually has some warning lights on it like "Service AC system" and stuff like that

[@jarmelo2006]

Are you kidding? This engine kills the Northstar... In fact this is seen more on the road than many garbage Northstar.

[@bidensucks6792]

This was my favorite model Cadillac my parents owned growing up.

[@angelocean365]

Carnelian red. My dad had a 93 spring edition in this exact color scheme and sold it to me as my first car at 17yrs old. I was THE MAN driving this as a teen. Maybe my memory serves me wrong but it was FAST. In my naive youth I was peeling out all the time in the coupe.

[@joshphelps9834]

I think they put the Caddy radio in the Cimmaron rather than the other way around.

[@khakiswag]

I had a great aunt that had a Caddy like this. Great old school big American car floaty ride. The indicator lights on the hood are an original GM feature starting in the 70's I believe. It also has indicator lights in the center of the roof right above the rear window that you can see in the rearview mirror to show you if your brake lights and tail lights are working. The radio is standard GM parts bin, used in everything GM produced at the time. The 4.9 engine started as the HT4100 and was horrible but by the time it got to this version it was very reliable. And although it didn't make much power for a V8 it moved the Caddy with authority and equal to the Lincoln Town Car of the time.

[@630Cars]

Love the red interior!

[@mauriceldisgreecanadahaspr9560]

YES YES I LIKE THIS CADILLAC GENERAL MOTORS DID GOOD JOB 👍😁😁😁😁👍👍

[@robertriley1569]

When you pull up next to one of these genaration Devilles they did not seem that big but then when you drive one the hood looks like it extends for a mile very deceiving

[@Dankcatvacs]

beautiful

[@pxn748]

I had a blue '93 for a while. I had to get rid of it because it had so many electrical issues and couldn't find anyone to work on it.

[@danielleon-jy3wn]

Some on this year didn't have digital gauges ?? Im seeing some with non digital

[@danmccarthy4700]

Genuine belly laugh at the backseat review!

[@joeseeking3572]

I've always rather liked the later 4.9 years of this generation (they were dogs until 88, then got steadily better as engines progressed through the 4.5),. Especially the almost never seen Touring Sedan variation. Much cleaner, tighter suspection, etc. I missed out on one of those a couple years back and, since the 91 Seville STS has become rather pricey, I suspect they're still a good deal - IF you can find one. It was not a cheap model new, and outside Cadillac's traditional brief, so not many were made. For the, they were not slow. 9 seconds of so - you have to look at the then current competition.

[@haytamsanchezhd3430]

I have a 1990 Fleetwood sixty special with the 4.5 engine, is it actually a good engine? I’m planning to go on vacation with the Car it had 155000 Miles on it om the 3rd owner. Ive changed the oil and all the filters and the brakes….

[@Realitycheck327]

I turned one of these puppy’s into a lowrider car😎😎

[@MuteCrimson]

my uncle had this car but in blue, it was a slow but smooth land yacht. finally died of a cracked engine block but ill always remember it fondly

[@danielleon-jy3wn]

looking at a 92 baby blue one tomorrow . They have allot of character

[@mrflynn510]

I had a 1993, dark cherry metallic body/academy grey lower trim with an academy grey interior. That thing was the perfect road trip car.

[@Vince-xw5cf]

Thanks Dillion.. very appreciated

[@backyardinventions]

I own a 1992 same color love that car needs some love but she’s a great car

[@christianstylezinc9224]

Can you do a full in-depth review of the 2018-2019 refreshed Cadillac XTS with no bias or nonsense opinions just a standard review

[@christianyoung6654]

I grew up in one of these. Used to get dropped off at daycare in this but all blue. Blue interior blue exterior😮‍💨

[@stefthepef]

Those grids were for warning lights, IIRC. Love these reviews! My mom had an '89 Deville.

[@Aschoolbusandsimulatorfan2219]

One of an best vehicles for me to drive in!

[@nolahahnshouse3389]

As we call them in the south the baby caddie! My ex-girlfriend’s mother had on of these with this exact interior and man we dogged the shit out of this car! We broke the steering wheel column, which are known for having quite often in these for some reason.

[@thesam19841]

The steering columns were the same as most cars used by gm in this era... the tilt mechinism was not as strong as it should be so if you pushed hard or used the wheel to enter/exit they could wear out faster... not a hard fix, but time consuming and terrible to deal with while broken... i fixed a couple, but never broke one myself

[@CKWinners]

Another great vid!! However if this Cadillac feels "preety modern today" even though it is 30 years old then I suppose a Lexus LS of the same year must feel like a spaceship from a galaxy far far away...

[@darylkik6204]

When this engine series was first put in Cadillac I believe it was a 4.2HT V-8. (Heaps of Trouble we called mine.) They even had to detune the engine and make it fit sideways. What was the point of all that you ask? Just so they could brag they had a front wheel drive V-8 when the other divisions only had a more powerful v-6. Gotta love the old way of thinking. Your backseat review made me smile and laugh because I have never see you do it that way. That was great.

[@attackb5349]

When the shot of the NorthStar came on screen my son said “ohhhh it broke” He is 2.

[@maxdm1583]

I can only imagine if this DeVille was a rear solid live axle wheel drive...

[@darylkik6204]

See my comment above why it got front wheel drive and not rear wheel. Even though it had less power than the v6 at first.

[@mattwolf7698]

7:40 interesting you bring that up as that parking poll on the front is also very JDM.

[@dylandill4582]

You're the first person that knew what this was 😂 I installed it because I thought it was a cool and extremely useful add-on. These were added to pretty much every Cadillac and Buick that was imported to Japan. I added one to another car also for the exact same reasons you will see in a later video because he also reviewed that one

[@gettcouped]

That color is gorgeous! I’ve owned 4 89-93 Coupe DeVille’s in my life so I have a soft spot for these. You hit the nail mostly on the head. Comfy, perfect amount of semi-modern features, great sharp looks and smooth as silk. I do have some differing opinions. Got a sports super sedan as one of my other cars and the DeVille can hustle! Sure it only has about 200 HP, but it does have 275 LB of torque, which gives it a nice push. If you refresh the suspension (have to go passive dampers because the actives aren’t available anymore) the car becomes a bit of a missile. You can fly around and as long as you let the car set it will handle really well with its independent suspension. Of course it will understeer into the grass if you go over 6 or 7/10. Great video

[@Youlosewewin]

Love this body style

[@josh1alderete]

Dream car 😮

[@josealfredocuevas]

You're very wrong on that!! that is not slow and lazy that car its fast that 4.9 has some good pick up 200 horse 275 ft of torque I have one myself that Cadillac is quick good pickup and it's fast. I have a 1992 sedan DeVille myself for 10 years trust me it is not slow and lazy especially for a big luxury car...

[@GarrettRaakman]

Grid boxes are where the idiot lights (check engine etc) come oon

[@pjimmbojimmbo1990]

I had the 91 Fleetwood with the D'Elegence Package, same Colour, but without the ugly Vinyl Roof. It was quite Peppy, and could squeal the Tires. It had a Problem in the Transmission, that would set a Code. I got rid of it at that point.

[@mavadoroaster]

My 1990 Cadillac Coupe deville hot rod cost-efficient would change your mind about if it's fast or not

[@DaniTheNachoPirate]

As a teenager my mom had an 87 Sedan DeVille around 2008. Even that old it was an amazing vehicle.

[@mr.m4602]

That lazy floaty ride is what that generation of people wanted. Also keep in mind you’re driving an over 30-year-old car.

[@michaelhoskins832]

You're driving your living room couch down the road,basically.

[@bestpilot98]

I wonder how you don't know why there are grid patterns on on the left and right side of the instrument cluster. The car's warning and caution lights illuminate are laid out behind those grids. Assuming that you were seated in the driver's seat when the car was started for your test drive, you would have seen a few of those lamps illuminate or flash, briefly. C'mon man!! I'm removing the "thumbs-up" I initially gave this video because you don't seem to know much about the vehicles you present.

[@bobfox2733]

You need a smaller freakin bottle

[@bwofficial1776]

Hydration is important. Hydrate or die-drate.

[@Samuelfish2k]

That bottle is freakin stupid.

[@steverdms]

LOVE IT! Except for teh wheel covers. I had a 91 and it was my all-time favorite car to drive.

[@narrowhwy114]

Definitely the peak of the older formula, only smaller. GREAT interstate cruiser. The "float", the A/C, the leather seats as well as that fine Delco/Bose unit go a long way to preserve the freshness of it's passengers over a long distance. Backseat review was great! 😆

[@fatu1738]

Back to the American sedan reviews. Good!

[@BlasphemousBill2023]

I had one same color too! I loved it! It was used with about 80k miles. It was a great car for winter driving and very comfortable. Oil leak made me get rid of it but it was nice while it lasted!

[@NickSanchezCarReviews]

Classic

[@keonjenkins1852]

"The only way to travel is Cadillac Style, some people want more, not just a little bit" LOL

[@richardnottelmann58]

So back in the day if grandma got kidnapped she could still get out of the trunk. If she had a flashlight to be able to read the diagram in the dark.😂😅😂😅

[@davidcomaty6586]

The Information Center is not a whole bunch of nothing. There is a series of idiot lights that let you know if there is something wrong with your car. Stick to the new cars kid, leave the old Caddies to the old guys.

[@ErikWinger-s6v]

My father had one. Pretty car but the power steering went wacko. It was out of control. He later got an STS. Better.

[@kirksway1]

I've had two of these and would love to have another one. they're super dependable and very comfortable.

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

This car all blacked out with bulletproof windows, you got yourself a Mob Boss