MW 1993_ V8 Luxury Car Comparison Test.flv

[@starxlr7863]

This was the 32 valve V8 era and each are well deserving to own. My top favorite is the Cadillac as I grew up with a 1995 Seville and was a wonderful car. The performance is unbelievable as well as the ride and handling. If this comparison test came out in 1995, the new Lincoln Continental would have been included and would be my second choice. But to be clear, any of these cars as excellent in their own ways. For 1995 and on : 1. Cadillac Seville STS 2. Lincoln Continental 3. Lexus LS 400 4. BMW 740i 5. Mercedes 400E 6. Infiniti Q45 7. Audi V8

[@LakeNipissing]

I was astonished with the atrocious body roll exhibited by the Lexus and Infinity... yet the Cadillac seemed to do quite well in comparison. This was quite a surprise; I would have really expected the opposite.

[@1400IntruderVS]

+LakeNipissing They have all come a long way. Look at how boring those euro bricks look.

[@piscatawaymechanic]

love this video.i have the mercedes e420 and its still on the road today.unlike all the other cars which didn't survive the test of time ! ! nothing but the best , you rock mercedes

[@1400IntruderVS]

Just a fun note. I worked with a fella that had a Lexus 400 and the sun visors looked exactly like cheap flimsy looking vinyl covered visors found in the same year Corolla. I drove like a boatier version of the Mercedes model it was trying to imitate.

[@Nightbird.]

That was when they first came out and were still getting their act together..though the cars were still better built that anything else on the road. Nowadays..Lexus has been tops in quality for many years.

[@fredaydaybae8450]

@@Nightbird. typical excuse

[@LocDawgd]

I wouldn't trade my Cad Seville for any of these other comparables

[@2005jgkay]

LocDawgd your dumb

[@DrDodge24]

2005jgkay Actually *YOU"RE* dumb.

[@2005jgkay]

ZNormT6 Fuck u LS400 for life

[@mikewill3176]

2005jgkay Still dumb ls400 is retarded

[@2005jgkay]

Mini Moto How?

[@Tigerfire75]

A late 1980's Lincoln Town Car is what I would buy. Of course the Seville is nice too.

[@2005jgkay]

Tigerfire75 your dumb

[@Tigerfire75]

2005jgkay Why am I dumb? Is it because I am replying to some stranger on KZbin that doesn't know.

[@DolleHengst]

Tigerfire75 I feel you, but late 80's Town Cars and Broughams were total dinosaurs. The Caddy even still had a 4-barrel carb. In 1988!

[@Tigerfire75]

DolleHengst Yeah but they have great comfort and they are great style too that look different from much anything on the road.

[@2005jgkay]

Lexus LS400 best car ever made..

[@starxlr7863]

+Jason K The first was the best of all Lexus cars. But only this one I would pick over any other Lexus. They got worse as they progressed to today.

[@bertram46]

I had brand new a 93 STS and loved it and after that I had a 400 e Mercedes and I love that different feels different luxury what I really miss is the feel of that Mercedes when you would close the door. I was in my late 30s it was my first Mercedes and it sounded like a Vault. I have probably owned ten Mercedes since then and none of them feel like that did

[@scottwitkowski1298]

I've driven every car on the list except the INFINITI. The BMW is way too expensive to maintain here in the states. I prefer the Cadillac in every way but the Northstar engine can't be trusted. That leaves the Lexus,it's a spectacular car. It's comfy, reliable, and quite handsome. The Lincoln Town Car is my favorite, it's too bad they did not include it.

[@starxlr7863]

+Scott Witkowski Ahhhh yes the Northstar V8 can very well be trusted and is an extremely reliable engine. My family has always had one as well as several other people that I know and they are excellent!

[@starxlr7863]

+Scott Witkowski The Northstar V8 is one of the best engines during these years and also the Lincoln 32 valve InTech V8 for the Mark VIII and Continental but sadly not shown in this comparison.

[@Krzrrazrrokr]

Too bad the Chrysler concorde and lhs didn't have a v8. They could have beat all the cars on this list. But I love that Seville in the beginning though

[@starxlr7863]

+krzrrazrrokr If this test was done in 1995, they would have included the all new Lincoln Continental with Lincoln's new InTech system just like Cadillac's Northstar system.

[@0utc4st1985]

It's too bad the Northstar engines had such horrific reliability problems, they looked so good on paper.

[@starxlr7863]

+0utc4st1985 Only when not maintained properly!! Plain and simple. And the same goes for any other engine. They are excellent engines and very well built.

[@0utc4st1985]

AMCNorthstar 93 High rates of head gasket failure are not caused by maintenance issues, it's a design problem. That's why you only see it with specific engines like the Northstar, the 4.1L HT4100, and several modern Subaru engines.

[@starxlr7863]

@105247556663630771629 Wrong. I have been around these cars all my life and worked on several GM vehicles including Cadillac. It is a coolant issue and that's how it starts. The coolant intervals are very important. The coolant turns acidic and does eat away at the head gasket itself and other gaskets in any other engine.

[@0utc4st1985]

Then how come the Chevy engines never had this problem? How about the Buick engines? They all used the same coolant, why is it the Northstar had more of a problem? Furthermore that coolant wasn't even around in the 80's, why did the 4.1L HT4100 also have this problem?

[@0utc4st1985]

I'll also point out that this problem was fixed with a redesign in 2000, the fix was bolt sleeve inserts which proves that problem actually was a design problem and had nothing to do with the coolant.

[@mitch300sdl]

How about a head gasket for the Cadillac

[@erichaley4485]

Hmmm all the hate talk about the Northstar being unreliable,I never had any problems with mine.my 1994 Cadillac Seville STS gave me absolutely no problems whatsoever. I think that's only from people who hate GM products.

[@SuperBooboo02]

Eric Haley neither did I, its all in how u treat the engine..had 2 no problems

[@tearsinsilence]

I have 3 caddy s. 2 have had blown head gaskets and the other is the brougham rwd. I sir hate north star. ls swap in the two north star cars rwd too. fwd. what a waste for cadillac

[@erichaley4485]

Yeah well that's your opinion.i never had any problems with my cadillacs

[@tearsinsilence]

Its not an opinion it's my experiences with all north star engines

[@makimime]

+Eric Haley I had no problems too. Perhaps people forget to add oil to the engine between the actual oilchanges (I have to add a quart every 2000 miles or so). Or they baby the car. It can be useful for the engine to make full-trottle-accelerations once in a while (the engine collects some dirt with time which gets out after some harder accelerations....Of course you don't do this with a cold engine. Wait for it to warm up properly.)

[@bigluxurycar6952]

CADILLAC IS THE BEST!!!! The Cadillac is truely and impressive car. The power, performance, handling and quality of the Seville has won me over from these other models. I already owned two lexus ls400s and they were full of problems and cheap parts. not to mention a bland looking car and can easily mistaken it for a mercedes or something similar. I dont care what people speak about the lexus cars but they are NOT the best cars ever built!! Just over priced, boring looking toyotas! And the 32V Northstar will leave the lexus way behind in the dust and has the best sounding engine in this group.

[@Nightbird.]

Lexus full or problems? And the Northstar is better? Amazing how your opinion differs so much from Consumer Reports and the thousands of people that fill out their surveys.

[@GODs_Son777]

I say, the order is just about right, but where's the Lincoln Continental??

[@jtb1990419]

Back then the Conti had only the 3.8 V6 and didn't get the 4.6 V8 until 1995. They probably didn't include it due to it not having a V8.

[@starxlr7863]

+BklynJayL If this test was done in 1995, they would have included the all new Lincoln Continental for 1995. Thats another great car just like the Cadillac Seville. Those would have been my top two picks.

[@angelinacortalano3741]

The Cadillac Seville would be my choice as well. The Lincoln Continental for 1995 would have been included if this video was made in 1995. The european and Japanese brands never did anything for me. The American brands did the best job and had the best engines.

[@monster2783]

20 years later engines still look the same. .

[@OmegaSwitch]

1. BMW 740i, 2. Lexus LS400, 3. Mercedes-Benz 400E, 4. Audi V-8, 5. Cadillac STS, 6. Infiniti Q45

[@adrianniemiec8669]

The Q45 was indeed a great car.

[@nickrulez809765]

ls400 is the best hands down.

[@joshuajohnson8478]

The lexus looks pretty generic to me I thought it was a crown vic at first, which I would buy that instead for 20,000 less

[@2005jgkay]

Joshua Johnson your a dumb fuck

[@joshuajohnson8478]

I know I am but that's not the best looking lexus in my opinion.

[@626malik]

Joshua Johnson wow u admitted that you is a dummy lolol

[@joshuajohnson8478]

just clowning around

[@pattreu834]

Sounds like it's raining in the background, lol

[@TheVintagetamiya]

The only one of these model I see today is the Lexus LS 400

[@Nightbird.]

+TheVintagetamiya That's because it was and still is the best built and most reliable luxury sedan on the market. I'm hoping to sell my MB S Class soon and find a nicely taken care of used one.

[@emekaiheanacho6971]

+Nightbird the new sclass is from another planet

[@emekaiheanacho6971]

+Nightbird and the 2005 Ls430 is probably the best car ever made

[@Nightbird.]

Emeka Iheanacho Yea..the new S Class is something else alright. And all those electronics on it are just itching to go bad so they can charge you thousands to fix them..lol. And I totally agree..the 04-06 LS's were the biggest and best in my opinion. Hope to find a really nice black on black 06 LS one day.

[@emekaiheanacho6971]

+Nightbird Mercedes quality has improved... I owned a 2007 s550 for 5 years.... the only issue I had was a bent rim.... sold her at 140 thousand miles....take care of them and they will serve you forever... btw I currently own a 14 GS 350 f sport..... so I am always gonna be a Lexus guy.... but Mercedes quality is coming back

[@wiibaron]

There is a 35% price difference low to high. Back in 93, that would buy you a second decent car.

[@dvamateur]

For me that would have to be the STS. 400E in the second place. The rest I consider rather bland. I am really stunned how great the Cadillac was. The Mercedes W124 was the last beautiful Mercedes. W126 being the most beautiful, hands down.

[@thegreatcarraway]

HEY HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS!

[@herrgolf]

Q45a or 400E for me, please.

[@Y10Q]

40k to 50k and now they are like $3k or something or less. Christ. No wonder wealthy would never spend more than $4k on a used car. Rich folks are the ones buying that new junk that loses so much value.

[@Clearanceman2]

Filmed with a potato for budget reasons.

[@mikewill3176]

I've got a red one just like that except it doesn't have the stupid unreliable northstar got lucky with the 300ci 4.9L v8

[@laweezemorton8884]

what? Freon free? no!

[@MrChevybaja]

No he ripped my vids off.

[@drmario05]

I'm surprised at the STS performance, it's pretty shocking to see that is was 0.5 seconds faster than its closest competitor. If the STS was rear wheel drive or AWD cadillac would have been a lot more competitive in the late 80s and 90s. Ever one knows that FWD is for peasants and people who don't know anything about cars. Acura is paying the price right now for not building a v8 and a RWD platform.

[@ossimjew]

I have a newer rwd STS and it is an absolute blast and the engine is far better than the German competition. I have a 5 second 0-60 on my channel of it.

[@wutang80oc39]

The newer RWD Caddillacs are nice, it's just a shame that these old STS's are FWD, they are really comfortable and I like they way they look. They are much better looking than the E-class and 5series of their time. The 1992 STS has a pretty modern look to them and the Northstar versions have good straight line performance.

[@ossimjew]

Kelvin Wu The newer one is less comfortable the suspension is much firmer from it being the magnetic ride control. 90's german cars looked awful I agree, I don't see the hype with them (especially the e30 m3 overrated). While the northstar engine is one of the most underrated engines of all time, if they only had good head gaskets and did not drink oil like a semi, the engine would be perfect.

[@starxlr7863]

+drmario05 These older Seville's are still great performers and I really don't see anything wrong with FWD. That's what makes it nice to have some different variety and most GM cars at the time were FWD. I drive one everyday and I wouldn't give it up for anything else. Only the Lincoln Continental for 1995-02 would be my second choice. They are very comfortable and handle great for various kinds of driving.

[@ossimjew]

AMCNorthstar 93 My STS just got back from a 1,000 mile+ round trip to Florida, not a single problem it makes the best road trip car.

[@bronxfireradio]

Hey! High School Juniors!

[@김성태-l4c]

Lincoln Town Car

[@MrChevybaja]

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[@abelucious]

this Cadillac is a front wheel drive, it shouldn't have been a part of this comparison,

[@starxlr7863]

This was a group of all 32 valve V8 cars so yes the Cadillac does belong here. If this comparison was done in 1995, the all new Lincoln Continental with the 32V InTech would also have been included. BTW, Cadillac has offered FWD since 1967 and have remained popular ever since then.

[@Itheman123456789]

Brother used to have a 99 STS even though I told him repeatedly to get a Lexus Ls. Comfortable and pretty good acceleration but was a money pit to the point my parents had enough and wouldn't spent anymore. Complete POS in many many ways yet had under 100000 miles. Don't buy one unless you love spending Lotta of money on repairs. The Cadillac that made me never want to buy one ever. EVER!!

[@starxlr7863]

+Itheman123456789 If these cars are maintained properly, they wouldn't need repaired often. Just because you had maybe a bad one doesn't mean the rest are bad. Maintenance is everything and can also happen on the others cars including Lexus.

[@Itheman123456789]

+AMCNorthstar 93 " If these cars are maintained properly, they wouldn't need repaired often." Only problem with that saying is it doesnt apply to all cars and the sts is no exception. There dirt cheap for a reason. The northstar engine in them is a design defect and r notorious for headgasket failures coolant issues and many expensive breaking every month. Maintenence is a nightmare and expensive and the interior build quality and fit & finish is horrible. Even my Lincoln Ls feels Toyota like solid and reliable compared to that junkyard on wheels. If your saying the sts is reliable, then I feel sorry for what else you own cause they must be complete POSs.

[@Itheman123456789]

+AMCNorthstar 93 A lexus ls however is a much much MUCH better built vehicle than the sts.

[@starxlr7863]

@106432922575318628035 I have been in one of these Lexus cars before and it really wasn't much different than the Seville or Seville STS. Both cars are very well built and good overall quality. Fit and finish on both are good.

[@Itheman123456789]

+AMCNorthstar 93 You should come back to reality. Like them all you want but it doesnt change the fact their unreliable and have a bad rep. That model ruined Cadillac's reputation to this date and those Northstar engines were regarded to be one of the worst engines Cadillac have had. Spending hundreds to fix that hoopty just to keep it on the road unlike the Lexus plus the gasket issues was in fact a bad design and bad coolant made them fail sooner. All sts even with low miles are dirt cheap because their mechanical nightmares and fall apart, from interior bits and pieces to air bag suspensions to many engine problems. Almost impossible even get past 200000 miles even with maintenence unless spending thousands in repairs, which the Lexus Ls it's just strectin it's legs and retails much more at the same time, let alone a similiar year Ls in good condition and low miles would fetch well over 9000 probably higher. Most other GM cars in 1999 dont even compare in unreliability to it, it was really bad. You can like them how much you want and may be pretty nice but dont lie to yourself that that sts is reliable quality.

[@MiamiMillionaire]

I Have the Cadillac sts