Test drive Cadillac Seville 5.7 (1975)

Take a ride in a '75 Cadillac Seville 5.7.

[@fufuIV]

Very cool car ,just perfectly smooth!!

[@0kMik]

Very nice Caddy. I hope that you keep it in its original form. Good luck.

[@mosconi87]

Nice video and nice Caddy, very clean for an 35 years old car! Put whitewall tires on it and looks amazing! Mine is a grey '76 with black leather interior and had a lot of optional that still working.

[@gregbaird7582]

Interesting, cloth seats and the hood trim from a 77-79 with a first year grille.

[@JoeFlash1]

Nice Caddy. I own a 1978 Seville. Switching mine back to carburetor. I bet your car would look nice with whitewall tires.

[@atlmuscleman]

That car would look so much better if it had whitewalls!

[@gertjan0089]

mooie auto! welke snelheid kan je ongeveer constant rijden op de snelweg (comfortabele snelheid)

[@pcno2832]

GM had two goals for the first generation Seville: to lure buyers away from European brands like Mercedes, BMW, even Volvo, and to get American buyers used to a smaller-than-full-sized top-of-the-line fully equipped luxury car (its base price was nearly $13,000). It failed at the former, with most Seville buyers trading in larger American cars and enjoying a little more spare room in their garages. But it succeeded spectacularly at the latter, paving the way for the acceptance of their downsized 1977 full-sized cars, and their post-1978 mid-sized models (once their unfortunate fastback bodies were dropped), which both copied a number of styling cues from the Seville. The Seville had interesting proportions, inheriting its forward front wheel locations from the Nova and Camaro, which both had to support "big block" V8s, giving it a more classic appearance than GM's later downsized models. The wheelbase was stretched about 3" to give it more legroom than the Nova and the padded vinyl roof was made standard until a one-piece metal roof pressing was put into production in 1978. The 4-wheel disc brakes GM developed for the Seville were made optional on the Camaro and Firebird. Boxy cars with straight lines and flat surfaces often look awkward, but the first generation Seville had a solid, sculpted quality and jewelry-like trim that made it one of the most elegant boxy cars ever made. PS: Speaking of big blocks, I've heard that buyers who knew to ask could order the Seville with an "off the books" optional Chevy 454 V8, but I've never seen a solid confirmation of that. It would be interesting to know how many cars were shipped that way.

[@spookerr]

Awesome. More review. Less 'talk'.

[@18vti]

Lekkere wagen! Oooit komt er ook een Amerikaan bij hier :)

[@aaronbrown2448]

This Car is 47 yrs old

[@727100bear]

lovely car but it desperately needs whitewall tires!

[@mudog35]

is that a disel ?

[@pcno2832]

Not unless it's been modified; the Oldsmobile 5.7 L diesel didn't come out until 1978, and despite its bad reputation, it could be made reliable with revised head bolts and a water separator. I think it was first offered in a Seville for 1979. The '75 (actually a mid-year "1976") Seville had a gasoline engine, an Oldsmobile short-block with modifications by Cadillac, notably including an analog Bosch-Bendix electronic fuel injection system that was somewhat related (from what I've read) to the D-Jetronic system used on U.S.-spec versions of the VW Type-3 and even (distantly) to the original Bendix system that was offered on 1958 Desoto and Chrysler models.

[@ramvanbobby3889]

baddd

[@Elvisblvd]

gaaf!!

[@VintageVaughnVehiclces]

`they sure like our american cars overseas..I own eight, ninteen seventies Cadillacs. got rid of the Rollers and several merks are gone, keepin my Cadillacs.

[@Samuelfish2k]

thunderstorms06 Yea, sure you do...

[@mr.butterworth]

@Samuelfish he probably does, there’s nothing unbelievable about that. Or does nobody collect old cars in your world?