2002 Cadillac Seville STS

The Cadillac Seville was a mid-size luxury sedan from General Motors'Cadillac division from 1975 to 2004 hergestellt.Das vehicle was traditionally second in the lineup after Cadillac DeVille and was more focused on performance than the larger Deville.

History

The Seville, introduced in 1975 was Cadillac's answer aufDie increasing popularity of luxury imports into the U.S. from Europe, as seen, for example, Mercedes-Benz and BMW.Historisch,were these imported luxury cars have been cheaper, less luxurious and significantly smaller than Cadillacs, but over time they had developed and had a very luxurious and even more expensive than competing Cadillacs, and yet the market share of these imports was further steigen.EsObviously, that correspond to the traditional American automotive paradigm of "greater than or equal better" was not completely on the Markt.So Seville was the same for the smallest and most expensive Cadillac to be on the list, turning Cadillac's traditional marketing and pricingstrategy on its head.

Fifth generation (1998)

The Seville for 1998 on a new revision of the K-body platform on Oldsmobile's G-body Aurora base aktualisiert.Im 1997, the Cadillac Cateraabout the Cadillac Seville as's small car, and the Seville switched competitors to the BMW 5-Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Klasse.Der wheelbase is up to 112.2 in, but the overall length was down slightly to 201 in.The car looked like the end of the fourth generation, the build by quality problems plagued, but was considered a step forward and many featured suspension and driveablityVerbesserungen.Der Seville STS (and companion Eldorado ETC) became the most powerful front wheel drive cars on the market with 300hp (224 kW). Fully loaded STS model at a price of $ 52,075 delivered.

The cars have a new Magna Ride adaptive suspension in 2003.The fifth generation Seville was discontinued in 2004, replaced by the rear-wheel drive Cadillac STS.Die production of front-wheel drive Seville STS ended on 16May 2003 and the SLS on 5December 2003 endete.Alle front wheel drive Seville was built in Hamtramck, Michigan.