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1982 CADILLAC SEVILLE - THE BUSTLEBACK STYLE

The Cadillac Seville is a luxury car that was manufactured by Cadillac from 1975 to 2004, as a smaller-sized top-of-the-line Cadillac. While the first-generation Seville had proved quite successful, it failed in its primary mission of winning over younger import buyers. Marketing research indicated that the car was most popular with older women who wanted a Cadillac in a smaller, more maneuverable size. For the 1980 model year, Cadillac moved the Seville to the 114 inch wheelbase K-body, based on the front-wheel drive E-body Eldorado, Buick Riviera and Oldsmobile Toronado. The new model featured independent rear suspension and was the first American car to have a standard diesel engine. The bustle-back rear styling revived a Cadillac flourish from the 1930s, as on the Cadillac Series 70 of 1935. The long front and the short trunk look had remained popular on large, exclusive luxury cars into the 1960s and '70s, as in the iconic Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud and introduction of the halo personal luxury cars such as the Buick Riviera, Oldsmobile Toronado, and reconfigured Cadillac Eldorado. The Seville's "statement" styling, one of the last vehicles designed by GM's Bill Mitchell, appointed by Harley Earl in 1936 as the Chief Designer in the then newly created Cadillac design studio, was swiftly imitated by the 1982–1987 Lincoln Continental sedan, and the 1981–1983 Imperial coupe. In 1982, Seville offered heated outside rear-view mirrors with the rear defogger option. Inside, a "Symphony Sound" stereo cassette tape system was available. The previously standard diesel engine became an option. In hip hop culture, this generation of Sevilles were known as "slantbacks." Sales were respectable at first, but disastrous experimentation with diesel engines and the ill-fated 1981 V8-6-4 variable displacement engine, of which 1980's technology could not make it work reliably, along with poor quality control and lackluster performance from engines severely detuned to meet more stringent CAFE standards, began to erode the Seville's standing in the marketplace. A new but underpowered 4.1 liter V8 was fitted to post-1981 models. Some 1981-1982 models were also fitted with an optional 4.1 liter Buick V6 which was a reliable enough engine but not powerful enough for the Seville's weight and performance was lacking. Although the '82 Seville had engine problems, the total style of this car stands out to make this a very attractive luxury car. Note the egg crate grille, the two-tone paint, the luxurious leather interior, typical " block " dash common in the eighties, those Cadillac wire wheels, and the bustle back rear end treatment. Thanks very much for viewing this extraordinary example of a 1982 Cadillac Seville.