Considered one of Looney Tunes’ most well-known cartoons is 1950’s The Rabbit of Seville, a brief that pits Bugs Bunny in opposition to Elmer Fudd to the tune of Rossini’s opera buffa. Right this moment’s Good Value or No Cube Cadillac Seville may not be fairly as zany, however we’ll nonetheless must resolve if its value bugs us.
The 2000 Bentley Arnage T Purple Label we checked out yesterday was born in the course of the custody battle between Volkswagen and BMW over Bentley’s possession. At $29,999, our Arnage proved as interesting as weekends at Dad’s post-divorce condominium, incomes a not-so-upper-crust 60 p.c No Cube loss.
Whereas old-school British luxurious at the price of a Camry didn’t show all that in style, let’s see how even older-school American luxurious fares at a far decrease asking.
When new, at this time’s 1976 Cadillac Seville was Basic Motors’ reply to automobiles just like the Jaguar XJ6 and Mercedes S Class. The outside design even aped the slab sides and upright roof therapy of the up to date Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow.
Cadillac described the Seville as being “internationally-sized,” debuting the Seville as a smaller and fewer ostentatious companion to the model’s extra historically sized and outfitted fashions. That didn’t cease Caddy from pricing it on the prime of its lineup, making certain patrons knew it was supposed to compete with the European rivals.
Our Seville, in Firehorn, over a luridly crimson leather-based and vinyl inside, nonetheless appears to be like nearly as good at this time because it did upon its debut in America’s bicentennial yr. There’s nonetheless sufficient chrome on the surface and pretend wooden on the within to make sure folks know that is an American luxurious automotive, however its dimension and total look are toned down from different high-end fashions of the period. One extraordinarily on-point contact is the wheel and tire therapy, consisting of pretend wire covers and white sidewall Hankooks.
Beneath the hood sits a 350 CID (5.7-liter) OHV V8 sourced not from Cadillac however from Oldsmobile. Caddy did add Bosh gasoline injection to the engine, giving it improved driveability over the carburetor-equipped version and the chance so as to add “Gas Injection” badges on the flanks. Energy from the Olds mill is a good 180 horsepower and 275 lb-ft of torque.
Managing all that could be a three-speed TurboHydramatic 400 transmission with column shift. Entrance disc and rear drum brakes present stopping energy, and the automotive rides on coil springs throughout.
In accordance with the advert, every little thing on this Seville works because it ought to. It comes with simply 42,000 authentic miles and has been garage-kept between its odometer-advancing adventures. The vendor describes it as being in “good situation,” however the footage present a automotive that seems to be higher than that.
There don’t look like any points with both the paint or the vinyl prime, and the inside is in even higher form. It even has a set of Cadillac-crested flooring mats that look to be in wonderful situation. So far as Nineteen Seventies Cadillacs go, these are about probably the most attention-grabbing, too. A clear title implies that including this basic Caddy to the driveway received’t be too massive a problem. All it is going to take is $7,500.
Ought to anybody out there for some old-school American luxurious pay that a lot for this Seville? If not, why not? And if that’s the case, the place ought to they present it off?
You resolve!
Baltimore, Maryland, Craigslist, or go right here if the advert disappears.
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