Cadillac Fleetwood

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Cadillac Fleetwood
Production period: 1946-1996
Class : Upper class
Body versions : Limousine , coupe
Successor: Cadillac CT6
Cadillac Fleetwood (1947)

Under the name Fleetwood , the US car manufacturer General Motors marketed its particularly luxuriously equipped and expensive models with the Cadillac brand, which belongs to the group .

The name Fleetwood was used partly as an unofficial or semi-official additional name for some models, and partly as an official and fully valid model name.

Model history

Fleetwood (1946–1985)

The name Fleetwood goes back to the Fleetwood Metal Body Co. , a respected, originally independent bodybuilder who produced small series, special and one-off bodies for numerous, primarily luxurious vehicles in the pre-war period. The company was bought by the Fisher Body Company and with this in 1926 it became wholly owned by General Motors . The special bodies created in the 1930s were almost exclusively reserved for Cadillac. Fleetwood was increasingly responsible for particularly upscale equipment on the Fisher bodies produced for Cadillac.

In the post-war years, the Cadillac models Sixty Special and Series 75 were semi-officially named Fleetwood , as did the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham from model year 1958 . From 1965, Sixty Special, Eldorado and 75 were officially named Fleetwood Sixty Special, Fleetwood Eldorado and Fleetwood 75.

From model year 1975, the Fleetwood Sixty Special was replaced by the Fleetwood Brougham . From 1976 the Fleetwood Eldorado was again simply called Eldorado, at the same time the Fleetwood 75 became the Fleetwood limousine. Details on these models can be found under the respective lemmas.

  • Cadillac Fleetwood 60 Special (1954)

  • Cadillac Fleetwood 60 Special (1958)

  • Cadillac Fleetwood (1962) ... this is a Sedan DeVille because it doesn't have a full B-pillar!

  • Cadillac Fleetwood 75 (1969)

  • Cadillac Fleetwood (1975)

  • Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham (1983)

Fleetwood (1985-1992)

1985
Cadillac Fleetwood Sedan (1985-1992)

Cadillac Fleetwood Sedan (1985-1992)
Production period: 1985-1992
Body versions : Limousine , coupe
Engines:
Petrol engines : 4.1–4.9 liters
(93–149 kW)
Length: 4953-5222 mm
Width: 1821-1864 mm
Height: 1394-1402 mm
Wheelbase : 2814-2891 mm
Empty weight : 1600-1800 kg

As an independent model name, Fleetwood was used again from autumn 1985, which referred to the better equipped variants of the new, smaller and front-wheel drive Cadillac DeVille . A sedan and a coupé were available, powered by the in-house 4.1-liter V8 engine.

From 1987 the Fleetwood was replaced by the Fleetwood d'Elegance , which was only available as a four-door model. In addition, there was now a Fleetwood 60 Special (also only as a sedan) in the range on a longer wheelbase (2941 mm instead of 2814 mm) .

From 1989 to 1992 the Fleetwood d'Elegance was again only known as Fleetwood and the coupé variant was back on offer. In 1989 the wheelbase of Fleetwood four-door and Fleetwood 60 Special was standardized to 2891 mm; the Fleetwood Coupé retained the shorter wheelbase of the DeVille models.

From 1988 the Fleetwood was powered by a V8 engine enlarged to 4.5 liters, the displacement of which increased further to 4.9 liters in the 1991 model year.

Data Cadillac Fleetwood (1985-1992)
Model year Displacement, cm³ Max. Horsepower Wheelbase, mm Price, US $ number of pieces
1985 4081 127 2814 21,466 42,911
1986 4081 132 2814 23,443 approx. 50,000
1987 4081 132 2814 26,104 not known
1988 4474 157 2814 28,024 not known
1989 Coupe 4474 157 2814 30,365 49,935
limousine 2891
1990 Coupe 4474 183 2814 32,400 40,458
limousine 2891
1991 Coupe 4920 203 2814 34,675 not known
limousine 2891
1992 Coupe 4920 203 2814 36,360 not known
limousine 2891

Fleetwood (1992-1996)

1993
Cadillac Fleetwood (1992-1996)

Cadillac Fleetwood (1992-1996)
Production period: 1992-1996
Body versions : limousine
Engines: Petrol engines :
5.7 liters
(138–194 kW)
Length: 5715 mm
Width: 1981 mm
Height: 1450 mm
Wheelbase : 3086 mm
Empty weight : 2100 kg

For the 1993 model year, which began in autumn 1992, the large Cadillac Brougham with rear-wheel drive was replaced by the new Cadillac Fleetwood, which was technically related to the Chevrolet Caprice and Buick Roadmaster and thus continued to be driven via the rear wheels.

With a length of 5715 mm, it was the largest automobile made in the USA at the time. It was powered by a 5.7 liter V8 engine with gasoline injection and an initial maximum output of 185 hp (138 kW) and from model year 1994 of 260 hp (194 kW), which was coupled with a four-speed automatic transmission ( 4L60E ). In addition to the basic model, there was a richly equipped Fleetwood Brougham on offer.

A total of 101,698 copies of this last Fleetwood had been produced by summer 1996. Production at GM's Arlington , Texas , US facility ended in November 1996.

Data Cadillac Fleetwood (1993–1996)
Model year Displacement, cm³ Max. Power, hp (kW) Wheelbase, mm Price, US $ number of pieces
1993 5737 185 (138) 3086 33,990 31,774
1994 5737 260 (194) 3086 33,990 27,473
1995 5737 260 (194) 3086 35,595 27,350
1996 5737 260 (194) 3086 36,995 15.101

literature

  • Mary Sieber, Ken Buttolph: Standard Catalog of Cadillac 1903-1990 . Krause Publications, Iola 1991, ISBN 0-87341-174-9 .
  • James M. Flammang, Ron Kowalke: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1976-1999 . Krause Publications, Iola 1999, ISBN 0-87341-755-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jim Mateja: 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood - chicagotribune.com Review - Cars.com. In: cars.com. September 6, 1992, accessed August 3, 2018 .
  2. ↑ 1993-96 Cadillac Fleetwood - Consumer Guide Auto. In: consumerguide.com. Consumer Guide, accessed August 3, 2018 (American English).
  3. ↑ The End Of The Line For A Giant Of Luxury - tribunedigital-chicagotribune. In: articles.chicagotribune.com. Bloomberg Business News, December 29, 1996, accessed August 3, 2018 .

Web links

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