Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham

Cadillac
Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham (1980-1986)
Fleetwood Brougham
Production period:	1974-1986
Class :	Upper class
Body versions :	limousine
Engines:	Otto engines : 4.1–8.2 liters (93–160 kW) Diesel engines : 5.7 liters (78–93 kW)
Length:	5613-5944 mm
Width:	1913-1915 mm
Height:	1440-1453 mm
Wheelbase :	3084-3378 mm
Empty weight :	1733-2375 kg
Previous model	Cadillac Sixty Special
successor	Cadillac Fleetwood

The Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham is a car model of the American vehicle brand Cadillac produced from 1974 to 1986 .

Model history

With the 1975 model year, Cadillac gave up the traditional name Sixty Special , which had been in use since 1938, and renamed the model Fleetwood Brougham.

The Fleetwood Brougham was a more luxuriously equipped version of the DeVille sedan with a longer wheelbase (initially 337.8 instead of 330.2 cm) with otherwise unchanged technology (rear-wheel drive, rigid rear axle, 8.2-liter V8 with four-fold carburetor (193 hp) or Injection (218 hp)).

For the 1977 model year, all Cadillac models (with the exception of Seville and Eldorado ) were downsized, but retained rear-wheel drive. Since then, the DeVille and Fleetwood Brougham wheelbases have been the same. The drive was now taken over by a seven-liter V8 engine (183 hp with carburetor, 198 hp with injection), the power transmission continued to be the turbo-hydramatic three-speed automatic.

For the 1980 model year, the cars were slightly revised and given a flatter front section, which should improve aerodynamics and thus reduce fuel consumption. At the same time the seven-liter was replaced by a six-liter V8 engine; On request, the Oldsmobile diesel V8 with a displacement of 5.7 liters was available. For the first time, the Fleetwood Brougham was also available as a two-door coupé.

Only in 1981 was the modular, so-called V8-6-4 engine with 6 liter displacement and cylinder deactivation part of the standard equipment; a 4.1-liter V6 or still the diesel was available as an option. From 1982 a new 4.1-liter V8 developed by Cadillac was part of the basic equipment and the V6 was omitted.

When the Fleetwood (together with the Cadillac DeVille ) was again reduced in size and converted to front-wheel drive for model year 1985 , the previous Fleetwood Brougham remained in the Cadillac range as an independent model and was simply called Cadillac Brougham from model year 1987 . 1986 the Fleetwood-Brougham Coupé and the diesel engine were omitted; the 4.1-liter V8 was replaced by a five-liter (307 cui) engine from Oldsmobile.

The large rear-wheel drive model remained in production until 1992 and was replaced in autumn 1992 by the Cadillac Fleetwood on the General Motors -D platform, which was converted back to rear-wheel drive , which was related to the Chevrolet Caprice of the time.

Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham, 1973/74 model

Data Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham (1975–1986)

Model year	Displacement (cm³)	Horsepower)	Wheelbase (cm)	Length (cm)	Empty weight kg)	Price (US $)	number of pieces
1975	8194	193-218	337.8	594.4	2375	10,414	18,755
1976	8194	193-218	337.8	594.4	2361	10,935	24,500
1977	6966	183-198	308.6	561.8	1966	11,546	28,000
1978	6966 5737 (diesel)	183-198 127	308.6	561.8	1954	12,292	36,800
1979	6966 5737 (diesel)	183-198 127	308.6	561.8	1925	13,446	42,200
1980	6032 5737 (diesel)	152 106	308.4	561.3	1823	14,927	31,959
1981	6032 5737 (diesel) 4130 (V6)	142 106 127	308.4	561.3	1746	15,777	not known
1982	4081 (V8) 5737 (Diesel) 4130 (V6)	127 106 127	308.4	561.3	1733	17,931	not known
1983	4081 (V8) 5737 (diesel)	137 106	308.4	561.3	1806	18,688	not known
1984	4081 (V8) 5737 (diesel)	137 106	308.4	561.3	1806	19,942	not known
1985	4081 (V8) 5737 (diesel)	137 106	308.4	561.3	1754	21,219	61,296
1986	5031	142	308.4	561.3	1787	21,265	49,115

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• Sieber, Mary and Buttolph, Ken: Standard Catalog of Cadillac 1903-1990 . Krause Publications, Iola 1991, ISBN 0-87341-174-9 .