The Cadillac division of General Motors is famous, among other things, for manufacturing the luxury automobile known as the Cadillac Seville. It was produced on an occasional basis as a special model throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Between the years of 1975 and 2004, the Cadillac Seville was produced on a regular basis. Behind the Eldorado, the Seville has always been one of the top vehicles in the overall Cadillac line up.
The Cadillac Seville was first officially introduced in the year 1975. It was supposed to be Cadillac’s answer to the increasing popularity of such luxury imports from Europe as the BMW and the Mercedes Benz. While these imports were smaller, cheaper, and less luxurious than Cadillacs, th
ey eventually evolved and began to increase in prestige, causing serious competition for the Cadillac name. Eventually, Cadillac began to realize that the idea of “bigger is better” no longer necessarily counted in the American luxury car market. At that point, the Seville was introduced as both the smallest, and most expensive automobile in the entire Cadillac range. This completely overturned Cadillac’s tradition marketing approach.
The very first usage of the Seville name was a hardtop version of the Cadillac Eldorado convertible from the year 1956.
