Yes, those are brand new tires and they look great on this 1980 Cadillac Seville. The wheels ain’t bad, either. These bustleback cars take a hit from a lot of folks for that love-or-hate-it design but I love it. The seller has this one listed here on eBay in Booneville, Indiana and the bids are up to $8,600 but the reserve isn’t met. Wow.
This is painful for me as I had a low-mile ’84 Seville which I think was as nice as this one appears to be and it sold for $5,600 if I remember right. Have values gone up that much or is there something especially… special about this car? The seller mentions the bumper filler material being new here as it was on my car and this was a California car with no rust. Mine also had no rust and it was a black car.
These photos, though. What sort of carnival funhouse mirror camera lens was used to take these photos?! The car looks absolutely beautiful but man, it’s hard to really tell from these unusual, stretched, skewed, bent, elongated, curved, squeezed, stretched photos. The second-generation Seville was made from 1979 through 1985 and they went to front-wheel-drive as opposed to the rear-drive first-gen Sevilles. And, then there was that infamous bustleback rear clip.
The driver’s seat looks a little tired, although it doesn’t appear that there are any tears or damage other than possibly some worn-out foam, which can be fixed. The second-generation Seville was basically the same size as the first-generation cars and there was usually enough room inside for anyone. I’m 6′-5″ tall and I had more than enough legroom in the front seat or in the back. Correct me if I’m wrong, but this one appears to have vinyl seating surfaces which were common, although leather was available. The trunk was as luxurious as any at the time.
This is a California car, which has an Oldsmobile 350 cubic-inch V8 with 180 horsepower. This one has only 44,700 miles on it which is incredible. They don’t say how it runs but I’m assuming it runs fine. My car had the infamous HT-4100 which is probably why it sold for less money than this car will. Any thoughts on the bustleback design of the second-generation Seville: yay or nay?
I think the seat material might be rubber, no wait its probably neoprene….There was no vinyl seat option on this era Seville or any other Cadillac…come on.
They are probably asking more for this because of the 170hp Oldsmobile 350 V8 vs 130hp troublesome 4100.
Correct me, if I am wrong but, wasn’t the “Olds 350” a “PFI” engine. I know the later versions were . . . . .
nay….
I’d actually like to find one of these or an Eldorado with the diesel engine
Had one with the diesel. In the shop more than out
I made my living on these cars, with the diesels, back in the day. 90% of ALL service visits were preventable, even the head gasket failures. You probably weren’t using a knowledgeable service facility. Mine still runs perfectly . . . . .
l have one . . . willing to spend 40K?
The bustleback idea was designed by someone who liked the style out of an antique Rolls Royce it was said back in the day. The Cadillac lacked the panache of the British luxury car. Looked more like the Seville got its rear end caught in the meat slicer of the local deli. The Olds gasoline 350 is good. GM diesels of that time frame were slow and unreliable. I much preferred the 1975 -1976 etc incarnation of the Seville which married the clean practical Nova 4 door styling to the spendy option list of the Cadillac division
I really like the car but that creamy yellow color not so much
The seller got too excited about his new wide angle lens. Maybe for one pic, but every other one but the trunk is annoying.
I like these especially for the quirky style. Friend had one, said it was the heaviest ‘feeling’ car he ever had, and he had plenty of heavys. I also like the model that Lance mentioned. I used to think about redoing either of these with some slight exterior changes and big upgrades for the dash and interior trim.
These bustleback cars take a hit from a lot of folks for that love-or-hate-it design but I love it.
I hated it when it was introduced. I have since changed my opinion.
Now I just dislike it.
I love these bustleback Cadillacs, but as Mat in Flint says, not so much in this color. Makes it look “base model”.
Seville of this generation were usually two tone paint. Some with vinyl tops were three tone. Didn’t care too much for them.
But “yay” on the bustleback.
I can’t say I liked them at the time lol
But in another color this would be a great classic to tool around in
I’ve come to like the look of the Seville, but it was the first of what would be more than a decade of unforced errors from Cadillac. The gen 1 Seville managed to successfully attract the “import intenders” it was aimed at, the gen 2 actively repelled them and appealed to nobody who wouldn’t have bought a De Ville or Fleetwood if they had built something like the ’92 Seville a decade sooner.
Selling them back in the ’80s, they were, around the scuttlebutt, arguably the ugliest cars ever made … Mercedes breathed a sigh of relief as the previous Seville garnered a lot of sales … they rode great – took one from Chicago to New Orleans – but they were just bulky and rolled like the land yacht it was …
A base model. The ‘better’ was the ‘Elegante’,but stilll garbage
from GarbageMotors. I had a ’79 diesel (VIN A for 1980 but
produced in 79) it had a good milage with 10L/100KM and
more then 13 it never consumed. The 79 – or 80 year as you
want – was the only with the 5.7 from the precedessor. The
5.7 is a gas guzzler but the best year for all this bustleback.
When i was with it at the french riviera most people thought
im a rich man from Monaco (that is this tiny Principality with
no taxes) with a Rolls, the homeless by the gas station
begged for money.
This cars plague rust on inner rockers, the upper A-pillar
and around the rear window. Nasty plastic inside and falling
off knobs demanding wiring harness the common head
gasket failures and offside malworking diesel pumps.
A few had a rear levelling suspension but i dont know it
it was from factory. So, nay.
Vinyl seats? In a Seville? Blasphemy! Even if they were to use such a plebian material for seating surfaces, they certainly would have given it a fancy name like “leatherette,” “Cadihyde,” or “fine-grained simulated leather.”
Auction update: the first auction ended at $8,800 and no sale (!) and it has been relisted.
Base hubcaps and no xtra stripes or roof covering. Column
shifter and no center console. The interior looks faded.
Yes this is a base model.
The other called “elegante’ but from the technical side its
not what its look want to submit: a quality crafted luxury car.
You cant polish a turd.