Driving The Last Great Cadillac - Review and Test Drive of This 48K Mile 1990 Brougham D'Elegance
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- SOLD I don't care about the haters - to me, without a doubt, this is the last great Cadillac ever built, at least in terms of what originally defined a Cadillac - full frame, ride like a cloud, ornate decor, V8 power, and enough supple leather inside to scare a herd of cows. This low mileage example is finished in my favorite 80s color - Autumn Maple Red with matching leather, and is an absolute time machine - the best preserved example I've seen in almost two decades.
By the time this Brougham rolled off the assembly line in Texas, Cadillac had given the Fleetwood name exclusively to the smaller front-drive platform, and kept only the Brougham name for this big rear driver. The D'Elegance Package added button-tucked leather, embroidered script on the door panels, rear adjustable map lights, and few more bits of bling. The 5.7 liter option added the bigger corporate GM engine (350 Chevy) with the 4L60E 4-speed automatic, a nearly bulletproof drivetrain. This thing was made to eat up highway, and float its way to the yacht club.
So having and driving this car is a bit of a dream for me - I'd been looking for one for quite a while, but onl saw turds and beaters floating around. To play with one in this condition was more than I could have asked. Full walkaround, test drive, and review by Bill. The car is for sale at Auto Europa Naples, and can be viewed at www.AENaples.com. For more information, call Marty at (239) 298-8000. SOLD* 
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A neighbor bought one of these in 1990, and he let me drive it once. I have never driven anything as elegant and classy as that car. This was when a Cadillac was really a Cadillac!!! Nothing like the crap Cadillac puts out today.
But the style is so tacky. everything is square. Something like a jaguar from this era, was much more elegant and luxurious.
What about the CTS-V
@@TheRealNolanStyles you can't compare a V Series with a car like this. This is cushy comfortable and lots of room for 6 adults. A V is about performance.
@@lancedukel3436 Except for the Escalade SUV
Tiger Doll good car wrong brand
hell yeah , when cars were cars
You’re presentations are both informative and entertaining. You sound a bit like Uncle Arthur from “Bewitched.”
B/D body GMs were the best big American cars ever made.
This review is outstanding...best car review ever posted to RUclips.
Best car channel hands down ,love the rants,Only complaint ,not enough of these reviews ,for the love of God I go through proper withdrawals after a couple days
Get some help, before you end up like the rest of us.
Same!! After like 2 days, I’m like when the hell is Bill gonna upload again??
I agree. I die laughing when he gets off topic 😭
Did he give it a Doug score? No? Not the greatest.
agree! want to see some Mopar though
a masterpiece on wheels.perfect 70ties styling, better transmission, great engine-thats what luxury is all about!!i looove it!!
I love Bill: "pay women 72 cents on the dollar" HAHAAHAHA
“The average age is deceased” 😂😂😂
Jhadae C. Yeah, don’t ever try to hard to be funny, cause you are not funny at all. Stick to revlon and mindless activities you do you dunce.
Hahaha...
But this car will never die!
I really cried 😭
Absolutely love love love it I grew up in the back seat of the Fleetwood Broughams my dad bought a new one every 2 years I would give anything to be back in that backseat fighting with my brother and sister
I’m with you on this one Bill! I LOVE THAT CADILLAC!!! The rims make a HUGE difference.
Gorgeous cadillac, great video!!! I loved hearing about the history of Cadillac!!!
What a magnificent example of that era of motor Engineering such a gorgeous colour I always wanted one of those but I never had a garage that would fit it thanks so much for today's excellent presentation Bill 👍
Just park it outside lol😂
I've been on a 3 day Curious Cars viewing binge. Bill's commentary is hilarious.
This is by far the most desirable car I have seen on your channel (for my tastes anyway).
@DC Williams Yes, quite. You got me. Sounding cool on RUclips is really all my life is about :D
I recently bought a 1998 Cadillac Devile with 19,000 miles on it, I now have 20,575 miles on it, its like new. I love driving it only one in a while. Your car is beautiful, I like it a lot. Enjoy...
"We all ate dinner early and drove slow in the fast lane..." so so true
I miss those days...God.
Love these lines !
I only tune in for the weather and bird reports.
That , and to check in on the fat cats smoking the cigars..
LMAO
This thing is money - my eBay search history will never recover from your channel.
"Mr and Mrs Howell" you are the best Bill. Your best car and review yet. 👍😉
The greatest narration on a car on RUclips. Love the storytelling about this car.
bill, you’re such a character and i laugh through almost every video. beautiful car and hilarious video. the cadillac backstory was pure gold and unexpected. thank you brother 🤙🏼
I absolutely love this channel. You do great reviews on so many cars that I love. I’ve owned both German and American cars and there are so many classics that you cover. I live in Jacksonville not far from where you are, don’t be surprised if I buy a car from you folks.
amazing stuff
Mr Bill, your reviews never a disappointment. Excellent. And what a most excellent Caddy in every way possible, the only stink eye I give is a digi-weenie instrument cluster. The car makes me wish to fill it with another retired couple, good friends and relatives, trunk full of luggage and head to sunny Arizona for 5 months of winter, just like some old timer fat wallet relatives I had,as they used to do in the 70’s to mid 80’s. The main car they carpooled to Az in was a beautiful ginormous 76 Olds Delta 88 Royale with a monster Olds 455 engine. The last year each GM brand had their own engines. I recall Olds and Buick guys very upset with a generic Chevy 8 in 1977. Cinnamon red metallic, white vinyl top. Four door pillar-less. I remember the 76 Olds brand spanking new at family reunion and was the first year of square headlights. It looked so awesome. Eventually I bought it when it was 6 years old and under 80,000 miles, $1800. To this day, it was the best used car I ever had, and as good or better than most new ones. 250,000 miles, no leaks, no oil consumption, always started even at 25 below zero and setting outside, no block heater. Rust was the only thing at end years. The worst worn out freeze thaw roads it just floated and glided right over, couldn’t feel the bumps. Man, what a car !! Several times in perfect weather I had friend drive it, all four windows down for panoramic view of green, lush corn and bean fields of the country, and I sat in back, like being chauffeured in a limo, I looked out and the front seemed to go on forever. She was some car, no doubt. I think 14 mpg’s highway was respectable. Sweet memories, thanks for stirring them with this magnificent Cadillac.
This is a very beautiful car. I have a '92 in this color. I'll never sell it. It is my road car.
Dam Bill! You outdid yourself this time!! What a piece of yummy Cadillac candy!
I absolutely love my 88 Brougham D’Elegance. I’m only the second owner and it has less than half the miles of yours. Great commentary! You bad mouthed Dems, insulted the Jimmy Carter Era, praised the Reagan economy, and even took a jab at the absurdity of men who dress like women. I just might have to subscribe to your channel. Thanks for the laughs and the stellar review, of a truly epic vehicle.
Those insults are why he lives in FL: Home of fucked-up conservatives. You idiots are the only people who would be proud of being conned by a fired reality TV actor into being President. Hope you enjoy all the people he is killing due to ignoring Covid-19 guidelines set by doctors. Now go find a large group of people to hang with and breathe in their coughing.
Bill is awesome, isn’t he?
He’s my hero!
Beautiful car. Reminds me of my grandfathers cars from childhood.
Even if I never get to buy a car from you, it's worth the time to watch your videos just to hear your own unique style talking about the cars you're selling. But as a 59 year old man, I love those old Caddies too! The haters are going to call them "land yachts", and talk about how slow they are and how they don't handle well, but as you get older you appreciate comfort more and just being able to take your time doing things instead of always rushing around for no reason.
As a 63 year old car lover, slow and comfy is the new cool!
Call Jesus and he will call some one to give you your dream car . I am Muslim and I love Jesus and some many times I dream about him .
OMG I'm absolutely enjoying this channel, I'm really loving the humour.
Very nice! That certainly takes me back. Just looking down that hood reminds me of when I was a lad driving grandmother's car - acres of hood. Wonderful! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
Just an absolutely beautiful car. thanks Bill.
"I swear he's says "Cadamac" in the beginning....LOL...
Blueflame - yeah he said it several times
He also said "coomer" instead of cooler when referring to the weather. Who speaks like that? This guy is drunk.
Definitely says it. In fact I stopped the video a couple minutes in to check the comments about it lol
@@Rocketjay12 😁😁😁 gotta be
Some people have a slight speech impediment. At least he's not some British/Australian/Boston, etc. guy that can't or don't pronounce his "Rs" otherwise this would be a "cah" video.
American cars stopped being American cars after the likes of these stopped production turned into euro boxes after this!! WORK OF ART!!!
Beautiful Cadillac I agree with everything you’re saying buddy
Thank you for the “Jacking Instruction ref”
had a 79 Coupe. Teal Green, wires, big block D'Elelgance. LOVED IT
EPIC~! No haters in sight. I ck'd the web price. Nope - You didn't overpay, that's still a steal. This is a like new real V8 Cadillac Brougham D'Elegance furgawdsakes. Worth every penny.
I love this Cadillac I will be looking 2 purchase 1 this summer as my weekend cruiser
I loved your description concerning the steering of this car, when you were first pulling out onto the street. Lol, that you didn't really steer the car, but was more like a yacht, choose a point, aim the vehicle and make course corrections along the way! Hahaha. So very true of the Cadillacs from this era! Great analogy.
Bill's all over the place on history this time - landing close, but not quite there a couple of times. Amusing as always however. My memory of this body style goes back to a '79 Sedan DeVille - riding in the center front as a kid. Driven by an older insurance executive in Maine - who insisted on running the AC full blast. At first it was amazing and nice (our family had transitioned to a W123 Benz, and MB AC back then was a bad joke). After an hour however it was bone chilling and the guy for the life of him would not turn it down - Maine for god's sake.
I'd live in this car, absolutely gorgeous
'90 same year as my Lincoln Town Car. Built to compete with it at the time, very very nice
That is amazing. Amazing! I had grand parents that had a 90 that was as blue as blue could be. Inside and out. When they passed several yrs ago it was sold in the estate with 1600 miles. Yep. They daily drove an Avalon
Hmm, I would extend the honor of "last great Cadillac" to the 1994-1996 Fleetwood.
The size was old school Cadillac. The ride was like driving a tank floating on a cloud. GM got cheap with the interior. Body panels and accoutrements fit poorly and/or just fell off. Underneath it's old school Cadillac but I get why people leave them off the list.
No. I've owned both. The 90 is a much more solid, detailed, reliable car.
94-96 had the LT1! Great cars!
@prestige worldwide wide wide wide wide I own a 90 and a 94. The 94 is fun to drive but an absolute piece of shit compared to my 90.
@@brentb5303 I'm not sure if a tank floating on a cloud is a good thing or bad lol never experienced that before
I think the 94-96 lt1 Fleetwoods are contenders for the name of "last great Cadillac". 80 more horse power than this car with all the modern features you really need, it is a much needed refresh over the archaic brougham. Although this brougham arguably has more iconic styling. You said the 93-96 had weird aero styling but to me it seems similar to the 70s Chrysler/imperial fuselage styling when you look at how the sides curve out. Really it doesn't look too different than the early 90s town cars with the big headlights, you can tell they both wanted to get away from the boxy 80s styling. I do like how the 93-96 Fleetwood still has a small hint of tail light fins, they weren't wrap around lights like on the town car
I disagree. While you are correct the drivetrain is better in the 93-96...the interior leaves much to be desired. And that's a big deal. Plus,this one is the last with the traditional "Cadillac" body style,when you say the word Cadillac to most people,they think of this body,or an early 60's car.
The 350 engines used in GM cars in 1990 was a little different than trucks, they have roller lifters and trucks had non rollers. As a former Cadillac tech this is the preferable engine to have.
Thanks for confirming that !
Yep, I had the last of the big engine Caddy's, '79 Coupe De Ville 425 4BBL, turbo 400.... Drove it for many years. It was a very good car in the years of many very bad cars! LoL... Heater core was easy to change from UNDER THE HOOD, thank God for that since it started leaking on me once, no pulling the dash out. AC always worked, carburetor was not difficult to rebuild myself. Just a good solid luxury car that had great road manners for something that big and was smooth and quiet!
Wow. I totally enjoyed the review and agree with you, it is an epic car, and it’s pure class.
This car represents fine, late century American craftsmanship.
Finally, those who call the car a crap are full of envy, that’s all.
Took me a minute to catch that joke at 11:42 LOL
Ikr
I loved it. It was so subtle, I went back & listened to it again 🤣
When I was about 13 in about 1975 my favourite car magazine had a comparison test between a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, a Cadillac De Ville, Mercedes 450 SEL and a Daimler Double Six (Jaguar). They had diagrams of the suspensions and I just went whoa! when I saw how many links the Cadillac suspension had. It looked the most sophisticated of them all and I really didn't expect that (the Cadillac was by far the cheapest).
As an Aussie observer I definitely prefer the quad headlights of the previous years. Saw a tan 1980s Fleetwood last year here in Sydney going past late at night. It warmed my heart.
I like the front bumpers on this and definitely prefer the digital dash over the strip speedometer. Also like the entertainment unit with green LED display and Cadillac logo.
So happy you are so into this car.
I had a 78:Coupe and prefer it. Corvettes couldn’t shake me at top end in the highway, I’m sure these newer models would get smoked.
I wish this car was still being made today.
Love Love Love that red exterior & interior! It’s beautiful! My church choir director drove a blue one from this generation. I like the red much more!
That's definitely a fine automobile, I had a 1990 cadillac Brougham Delegance, also a 1991 Brougham Delegance,,with a 350 chevy, and a 305 chevy, the 350 has alot more pep, as it is the towing package.
Beautiful Cadillac! I have a 90 Brougham I bought in 2000. Great car. I love driving it. Had 120,000 miles when I got it. Just over 300K now. Motor still runs great!
How much did this one sell for? I am looking for one just like this. Same color and matching leather.
In my younger days Bill , when I was 17 - 19 ish.. used to take my bosses Cadillac's to the car wash.. say 81 abouts he had a beautiful 1977 Seville, Mourne and gold.. a 76 Mercedes Sl , silver and black ... the looks I'd get in those cars... but those old el dorotos , Divilles , Saville. We're truly the best American cars.. like driving a sofa through the clouds ⛅... I really enjoy your videos bill.. all the best ...
Bill...I'm addicted to the sarcasm and love the 'history lessons thrown in. Your 'old school' and in my neighborhood in that era. I bought a new 1978 Sedan Deville de elegance and still miss that one. Keep'em coming and don't let the dum-dems win your mind over. I've asked my pharmacist for your special covid a-bay... the jury is still out on that one.
some of todays Cadillac cars are nice though they've had some legendary blunders over the last 40 years or so I.E. Cimarron being a badge engineered Cavalier or the over pricing of the Allante for what it was they stopped making the Brougham in 1992 the Fleetwood retired in 1996 though later models were still used in fleet service until the mid 2010s we rented a Fleetwood limo for my high school Sr. prom in May 2004 or it could've been a late model stretch Cadillac Deville the late model Deville Sedan was 207 in or 17 .25 Ft long which is 14 inches shorter than the 1979 model of the same car my maternal grandmother drove a used 1979 Coupe Deville when I was a little kid
I have a white 92. it's in good shape for it's age Last of the real caddies. No way I would sell it.
Fleetwood after this was the last one to me.
Yep, the 1993-1996 with the LT1. Awesome cars.
I agree, but the DTS up to 2011 would do it for me too, and there are a lot of them out there used & perfect for 15k and under.
@@jmsmikey The implied criteria was not FWD, but I know what you mean.
@@jmsmikey If the Northstar engine wasn't such a disaster. They're great when they work but overheat them one time and your done. Which is easy to do with the hidden water pump and belt on the opposite side of the engine.
@@outspokengenius Wow~ thanks for the info. I have a Crown Victoria now & the 4.6 is just the best engine ever~ so I think the very similar Town Car would be a better choice.
One of my favorites, thanks Bill
My parents had 2 of these, one of the first cars I ever drove. So cool, 500 cubic engines.
Love the rants and open reviews on the cars!
My 73 Coupe de Ville, one of a few vehicle I wish I kept. Sold it for $ 500 damnit!
No I agree with you!! that's definitely epic...
I love all the big box Cadillacs...
Outstanding video, and great car. I agree, this is a real Cadillac in every sense of the word. Pretty much uncompromised, even with the corporate GM engine. But I would not go so far as to say the later rounded Fleetwood wasn't also a true Cadillac. To me this one looks better, but the rounded one had the LT1 version of the 5.7 liter with 260 hp that made up for it.
“Nice little upgrade of modürmnńñîdity” 18:35
Ok is original usa cars. I love it style wow
Hi Bill...It is a Gorgeous car, the way they should be built !!!!
Outstanding and informative reviews. Very entertaining too. You sound like Uncle Arthur on “Bewitched “
Mike Gehre oh. Oh no you didn’t lol
The actor was Paul Lynde. He does have the wit and sarcasm..
EPIC! I'm new to this channel and i am partial to Cadillacs but i might just watch every video if Bill is narrating (not a bad place to consummate a relationship) lol. This Cadi is beautiful it almost makes me want to drive the 1600 miles from MN to Naples to bring her home. Again love the history lets see what stories Honda or Hyundai could come up with. side note the mechanic transitioning to female, reminds me of the documentary i just watched about Gloria Stein his nickname was butch and he ran the biggest junkyard in Dade county FL until he transitioned to female at 66 years old. sorry i'm rambling working from home damn COVID19.
BILL: Why don't they make a HYUNDAI like a CADILLAC, Instead of the new Cadillac's made like a Hyundai??🔀❓❌🈲️🇺🇲🎩💡💰💱📉🤔🥸👌👍👴🚬🚬☕🥃🐩🏦⛩🎎🏓🥋🧶🐈⬛👒🕶🇨🇦🇮🇹❄☃️
Love it. When you have to leave your living room couch at night to get a gallon of milk and not know you have left it,,,,,,you know you're in a Caddi D'elegance!!
I drove them new when I worked for Uzzle Cadillac in Durham, NC. Buyers were definitely older. Thanks for the entertainment
In Staten Island when I grew up, this was also the car. It's a beauty.
Awesome tour of that Caddy. As I remember it, in 1990 many people didn't know that Cadillac was still even making these as all of their marketing efforts were on the front wheel drive models.
Yep I agree, I was in my teens to 20's to 30's I've loved them & still do. If i could afford when new i would've bought one. I know what you mean about the steering wheel now days, my 2006 Lincoln Town Car has a somewhat fat steering wheel, I remember when they were thin too.
It's amazing how similar the interior appointments in this 1990 Brougham d'Elegance is to my 1980 Seville Elegante. I love my Cadillac. It's ridiculous and so am I.
Beautiful car!
beautiful brougham, i had the black '88 fleetwood brougham d'elegance looked like that but with the quad square headlights
Absolutely beautiful. That color sets it off!
I have owned many of them and no other car since rides as good !! They get very decent fuel mileage and the interior is like sitting on luxurious furniture in your home . The very best part they are mechanically superb just normal maintenance will keep them running for years.
Car salesman on YT. It’s our America. Nice car and God Bless America
now that's a car mine is a 1991 and a nice ride lots of head turns I get a lot of compliments
You really should just focus on car reviews, love all of your facts and banter!
thats when a cadillac looked like what a luxury car should look like.
That's the Lincoln tagline, Pal. 😁
@@bangmona8449 i like them both
When I parked cars during most of the 80's most of the seville's of the era the brakes would go all the way to the floor! the brougham was never a problem and was a fine car!
I'm in absolute awe for the whole video
The Chevy 350 (5.7) TBI engine option in the 1990 Cadillac Brougham is an improvement over the standard Oldsmobile 5.0 V8 with 4 barrel carb and 140 HP.
Of course! In the early 90s, the purists whom grew up around those _"ship's anchor"_ big blocks of two decades ago _would_ scream about a 350 GM truck motor powering these later land yachts, but then again in these later times, gas was no longer cheaper than a can of _Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup,_ either!
Those are great cars and really dependable, Chevy TBI motor and all the rest still old skool! The next generation 93-96 were also good cars especially the 94-96 with the LT1. Cadillac should bring back the body on frame sedans and not try to make a BMW.....
But damn that Caddy is beautiful!
Okay, I also tune in for the cars...and look at the misaligned side moldings on this thing. I know it's 30 years old now, but it looks immaculate, and I would be surprised if it *didn't* come fresh from the factory like that. That's what earned Detroit its reputation. Completely unacceptable for the flagship model of the premium brand of GM...and you know what? I really don't care, this thing is freaking awesome.
Frank Burns I can’t unsee the side molding now lo
Very beautiful car! 😍😍😍😍😍 and those where very expensive back then lol
I don't hate it at all, Bill . . . it is proudly classic American. Blame "Car and Driver" magazine with their irreverence for anything non-German and / or non-Supercar for "American shaming" the Big Three into building "European-style" FWD cars instead of the cars they specialized in making for decades. The interior DOES look expensive and tastefully done in the classic style. Too bad GM / Cadillac became schizophrenic during the 1980s and was unsure whether to take the plunge full force on FWD on virtually everything, or stay with tried and true engineering and simple, reliable designs. Maybe if American car buyers were given some decent choices with RWD / size in the 1980s into 1990s, we wouldn't have such a defection to and prolifaration of trucks and SUVs today. In that respect, I think the CAFE standards backfired completely.
At 7:50 YOU NAILED IT !!! All the alphanumeric *ullshit names for cars these days !!!
God Bless Alfa Romeo which still NAMES THEIR CARS !!! Giulia / Stelvio / Tonale ....
FORZA ALFA BABY !!!! THE KING IS BACK !!!!
DON'T DRINK THE GERMAN KOOL AID !!! HANZ AND FRANZ ARE POURING !!!!!
To me, it's the 1993-1996 Fleetwood is what I call the last truly great Cadillac.
“Lovely place to consummate a relationship” lol 😂
I love your car reviews!
I don’t know how you don’t have 10 million subscribers.
A lot of snowflakes out there that is why.
The reason I watch is because you dont care. Love it Bill.
I came to this channel originally for the beautiful cars; I stayed for the hilarious cultural and political commentary. You're the American Jeremy Clarkson!
I love these Cadillacs. I didn’t at first, I thought they were too boxy. But I seem to have acquired better taste since then.
Also good for your co-worker! Live and let live I say.
When cars stopped having chrome bumpers, I stopped being interested. The only technology I like in modern vehicles are fuel injection (but a carburetor works fine), advanced suspension geometries and components, and radial tires. I don't need the distributorless, sensor controlled timing but it's okay. I don't like ABS, traction control, lane assist, parking sensors and I absolutely hate that giant screen on the dash. Give me buttons, dials and switches so I don't have to look away from the road. Too many distractions in modern vehicles
My papaw had one of these when I was growing up it was white with the burgundy interior, it was a tank I think his was a 5.0. The thing pulled my dad's f150 out of a ditch once so yeah it was a brute, I'm seriously debating one buying one. Truely the last of American luxury, the only thing that has come close is the recent Lincoln Continental.
Absolutely. The end of an era. Body on fame, solid steel bumpers gleaming with chrome, more metal than plastic. Even with no airbags and a few other features required in a modern car you actually felt safer in it because of it's sheer size and weight compared to all the foriegn imports in the early 90s that were more compact, sportier, economical and reduced the amount of trips and money at the gas pump.