They put the problematic Northstar in its cars for too many years knowing full well it was unreliable. It lost the trust of its customer base and never recovered.
For the exact same reason as every other American auto manufacturer. They didn't innovate. They ignored their consumers. They produced overpriced cheap quality unreliable vehicles. Meanwhile imports made better vehicles some for a lower cost, while others choose the premium high prices route and delivered on that promise. No matter which competitor you stacked Cadillac against, the Cadillacs made less power, used more fuel, was less reliable, handled like a barge, lacked features, used lower quality components. GM penny pinching and American ignorance was the reason for the failure.
GM made money from the Corvair line of cars, trucks and vans. Was a neat design; many still running today. A nit wit lawyer, trying to make a name for himself, tried to claim unsafe vehicle because the design was similar to European cars and unique. I read the original book (first chapter) in high school library; even a teenager could tell it was rubbish.
Sad how a company so known for quality eventually had many engine problems while cheap Chevy V8s were so tough. The old big block caddy was a torque monster and tough.
Image. Reliability. Resale. The product was viewed as an old man's car similar to Buick. Cadillac's reliability has been dismal. Witness the Northstar or CUE. Resale was abhorrent on most Cadillac sedans when compared to other premium sedans. A used Lexus commands much more than a Cadillac. I could throw in the GM dealer experience. Anyone who has owned GM products understands.
1) Most young men couldn't afford a Cadillac brand new. 2) Cadillac's reliability only became bad when they deviated from their proper luxury car specifications and tried to become like a foreign car. 3) Luxury cars did not have great re-sale value because a used car is not a luxury. 4) Before Cadillac tried to become foreign-illac, Cadillac dealers gave superb service. Cadillac started losing ground BEFORE those unfortunate developments.
@@RageHP-RageHorsePower Anything 2000 and after is NOT a Cadillac. After GM's rebranding of the division into a 'Euro-sport' model, only the name Cadillac remained. It was not and still is not the luxury car it once was and was famous for. Most of those 'old men' to which the OP refers switched to Lincoln. Mostly Town Cars. The United States hasn't made a true luxury car since The Lincoln Town Car ceased production in 2011.
@@michaelbenardo5695 YOUNG men were never meant to be able to afford a Cadillac. While many people today call the traditional Cadillac an 'old man's car' and while many old men DID in fact drive them, it was not only for them. Cadillac was a status symbol for either wealthy people or for professionals who had 'made it' and therefore, many owners were middle aged. In fact, when I was a boy, most of the people I knew who had Cadillacs were in their 40's and 50's. I remember my uncle (by marriage) bought a 1973 Eldorado brand new and he was only 41 at the time. Come to think of it, the only 'old' man I knew back then who had one was his father. As I got older, I DID know a couple of old men and women who had them, but they also had them when they were younger. Also I disagree with you on the resale value. The car itself is what was luxurious. Not the age of it or the fact that it was bought new or used. In fact, I knew a wealthy lady who bought a brand new Coupe DeVille every year. Always the same color. She had a deal set up at the dealership that every year come trade in time, a doctor would buy her old one. They were like showroom condition anyway and had perhaps only 5,000 miles on them when she traded them.
I really disagree with you about GM products. I've owned, if memory serves me correctly, 19 cars in my lifetime. All of them were GM's except for 4. Three were Lincoln Town Cars and one was a Jeep Grand Cherokee. The Jeep was a piece of junk which gave me problems starting on the second day of ownership (I bought it new). Two of the Lincolns were good but one gave me problems which could not be diagnosed and therefore, not fixed. All the GM's, mostly Cadillacs, had there issues but nothing major and nothing that could not be reasonably repaired. Did you ever hear the saying 'what's good for General Motors is good for the country?'
The colonizer Cadillac had nothing to do with the company. You don't have to go into the history of Saturn or Chief Pontiac talk about those companies.
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You twice show someone getting out of a Rolls-Royce talking about how Capone drove Cadillacs
They probably think nobody will notice. They only know about Datsuns and Toyotas.
These millennials/gen Z are all f’d up……get you to it
They put the problematic Northstar in its cars for too many years knowing full well it was unreliable. It lost the trust of its customer base and never recovered.
For the exact same reason as every other American auto manufacturer. They didn't innovate. They ignored their consumers. They produced overpriced cheap quality unreliable vehicles. Meanwhile imports made better vehicles some for a lower cost, while others choose the premium high prices route and delivered on that promise. No matter which competitor you stacked Cadillac against, the Cadillacs made less power, used more fuel, was less reliable, handled like a barge, lacked features, used lower quality components. GM penny pinching and American ignorance was the reason for the failure.
Cadillac lost it market, because of bean counter.
GM made money from the Corvair line of cars, trucks and vans.
Was a neat design; many still running today.
A nit wit lawyer, trying to make a name for himself, tried to claim unsafe vehicle because the design was similar to European cars and unique.
I read the original book (first chapter) in high school library; even a teenager could tell it was rubbish.
Sad how a company so known for quality eventually had many engine problems while cheap Chevy V8s were so tough. The old big block caddy was a torque monster and tough.
With auto manufacturers suffering many are about to fold.
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It’s *Henry Leland* pronounced Lay Land, not LaLonde.
Image. Reliability. Resale. The product was viewed as an old man's car similar to Buick. Cadillac's reliability has been dismal. Witness the Northstar or CUE.
Resale was abhorrent on most Cadillac sedans when compared to other premium sedans. A used Lexus commands much more than a Cadillac. I could throw in the GM dealer experience. Anyone who has owned GM products understands.
Not really have a 2011 dts platinum with a Northstar get complements from newer ct6 cadillacs allday
1) Most young men couldn't afford a Cadillac brand new. 2) Cadillac's reliability only became bad when they deviated from their proper luxury car specifications and tried to become like a foreign car. 3) Luxury cars did not have great re-sale value because a used car is not a luxury. 4) Before Cadillac tried to become foreign-illac, Cadillac dealers gave superb service. Cadillac started losing ground BEFORE those unfortunate developments.
@@RageHP-RageHorsePower Anything 2000 and after is NOT a Cadillac. After GM's rebranding of the division into a 'Euro-sport' model, only the name Cadillac remained. It was not and still is not the luxury car it once was and was famous for. Most of those 'old men' to which the OP refers switched to Lincoln. Mostly Town Cars. The United States hasn't made a true luxury car since The Lincoln Town Car ceased production in 2011.
@@michaelbenardo5695 YOUNG men were never meant to be able to afford a Cadillac. While many people today call the traditional Cadillac an 'old man's car' and while many old men DID in fact drive them, it was not only for them. Cadillac was a status symbol for either wealthy people or for professionals who had 'made it' and therefore, many owners were middle aged. In fact, when I was a boy, most of the people I knew who had Cadillacs were in their 40's and 50's. I remember my uncle (by marriage) bought a 1973 Eldorado brand new and he was only 41 at the time. Come to think of it, the only 'old' man I knew back then who had one was his father. As I got older, I DID know a couple of old men and women who had them, but they also had them when they were younger.
Also I disagree with you on the resale value. The car itself is what was luxurious. Not the age of it or the fact that it was bought new or used. In fact, I knew a wealthy lady who bought a brand new Coupe DeVille every year. Always the same color. She had a deal set up at the dealership that every year come trade in time, a doctor would buy her old one. They were like showroom condition anyway and had perhaps only 5,000 miles on them when she traded them.
I really disagree with you about GM products. I've owned, if memory serves me correctly, 19 cars in my lifetime. All of them were GM's except for 4. Three were Lincoln Town Cars and one was a Jeep Grand Cherokee. The Jeep was a piece of junk which gave me problems starting on the second day of ownership (I bought it new). Two of the Lincolns were good but one gave me problems which could not be diagnosed and therefore, not fixed. All the GM's, mostly Cadillacs, had there issues but nothing major and nothing that could not be reasonably repaired. Did you ever hear the saying 'what's good for General Motors is good for the country?'
Cadillac magnetic glasses... what is this? What do you mean?
Drink glasses with magnetized bases.
@@jamesslick4790 I think those were only provided in the 1957-58 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham.
@@billolsen4360 Yep! That's true.
Cadillac will sell cars again when the customers embrace electric propulsion ... Now you know the problem...
The colonizer Cadillac had nothing to do with the company. You don't have to go into the history of Saturn or Chief Pontiac talk about those companies.
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Castrated man can't be popular among women. That what happened to the American Big Three.
Lee-land
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