1993 Cadillac Allanté Test Drive - Throwback Thursday
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- This is a car that got off to a good sales start start in 1987, until it rained and leaking soft tops soiled and spoiled the party.
It was simply rushed to market too soon.
By the time it was a good car Mercedes had 500 SL with a one button power top.
Over to you Graeme.
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(The segment originally aired on Motoring TV 1993 Episode #5)
Cool car. Very very pleasant program and narrator is competent
I had a '88 it was a really unique vehicle ill treasure my memories if only for a few years, quite special indeed...
Well represented sir !!
i will never forget the Bundy bounce!
America’s only 2 seater roadster? Ever hear of this car that was around for 40 years the Corvette?
I agree . Roadster is a misname . A roadster traditionally didnt have glass roll up windows. The allante was really jist a 2 door convertible, which is really what the corvette was. Caddy tryimg to distingush themselves.
Vette is a sports car not a roadster. The miata is a roadster…
@@sirloin4372 A Roadster is an open top automobile with 2 seats which is ALL Allante's. Only some corvettes are open top automobiles.
@@davidknotts7164 Well then he was right....& u were as well.
Allante is a 5 passenger car with rear seat removed... Ford and AMC also had cars like that...
Wonder if he would have praised the nothstar knowing they had a ticking time bomb in them being the head bolts.
That beauty of an engine took around 8 litres of oil to run.. she was a thirsty girl.
Liters or quarts?
@@jakeabernathy1537 quarts
Imperial liters or quarts?
An American car reviewed by an Australian in Canada (0:54 - speed limit on the yellow board is in km/h). At 3:54 the reviewer mentions fuel consumption in l/100 km
He’s got a UK accent
Lol! Graham does nothing but complain.. And all His Pet Peeves are things Car Enthusiasts Love!
He also said 20 miles per gallon
belleza italiana
Soon as I get My Finances where I want them I’m gonna buy one of these, Weld the Hardtop to make a True Coupe, paint It Black & drop an ATS-V 3.6 Twin Turbo. Oh yeah with a Borla Exhaust!🤞🏽
Why not keep the northstar and get the cam and tune package from northstar performance. Then port and polish the heads and new custom exhaust and you are at 450 hp
Nicee! i like this car! and the engine make the base for GM compact V8 for de next 20 years!
a-lan-tee hahahaha
NS is one of the best engines in the world. SMH
In their defense, out of the box it was a great engine. When Northstar came out almost every review talked about Cadillac finally getting an engine to compete with Lexus and MB. Issues (And there were some big ones) usually didn't show up until the fourth or fifth year of ownership. And then it was hit and miss.
Unfortunately, if you owned one that had dealt with heat issues or the owner didn't have maintenance done on time. Or preferably earlier. You were screwed.
They did make a kit that fixed the Northstar's problems. But it cost $4-$5K, had to have the engine removed to install by a professional (Not a DIY job), and subsequently rarely installed.
@@christopherconard2831 Good points, all true. They were initially smooth and powerful engines, and the show producers had no way of knowing the underlying problems at the time. With that said, I probably still wouldn't buy one that's had the stud repair kit upgrade.
Automotriz de alta costura
22 Gal tank x $2.77 (93 Octn NY 2020 price) = $60.95 Per Fill up. Livin’ the ‘llac life
Alanti, huh?
I would love to own this car, but due to the fact that parts are very hard to get, I have to pass. SMH
Parts are a lot easier then you think join one of the clubs and parts are easy to find the 93 yiu can get some of the parts off the shelf as GM used lot of mechanicals across the Cadillac line.
“Allante” means “beautiful piece of shit” in Italian
It's funny to watch this video 27 yrs later and know the worst part of this car was the NorthStar engine that plaqued GM because of its cylinder head failure. If the engine swap was easy, I'd love to buy one and swap the engine. Still a stylish car
Nope. HT series was way worse than Northstar. Northstar was in production for 18 model years and made up to 469hp with a 100,000mi warranty. Not bad at all.
Shahab Siahpoosh
You don’t know shit. I’ve owned 3 Cadillacs with Northstars and they’ve all been reliable.
Just get one that did not have the North Star it was only available for one-year- only the final year
Or you know you could just buy a 87-92 model with the different engine lol 😂
Typical GM wanna be failure. Admittedly, however, a very good looking car and it would be the inspirational basis of the Cadillac look for years to follow. The desire to compete with the likes of Jaguar and Mercedes, but not having the wherewithal to do it right, (commitment and quality). Over priced and under engineered. Close to 60 K a copy, and it had a manual top??? And by the end, which was decided in late '91, just as is GM's way, once they "started" to get it ironed out, they cancelled the program. Complete with cheap interior appointments. and Front Wheel Drive........... Really ??? ,....in a sportscar. And yes, the N/S engine?? What a joke !!! It was prone to leaking oil and head failures, requiring a substantial cost to correct. Sad....like so many other tries.....just another write off for the company.
You sound like a winey little girl complaining why didn't you help GM make it better ..
damn average looking
This car was like 60 grand in 1992. What a hunky of trash for that much money
whatever!! says the guy that never owned one.
@@jakeabernathy1537
Agreed
Mustang pfp 🤡🤡
Even at $60K GM still lost money on them. But it was probably intended as a halo car from the beginning.