Vehicle
Cadillac Eldorado
The two-door Seville, on the same K-body and the same Northstar V8, and the last of Cadillac's personal luxury coupés. Almost everything that decides a diagnosis on it decides one on the Seville and DeVille of the same year — the head-bolt thread pull, the 4T80-E transaxle, the road-sensing suspension — so the deeper documentation for those cars applies here directly. What is specific to it is body and trim: the coupe's rear quarter glass and its unique door hardware are the parts nobody stocks.
Generations
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Tenth generation 1992–2002
Sold as Eldorado, ETC (Touring Coupe) and ESC. Northstar from 1993; the base 4.9 V8 lasted only into 1995.
- Body styles
- Coupé
- Platform
- GM K-body
- Engines
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- 4.9 V8 — L26 · petrol · 149 kW (200 hp) · 373 Nm (275 lb-ft) · 1992-1995 base
- 4.6 Northstar V8 — LD8 · petrol · 205 kW (275 hp) · 407 Nm (300 lb-ft)
- 4.6 Northstar V8 high-output — L37 · petrol · 224 kW (300 hp) · 400 Nm (295 lb-ft) · ETC
- Transmissions
- 4-speed 4T60-E automatic · 4-speed 4T80-E automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive
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