1990 Cadillac Seville STS from North America - Comments

Starter went bad at 98,000.

Hood Struts are bad, I got a 2x4 to prop the hood open.

Front bottoms of Leather seats are showing their age.

This car is a cream puff. The exterior is near perfect. The pearl white paint is in absolutely perfect shape. Not even a single ding. I bought it off an older gentlemen, old people always take good care of their cars. (especially Caddys). The interior is also near mint, except for the seats.

For those who don't know, this is the short, stubby, boxy, body style. It's a little smaller than an Accord. Combine this with a honking V-8, and you have a seriously fast machine.

This car is the special edition STS Seville, which Cadillac made very few of for this year. I have yet to see another 1990 STS driving around in Nashville. STS means Seville touring sedan. This car has the tight suspension, bigger wheels, wider speed rated tires, and different gear ratios.

All of this leads to an extremely fun car to drive. The previous owner had replaced the shocks, and the handling is simply amazing. I drove the newer STS and it doesn't handle nearly as well as this one. This comes at the penalty of a stiff ride (for a Caddy), but its worth it.

The interior is quite unusual. It has a full length console, running through the back seat. So it only seats four. Mine was tan inside and had real rosewood on the doors, consel, and dash. There's enough wood to look like a Rolls. It was also amazingly quiet, until you put your foot into it. My biggest complaint was the digital gages. You only have a digital speedometer and gas gage facing you, the rest are in a digital readout down near the shifter.

If you can find one in good condition with low miles (a near impossible task), take it. It's a good deal and an absolute blast to drive.

Alas, I sold my STS this spring. I got the itch for speed and wanted something RWD, so I got a Camaro Z-28.

I agree completely, I own a black Seville STS and have bought my second one in white. My new one was 85,000 miles on it, is in perfect condition and still performs as if it were new. The black STS has over 180,000 miles on it and despite some obvious wear and tear can still perform almost as well as the white one. Prices to buy one are very reasonable so if you find one I suggest you buy it before I do.

The Solution to the front seats is leather shoe cream that is the color of the upholstery. Our Seville is silver with the dark blue interior and had nasty white/grey looking cracks in the lower seats. Used navy blue shoe cream on them, the cracks are no longer off color and it looks 100% better.

Great comments about the STS - very accurate and informative. I recently purchased one with a little over 140K and I have yet to see another in the Nashville area, too. Despite some cosmetic and operating problems I still LOVE it! It's a really powerful car that runs and looks great.

I recently purchased a 1990 sts. I previously had an 1990 standard seville (until amco transmission wrecked it on a test drive) I am thrilled to death with the performance of these vehicles. I purchased my 1990 sts from a mechanic for $700.00. Aside from the interior that needs attention, it looks and drives like a dream. I didn't have the heart to tell the mechanic that only a little over 1800 1990 sts where produced:) It even came with a new magna flow exhaust system, brand new tires, cd player, moonroof, and all the bells and whistles work fine! The magna flow exhaust makes the car feel like driving a muscle car. It's a blast to drive!!

If you can find one a good one, buy it:)