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Replaced Water pump, hoses, belts, brakes and alternator. Very little else besides routine maintenance.
This has been a great little luxury car. A very solid, comfortable vehicle with great acceleration and crisp handling. Though derived from the Chevy Cavalier (another great car), the Cimmaron has many exclusive Cadillac touches such as sumptuous leather seating, leather wrapped steering wheel, distinctive Cadillac grille and taillights, factory alloy wheels and deluxe dash. This car is destined to become a highly sought after classic.
First, never use the words "Mercedes" and "Cimarron" in the same sentence.
At least the reviewer acknowledges that the Cimarron was "derived from" the Cavalier--yeah, it had Cadillac touches in the steering wheel, dash and taillight design... but it was still a J-car: a fwd economy car.
The prediction that the Cimarron will become a "highly sought after classic" is so laughable that it needs no rebuttal. The only ones who will be seeking this car would be those who want to remind Cadillac of this embarrassment.
Maybe someday Michael Moore will make a "documentary" about it.
Cimarron a highly sought after collectable???!!!
It's a Cavalier with a fancy grille, fancy tail-lights,
a gussied up dash, steering wheel and flukey interior.
And there you have it.. GM's answer to Mercedes!!!
It was a poorly built, cheap unrefined econo-box wearing formal attire from the day the first one rolled off the assembly line. The Cimarron will never be collectable, nor will it be highly sought after. Not unless someone opens a museum for autmaker's biggest follies. Then it would have a place amongst the Vegas, Pacers and Alliances.
I surely hope this review was somebody's idea of a joke.
Oh, I almost forgot. The Chevy Cavalier is a mediocre car at best. It is cheap, cheap, cheap! It was never a "great" car. Calling the Cavalier a "great car" is almost scary.
I happen to agree with this reviewer that the Cavalier is a great car. They are affordable, very reliable, easy to work on, and the parts are cheap. I have seen them routlinely go 200K+ miles, including one of my previous Cavaliers. I drive a Cavalier now in fact, and can emphatically say, it is not a Mercedes...thank God!! If you feel you need to be seen in a Mercedes, go right ahead and buy one... spend your life's savings on it if the ego trip is that important to you. I could buy ten of them, but I wouldn't be caught dead in one. I do not believe in throwing hard earned money away. You sound a little like Micheal Moore yourself with your own ranting and raving.
You lost all credibility, when you used the words "Cavalier" and "great car" in the same sentence.
That's just beyond absurd.
Cavaliers going 200k miles?
Are they being towed by Camrys and Accords?
Wow, you've definitely made your decision on Cavaliers it appears. Go out and buy a Camary or Accord if it makes you happy. They were reliable cars for many years, there is no denying that. I do not have too much experience with the new Accords, but I would like to genuinely caution you that I do have somewhat extensive personal/direct experience with multiple late model Toyotas that have been highly problematic. There was a judgment against Toyota for several of their '96 - 98 models (including Camary) with faulty emissions equipment. There are also well documented problems with faulty head gaskets causing engine sludge, leading to early engine failure. More recently, the Toyota Tundra models have been having internal engine problems, and suspension problems arising from faulty engineering. With several of these problems, the cars can not pass inspection, placing an extreme hardship on their owners.
You are quick to bash the Cavalier, from what I believe are laregely preconceived notions about American cars. However, I really do not think you have had any personal experience with Cavaliers. I have in fact had personal experience with multiple Cavaliers going 200+ thousand miles, one of which was in my own family, and others owned by friends of mine.
American cars have had their problems in the past, and it was in fact models like the Camary and Accord that made the American auto industry do some needed soul searching, and once again make quality a priority. Now it may in fact be the Japanese car companies (Toyota in particular) who are relying too much on their reputation, and letting their quality slip.
You say I lose my credibility by calling the Cavalier a great car, as if the Cavalier being a bad car is some kind of unquestioned doctrine in the automotive world. Believe it or not, not everybody agrees with you. Take a look at the Cavalier reviews and you will see that I am not alone in liking that car. I even have my own review up their if you want to take a guess which one it is. I can assure you, we are not all suckers.
Please go out and buy whatever car makes you happy. The important thing however (and this applies not only to car buying), is that you are objective, and think for yourself when you make decisions. Again, I very strongly suspect your comments have come from preconceived-notions/bias you have acquired, that really have no basis with fact. From my own experiences, I really believe I have enough experience with cars to make that statement.
This is a great site that should not be used for reviewers to accost each other. I did not take your comments as such, and would like you to please know that I mean no offense by what I have written. I just wanted to speak up, as is the purpose of this site, when I believe a car I like and know to be a good model, is being unfairly maligned.
I recently purchased a 1984 cimarron and wow... that was quite possibly one of the worst investments I ever made. There were so many problems with this thing it made me sick, first the choke went, constant overheating, no pick up, the alternator failed, the motor mounts were rotted out, and I won't even get started on the electrical problems.
The part that really bugged me was the fact that there was not a thing wrong with the body, and at first glance the engine seemed to be spotlessly perfect. the previous owner told me that he had babied this car it's whole life. so as I was saying, I was extremely bothered by all the "hidden defects" that came out in this car.
So in short... cimarrons are absolute junk, if anyone is thinking about buying one of these, I would strongly reccomend them not to... I don't know how anybody can think a car with a 1.2L engine can have any sort of pickup.
I love cadillac, but this car was a real kick in the pants.
Lives guys! Get some! If this reviewer likes his (or her) Cimarron, more power! As for the Cimarron, it's not like Cadillac hadn't borrowed an econo-box before. I'm old enough to remember how seasoned Cadillac watchers clucked when the "new" 1975 Seville came out. "Why," they said, "That thing is based on the NOVA!" And the Caddy that Zigs? It's an Opel.
The nice thing about America (and other free countries) is our ability to agree to disagree. If you love your Cimarrons I say more power to you!
I'm no GM fan, but I'm interested in oddball cars that didn't make it. People bash Cadillac for using a Cavalier to build the Cimarron, but you never hear anybody bash Toyota for doing the exact same thing with the Lexus ES 250,which was a Camry with a different grill, taillights and leather interior. It was also a failure. A car company has to share platforms in order to make a profit. Volkswagen seems to be the master of this at the present time. Most car companies are getting the hang of it these days.
I had a Buick Skyhawk, another spinoff of a Cavalier, and have this to say:I was never stranded, it always got me from point A to B, but never let me forget I was in a cheaply built and engineered car.
Joe from Ace Auto Salvage just called- He's looking for some of those "Highly sought after collectibles" to fill some holes in his yard.
I have a 84 cimmaron with 50,000 miles and it has had a few minor problems, but with gas the cost it is I drive this car every day instead of a 96 lincoln town car or 99 honda accord. the worst thing about it right now is the rust on the lower parts of the doors and the power windows on the driver side don't work, but they work on the passenger sides and the air will run you out it gets so cold, it has been reliabel this summer only needing an alternator and that is because the previous alternator was a piece of junk.
I have owned an 87 Cimarron for 7 years now. I have not really had any major problems with it. My car has around 200K miles on it and it still has plenty of power. Maybe the earlier Cimarron’s were not so hot, but the later ones with the 2.8L were great.
The cimarron is the worst car ever.
OK, there might be worse american cars.
How is the Cimarron bad? The Cimarron seems to get a bad rep just because it was a rebadged Cavalier, which I think is absolutely ridiculous.