1996 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham from North America - Comments

I'm in love with my "new" Cadillac Fleetwood (1995)!!!

It always makes me feel good to go for a ride.

I'm never replacing It (her) for any thing!!!

It's the best ride E V E R!!!

Highly recommended.

I have a 1993 Fleetwood with 335,000 miles on it. Sure I replaced the engine at 197,000 but it was the easiest choice I ever made. This car is what Cadillac was all about. There has never been a finer car made in America, Ever. I have owned Coupe Devilles, Sedan DeVilles, Eldorados, and have several Fleetwoods in my family. I was ver upset when Caddy stopped making this car. Unfortunately nothing they offer now really looks like a Cadillac. I think the town car now is the only way to go if you want a comfortable ride. Just go to the airport and look at the limos, there all Towncar stretches now. GM deserves their financial plight. They made some terrible decisions and did not listen to their return customers at all. They continue to upset their loyal customers now by making you buy generic parts from overseas to repair these models and charging higher prices for parts that are not exact fit It's really terrible what they have done with the company.

Now that the popularity of SUV's are waning steadily, we just might see a return to the traditional American full-sized sedan which once dominated the highways and by-ways. They are more fuel efficient, but still will hold a family of six. I have always loved big cars and it is sad that there are fewer and fewer of them made each year in favor of all the "me too mid-size" Toyota and Honda sedans that are just not for me at all. Even the American cars grow smaller and blander all the time.

I am a big Caddy fan and have always admired the Fleetwood. The demise of the Fleetwood stems from the fact that Americans don't buy American cars anymore. When asked, the excuse is usually "foreign cars are better built". I don't subscribe to this. If properly maintained, any car, foreign or domestic will last forever. American cars lost brand loyalty of their customers to foreign cars during the 80's and today, most Americans under 40 wouldn't consider purchasing an American car. If they can afford a Cadillac, they purchase a BMW or Mercedes. If they can't afford a Cadillac, they purchase a Toyota or a Honda. That's the reality of the situation. It's a shame.

My beef with American automakers is that they don't change the body styles often enough. They built the exact same model without even changing the trim a bit. Why would anyone pay top dollar for the brand new model when the exact same car has been produced for the past 7 consecutive years? A good example was the '80-'92 Fleetwood.

I am absolutely in love with my 1996 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD BROUGHAM. My other car is a 1990 CADILLAC FLEETWOOD BROUGHAM.

All I can say that they both have proven to be very reliable cars & are an absolute pleasure to ride with PRIDE. On many occasions, I have been asked by total strangers if I were willing to sell my cars, & my answer always has been a very polite no - that's my baby.

I take great care of my Caddies with tender loving care & they have never let me down. They have never landed behind a tow truck, nor have I ever gotten a flat on the road. They both are real beauties.

Going across country in these cars gives me ROYAL comfort.

It is very stupid that this cars which were the Pride of America have been discontinued by GM.

I have a 1996 fleetwood brougham with 173,000 miles and never a wrench has turned an engine bolt. 25.4 mpg on regular, highway, (4600 lbs). I might be buried in it instead of a casket. I love me some 96 cadillac.

Bought a '95 Fleetwood not long ago. Got 125K on the clock and still runs strong enough. My only complaint about this car is that it has a minor oil leak that I just can't seem to pinpoint. Also, it sometimes flutters during acceleration between 40-60 mph. My mechanic has made 2 repairs, but the leak still remains. All in all this is a pleasure to own and drive. I get great gas mileage and I do a lot of freeway driving, usually averaging somewhere around 75 MPH. If anyone has any info on where my leak may be, please drop me a line at whistle76tbird@aol.com. Thanks.

The oil level sensor is a common source of leaks.

Hello,

I wrote the original entry on the 1996 Brougham and I still own this car. I have since had to replace the engine due to problems with the exhaust manifold bolts. Both rear bolts broke off and were going to require the heads to be removed to have them machined out. I opted to replace the entire engine with a lower mileage one instead. I don't really mind though seeing that the car now has 155K! This still has been a great car for me. I have replaced minor things such as the A/C condenser and coolant expansion tank as well as the rear air shocks but NOTHING out of the ordinary for such an old car. I work with delinquent adolescents and they love this car. I believe that GM made a huge mistake thinking that they could target a younger population by scrapping the panache that the REAL Caddy's had. I'm only 26 myself and LOVE this car!!! This car still turns heads and I'm going to drive it till it dies. Thank you everyone for your comments. I check up on this site periodically to see if anyone else has the "Cadillac" disease I do.

I've seen a few Fleetwoods and I think that they are cool certainly better looking than SUV's. You can still get Large Sedans in Australasia (not as big as the Fleetwood but in the neighborhood) like the Holden Statesman/Caprice + HSV Senator/ Grange (the performance versions of the Statesman/Caprice) and used Ford Fairlane/LTD's (production stopped at the end of the 2007 model year) the LTD is 5.1M long compared to the Fleetwoods 5.7, I plan to buy a Fleetwood sometime.