My '92 Sedan deVille

Pros: Elegant, Quick, Luxurious, American, Classy, Higher MPG for a large sedan, Very Reliable, Great Engine/ Transmission combo, a big car that doesnt feel like a very big car, it handles pretty good too, lots of interior/ trunk space, HUGE backseat, there is a much higher build quality in this car over my old 1995 Roadmaster.
Cons: Tough to work on engine, no performance parts/ market, the interior "wood trim" is fake, needs premium gasoline, 4.9's are known for a main bearing knock, and mine has it, the "granny car" image is hard to overcome, (but is worth it!!!) and my biggest pet peeve: the damn gas tank is too small, they should have had the 20 or 21 gallon tank in.

Interior: The interior really reminds me of a car from the '70's, very wide, flat horizontal dash with a horizontal 85mph speedometer. The lack of guages is kinda wierd and it's got about 16 idiot lights surrounding the speedometer, a digital fuel guage and a Fuel Data Center, that tells you: instant MPG (0-70) Avg MPG (17.2) Range and fuel used. Now theres a bit of error between the fuel guage and the fuel used. for example: the fuel guage says 6 gallons remaining, and the Fuel Used shows 9 gallons used. That's the biggest problem with this car.
The seats are a throwback to the classic, american cars, very very soft and comfortable, but the drawback is they dont hold you in well during hard corners. the front armrest opens and has dual cupholders, cd/cassette storage and a change holder.
The Electonic Climate Control is really nice, always keeps it's set temp, but the odd thing is you can't decide where the air is going to blow out of, like the dash, floor, windshield, mix or what have you. your options are econ, auto, defrost or rear defrost, and they have rear ac/ heat vents that enable the people in the rear seats to change direction of air.
GREAT CLASSICAL AMERICAN INTERIOR!

Exterior: In my opinion, this is the best looking cadillac of all time. It's very conservativly designed, its somewhat reminiscent of the 80-92 Brougham but its smaller and more modern. Starting from the front, I love the Grilles on the 91-93 fullsize front drive caddies. Bold, muscular, yet refined, my favorite grille on any caddy ever. The hood has a bit of a dome to it. and when you're driving the car, you see the whole hood, which i really like, it's not hard at all to park this car, and you have headlight monitors on the fenders for the blinkers/headlights/highbeams, and to tell where the sides end. The profile of the car is very classy. it's kind of interesting to note that the rear doors are longer than the front doors. wierd.
I love the rear of the car, its really it's most classical exterior part. the taillights are throwbacks to the late 60's and early '70s with the tall thin taillights. i think they're the best tailights on the road today.
All the wheels available on the 1992 deVilles are great in their own way. i have the optional 40 spoke alloy wheels. I want to get the 12 spoke standard alloy wheels because i think they look classier.

Performance/ Engine
It's 200hp 4.9 liter Port Fuel Injected V8 provides enough power to get this car rolling.0-60 is 7.93 and this is with 113600 miles on it. So by any means this car is pretty quick, especially considering this is a 13 year old luxury sedan with "only" 200hp compared to the 260hp LT1 350 my old car had, that car was about 6/10's of a second quicker to 60 but the 1/4 mile is about the same. I love how unassuming this car is, people think that all non northstar cadillacs are slow but this one isn't. very very quick, no not quick like a Impala SS or any other big powerful cars with over 260hp but it's still quick all things considered. This car has TONS of low end torque, soo easy to pass/ or bolt across intersections, burnout. You almost never have to go more than half throttle and i almost never do. because all that happens when you do is you burn one tire up and the car will always pull to the left, which is why manufacturers dont really do high powered front wheel drive cars, and when you do you put in a helical limited slip differential. It's funny to note that while im sure this car has no problem passing on a two lane highway, i just feel that it's not gonna pass as quick as my old LT1 Roadmaster would, but im sure it would be very comparable, my biggest pet peeve about this motor, is theres very few performance mods for it. It's tranny is a definite plus, very smooth shifting, reliable, quick to downshift, but under W.O.T. it shifts kinda firm which is very cool. 1st gear under full throttle goes to 45 and 2nd goes to about 75-80 and beyond that i dont know, anyone who says that GM can't make a good tranny needs to drive a 4.9, 4T60-E. The ride is very Cadillacy, i.e. boaty, you hit a bump and it floats for a second, but thats the way it should be, but yet it's not afraid to go down a curvy road where the signs say you should drive around 35mph in a 55, i go about 45-50 and i'm not afraid, theres some body roll but this corners WAY better than my old roadmaster, even thought the deVille is FWD. There is a bit of wind noise above 55 mph, it's due to the windows being recessed, but other than that it's silent, deceptivly silent. It gets about the best mileage you will ever get out of a V8, i get about 16-17 MPG city and around 25 highway, my Roadmaster got 13/22 and the other car i looked at was a 1993 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight which would have gotten 19/28 with a 3.8 Liter V6.

Trouble Spots: It could go through front tires quickly, the 4.9 has a main bearing knock problem, and my 4.9 leaks coolant through the block. :(

Overall. If you can, then you must experience a true Cadillac. Looks, power (could have more though, i would like to have about 250hp or a 0-60 time of about 7.2) its extremely comfortable in the american way,reliablilty can't be beat, cops wont look at you in a caddy, timeless styling, car will make it to 200k miles with normal care/maitenance. rides excellent, handles decently well, just enough technology, great to drive, the fact that you will own the "pride of GM" and the pride of your street, i get 2-3 compliments on my car per week, and the car is a great cruise-mobile, its fun to drive, not like a porsche is but in it's own way.

A good, pretty reliable, pretty powerful Cadillac

I used to have a '89 sedan de' ville. I kno what ur talkin about. Only thing tho, I had the 4.5l V-8. That thing was a beast!! I still cant get over the build quality of the car, I mean from the first time I shut the door till the last time I did, it always felt solid...no rattles. Yea, that design when they extended the rear end for '89 IMO were some of the best designs, besides the new shit.

Just had to put down our 93 Deville, but we still have our 89 and it is a trooper. Bought a 95 Roadmaster, and it looks like it is going to be a fine car. I am going to miss some of the bells and whistles on the 93, but I do like the control on the air flow on the climate control. Always bugges me on the Cad that every time I changed from Econ to Auto or Defrost I had to hit the outside temp button! I will miss the fuel computer, but to tell you the truth, I'd rather not know my MPG anymore!

The Buick has a temp gauge, which is nice.

I still love those big GM sedans. Wish they would build them again.

I have an 88 Sedan Deville that i bought when i got my first job...it was a great car for me being 17 and beating the hell out of it. I have 3 Lincolns that i maintain now so i have the Caddie parked...But i still go outside and start it up and it fires up everytime.