I hardly ever see any Cadillac Cateras. What gives?

[TommyVercetti]

I think I saw that car just one time last year. Did they stop making it? Maybe it's not popular in the Houston area. If a car was this unpopular, why is Cadillac still making it?

 

[BDawg]

Didn't they get rid of the Catera in favor of the CTS?

 

[zimu]

never even heard of the car...

 

[Quixfire]

They sucked, the LS and the BMW 3-series were/are better cars.

 

[tnitsuj]

They were terrible cars. Not quite as bad as say the Cadillac Cimmeron..but close.

 

[vi edit]

Rebadged Opel. Didn't go over well.

You can pick them up for a song now though 🙂 Like $10k will get you a lower milage one in excellent shape.

 

[tnitsuj]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Rebadged Opel. Didn't go over well.

You can pick them up for a song now though 🙂 Like $10k will get you a lower milage one in excellent shape.

I think they put crappier interiors in them than they did in Europe. Rental car plastics everywhere.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

There are 13 Cateras listed on Ebay. They were advertized as turning like a cat.

 

[thraxes]

Originally posted by: tnitsuj

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Rebadged Opel. Didn't go over well.

You can pick them up for a song now though 🙂 Like $10k will get you a lower milage one in excellent shape.

I think they put crappier interiors in them than they did in Europe. Rental car plastics everywhere.

Yep, they did... and it sucked real bad. I know this cause I live next to the factory that made them. 😉

 

[Jeff7181]

Very very bad cars... I had the opportunity to drive one that my dad brought home from the dealship one night... sloppy sloppy sloppy transmission... even for a Cadillac.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

A friend's father had one, and had MAJOR mechanical problems with it. It was indeed the spiritual successor to the Cimarron (which I regard as maybe the most embarrassing GM car ever built, and certainly the most shameless abuse of the Cadillac nameplate).

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: tnitsuj
They were terrible cars. Not quite as bad as say the Cadillac Cimmeron..but close.

That car cracked me up. Nothing more than a Chevrolet Cavalier with a "glitzy" interior and a V-6 engine. 🙂

 

[tnitsuj]

Originally posted by: Tiles2Tech

Originally posted by: tnitsuj
They were terrible cars. Not quite as bad as say the Cadillac Cimmeron..but close.

That car cracked me up. Nothing more than a Chevrolet Cavalier with a "glitzy" interior and a V-6 engine. 🙂

GM was smoking crack right up until about now. Maybe some of thier 12 new models this year will redeem them. That commercial with the cars and the tractor trailor is very very cool.

 

[AMCRambler]

Coincidentally, I saw one on my way to work this morning. I remember it because when I saw the Cadillac emblem on the front of what looked like one of the larger Saturn sedans I said what the he|| is that? Then I remembered, oh yeah it must be a Catera. Definitely not a Cadillac in my book.