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Hello, I am listing this Italian car for a friend. He asked me to list it because he does not drive it anymore. It started life in California and has been kept in a garage while in Missouri, so it has never seen any road salt. It has a dependable northstar engine, Michelin Symmetry tires with approx. 80-90% tread, and has had proper maintenance. Over the years some regular up-keep repairs have been done to the car including a new rear window seal, apholstery repairs, the hinges on the convertible top have been replaced, new driverside power window motor, and power window controls on driver side and passenger side. The only known problems are that there is a CD stuck in the CD player, the passenger side vanity mirror has a broken hinge, the passenger mirror buttons do not work, the molding above the windshield has 2 cracks in it, and one of the taillights has a small crack (see pic). These are minor problems and would be easy to fix if desired. The A/C is in working order. It has full gauges including a tachometer. Please inquire by email, buyer is responsible for delivery arrangements.
Why buy Allente?
You will be driving one of the most unique automobile of its time, and without a doubt, it stands up to any sports car to date. You will be impressed when others may say to you, “ Is this the new Cadillac” or “ I did not know this was a Cadillac”
Cadillac had launched the front-drive Allante for the 1987 model year, to plenty of fanfare, as the company's most expensive model. Body and interior design for Cadillac's first 2-seat model was created by Pininfarina, in Italy, but the V8/automatic drivetrain was strictly American. Bodies were produced at a facility near Turin, Italy, then loaded onto special jet planes and flown to Detroit. Once there, driveline and underbody components were installed. Allante was a full convertible, with integral folding soft top and detachable aluminum hardtop. Aluminum was used for the hood and trunk lid while the unit body/frame structure employed galvanized steel. The Allante's wheelbase measured 8.4 inches shorter than an Eldorado's, but the 2-seater shared its basic fully independent suspension. An all-disc power brake system with Bosch antilocking was standard. Initial Allantes had used a 4.1-liter V8 engine and 4-speed automatic transmission. By 1990, a 200-horsepower, 4.5-liter V8 was the motive source, also with automatic only. Traction control was new for 1990, using sensors for the antilock brakes to detect wheel slip during acceleration or steady cruising. When either front wheel began to slip, the system applied braking force to that wheel. If both front wheels were slipping, enough braking action was applied on both sides to optimize traction. A driver's airbag went into the 1990 models, and electronically controlled shock absorbers were retuned to improve ride quality. The standard sound system now included both a cassette and a CD player. Primary rival was the Mercedes-Benz 560SL, also a 2-seater.
Year to Year Changes
1991 Cadillac Allante: The standard Delco-Bose Gold Series sound system earned an upgrade to 200-watt output this year. Under the hood, Cadillac switched to platinum-tipped spark plug for long life. A new second-generation speed-dependent damping system was supposed to provide shorter reaction times to adjust suspension firmness, based on vehicle speed.
1992 Cadillac Allante: Virtually no change was evident in the 1992 Allantes.
1993 Cadillac Allante: Major changes went beneath the hood of the 1993 model, which went on sale in January 1992. Cadillac installed its 4.6-liter Northstar V8 engine, which also went into the '93 Eldorado and Seville. The new dual-overhead-cam V8 made 95 more horsepower than its overhead-valve predecessor and drove a new electronically controlled 4-speed automatic transmission. A new traction control system could simultaneously apply the brakes or shut down engine cylinders, to minimize front-tire spin. It worked at any speed. Previous traction control had acted upon braking only, and was inactive above about 30 mph. A new Road Sensing Suspension had sensors at each wheel, to "read" the road by measuring wheel position and body motion, automatically adjusting suspension damping. The system reacted in fractions of a second and replaced a simpler Speed Dependent Damping system that switched among three firmness settings according to vehicle speed. The rear suspension was redesigned and new all-season tires were rated to 155 mph. Also new were one-piece door glass, redesigned seats, an eight-speaker audio system, and a new console module with a dual fold-out cupholder. Despite the many improvements, Cadillac's 2-seater faded away after the '93 model year.
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