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MD Streeter's avatar

The car I drive right now is blue (although a far darker color) and the first car I bought in Japan was blue (lighter than my current one, but still a pretty deep blue). I love to see cars that are not grayscale, and that shade of blue is perfect for that Cadillac. I'm not even much of a brougham guy, but the white vinyl roof works, it is a beautiful machine. Like others have said, it is a shame they don't make them like this anymore.

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Wonderful car, even more wonderful story.

I've owned a 2020 Cadillac CT5-V for almost three years now. Black Raven with a Sedona Savauge (camel) leather interior. It's NOT much like a '75 DeVille, but there's still something special about the brand, no matter how hard GM tried to muck it up over the years. It wasn't even on my radar when I decided I was finally going to pull the trigger on a sports sedan, but when I stumbled onto it after being really underwhelmed by BMW/Audi/Mercedes, I found myself increasingly drawn to it. I even ended up blowing my budget by almost $10k to get the fully loaded model, stickering even more than this '75 in inflation-adjusted terms - but hey, I've got massaging seats and a power-adjustable steering column! As somebody who's typically swapped cars every two years, I still find myself excited to slide behind the wheel, even though I rarely exceed maybe 5/10ths of its abilities.

It also feels appropriate, both for me personally as an enthusiast and the car hobby in general, that this Cadillac is pretty much the end of the line both for Detroit sedans and internal-combustion performance. It's all electric crossover bullshit from here on out. I don't know how long I'll ultimately hold onto it, since life, uh, finds a way, but I'm glad I got to experience the end of an era.

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