20th Dec 2020, 22:31
I’m sorry but I’m not really following the point of your comment... this is a thread about the 1977 Seville... you appear to be talking about several other things and saying nothing.
23rd Dec 2020, 16:32
You will get over it. Guess seating comfort comparisons and the demise of new full size sedans by domestic manufacturers were over your head. I only had a 70 Fleetwood, what would I know?
23rd Dec 2020, 23:01
What a lot of people don’t understand or know about the old full size Cadillacs, including Lincoln’s, is that their seats used to have actual springs inside of them that acted like a second suspension for the passengers. I am not sure when both companies removed the springs in the seats and just went with foam padding, but I believe for Cadillac, they removed the springs after 76 or sometime in the 80’s. Lincoln’s last, most comfortable seats with springs was probably 1979.
Seating comfort had a huge impact on the ride quality at the time. This made a world of difference too. Compared to a modern car or anything brand new today at the moment, nothing compares to the old seats in the big Cadillacs and Lincoln’s. They were in a realm of their own. You could literally drive hundreds of miles in complete comfort without any part of your body hurting. Unlike today, the rock hard, stiff seats that are in all modern cars are definitely not nearly as comfortable or as soothing to drive. Friends of mine that have rode in my classics Cadillacs and Lincoln’s, all say how absolutely comfortable they are to ride in and that they are the most comfortable, relaxing cars they’ve ever been in.
20th Dec 2020, 14:38
All domestic sedans are pretty much over now. Not as popular automakers lose money. The shift is crossovers and larger. More profit and popular with families. The best seats ever I found were the optional electric 18 way seats in my Porsche. I have driven the Macan crossover - very comfortable. I owned a Cadillac Fleetwood years ago. Much of the comfort being the long wheelbase, weight and smooth ride. And then the seats were well made. A factor too is how heavy they must be. Hurts gas mileage putting in a new Cadillac.