Kind of a finacially-weaponized spin on the Marshall Plan.

There’s no way China won’t make sure this gets completed. At a price, of course.

Yes, that would be part of the whole point.

Oh BOY are you missing the point. China isn’t losing a thing here.

The Seville was a VERY big deal. It was really Cadillac’s first acknowledgement that Mercedes and BMW were infringing on their turf (the Seville was termed “International-sized” in press releases of the time). And Bill Mitchell did a pretty good job of translating Cadillac styling cues to a smaller platform. In fact,…

That intermediate body came about 6 years later, on a completely different platform. The “formal” (read: upright) roofline had proven popular, starting with the Seville. Ironically, that intermediate body had originally been rolled out with a fastback style that proved enormously unpopular and had to be quickly…

Oh no, I wouldn’t take the vinyl roof off this one. But I remember it looked much nicer when it came without from the factory. I recall there were cleaner wheel options, too.

Yeah, you could go either way with it. I loved these old cruisers but I could lose the wire wheel covers and the vinyl roof.

Mitchell retired from GM in ‘77, but before he left he also oversaw the new downsized A/B bodies (probably GM’s most significant 70s design) and the front-drive E-body luxury cars that included the bustle-back ‘80 Seville.

Oddly, this isn’t even my favorite ‘70s Caddy (I still have a thing for the new-gen ‘79 Eldo). I also dislike the wire wheel covers on this particular example but I wouldn’t buy this to mod, it’s a legit collectible.

That’s a charitable characterization, at best. In many cases attempts to diversify have been token efforts for the sake of PR, though I’ll grant that’s changing.

The Versailles was a shameless ripoff that was as obviously badge-engineered as the Cimarron would be.

This was a significant car. Granted, there are a lot of them out there and that dilutes the collectability but there’s a lot of affection for these Sevilles.

COMPLETELY different cars on a completely different platform. If anything, the Seville was the first car to indicate GM’s styling direction for the next two decades. It’s an unquestionably significant car.

The reason it looks indistinct to you is that GM wound up copying this basic shape later on. When it was introduced it was a breath of fresh air. And aside from the rare late Eldo convertibles arguably the most collectible Caddy of the ‘70s.

You say that like it’s a bad thing.

Categorically wrong. Cadillac’s first attempt at moving down in size and upmarket. This has more collectible value than most ‘70s Caddys.

This was unquestionably the most significant car Cadillac produced during the ‘70s, however low that bar might be. There has been a collectible market for them almost from the beginning. It was a huge sales success. Even with it’s lowly Nova-based platform the stylists did a great job of translating traditional Caddy…

This car may not look especially distinctive, but as part of Mazda’s abortive Amati effort and the technical distinction of the engine, I think it’s got some potential as a collectible. This one is in really nice shape. NP for me, too.

We’ll assume that all of the seller’s claims are fully documented, just for the sake of argument, and given that it’s a reasonable price. Not nutso cheap, but fair.