Monday, October 22, 2012

Junkyard Find: 1997 Cadillac Catera

After not seeing a single Catera on the street for several years, I ran into this '98 Catera in a Denver wrecking yard over the winter. That's the last time I'll see one of those, I thought, but then a 24 Hours of LeMons team raced a Catera in South Carolina (as the ill-advised result of all my demands for a LeMons Catera). That Cadillac failed spectacularly, of course… and now here's another Catera in a Denver junkyard!
The only remnant of the "Caddy That Zigs" campaign that survives today is the simplified Cadillac emblem. You know, because kids these days don't have the attention span to take in a really complex emblem— they just like the ducks!
I prefer the version of Ziggy the Duck that was painted on the hood of the Team Douchebags That Zig race car.
This Catera made it to 139,347 miles, which comes to nearly 10,000 miles per year of life.
Because Broncos fans hate the Raiders, the Raider Nation decals on this no-doubt-imported-from-California Cadillac have been scratched out.
Where did GM find this leather that looks and feels so much like thick vinyl?
Car writers back in the late 1990s really wanted to like this car, but it just wasn't happening. Opel products (other than the Chevette) have just never done well in North America.

15 - 1997 Cadillac Catera Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 01 - 1997 Cadillac Catera Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 02 - 1997 Cadillac Catera Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 03 - 1997 Cadillac Catera Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 04 - 1997 Cadillac Catera Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 05 - 1997 Cadillac Catera Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 06 - 1997 Cadillac Catera Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 07 - 1997 Cadillac Catera Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 08 - 1997 Cadillac Catera Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 09 - 1997 Cadillac Catera Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 10 - 1997 Cadillac Catera Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 11 - 1997 Cadillac Catera Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 12 - 1997 Cadillac Catera Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 13 - 1997 Cadillac Catera Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 14 - 1997 Cadillac Catera Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 15 - 1998 Cadillac Catera Down On the Junkyard - Picture Courtesy of VWVortex.com IMG_4536

from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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