GTC #51 SOLVED: 1979/1990 Cadillac Courier by Maidment based on Seville

[nicanary]

Jaguar based?

[Djetset]

Jaguar based?

No.

[bsa]

Made in the UK, but was it meant to look like an American car?

[Djetset]

It's in an American neo-retro style, but I think it's trying to look like a pre-war Mercedes!

[bsa]

"neo retro", implying this wasn't made in 30-40, but much newer? Guessing 80s-90s?

[Djetset]

"neo retro", implying this wasn't made in 30-40, but much newer? Guessing 80s-90s?

Yes, it's post-war, but slightly earlier than the 1980s-90s.

[bsa]

but I think it's trying to look like a pre-war Mercedes!

Does it have any Merc parts perchance?

[Djetset]

No Mercedes parts to my knowledge.

[jotage21]

If I´m not wrong it´s made in the former Yugoslavia

[Djetset]

If I´m not wrong it´s made in the former Yugoslavia

No former Yugoslavian connections as far as I know.

[bsa]

It's in an American neo-retro style, but I think it's trying to look like a pre-war Mercedes!

So part of the name of this new-classic has an American car brand?

[neilshouse]

This is the Courier Cadillac based on a 1978 Cadillac Seville. Built in Haverhill, Suffolk England by a group of local businesses in the late 1980s as a prototype for a possible production model. It's inspiration was a 500K Mercedes.

I have just read a book about the design and build of the car.

[Djetset]

Well done, you've got it, and I didn't know about the book, which looks interesting. The car is currently for sale. Another point to you.

[pnegyesi]

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