Cadillac Allante
The Cadillac Allanté was Cadillac's first effort to enter the ultra-luxury roadster market and was sold between 1987 and 1993. Its initial price of $54,000 was far higher than any other contemporary Cadillac, similar to today's Cadillac XLR convertible roadster at around $70,000. Only 21,000 Allantés were built.
Development and production
Originally called "Callisto", the Allanté was designed to restore Cadillac's standing against the Mercedes-Benz 560SL. Its powertrain and chassis were taken from the Eldorado while other components were borrowed from the Buick Reatta, Riviera, and Oldsmobile Toronado. The chassis was produced in Detroit, then shipped to Italy so that Pininfarina (Ferrari's designer) could mount the body. Afterwards, the cars were loaded back on the planes and flown back to the Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly plant in Michigan for completion, earned Allanté the nicknames "The Flying Italian Cadillac" and "the world's longest assembly line".
The car has had several appearances in films, such as Tango & Cash, Cadillac Man, Terminal Velocity, Lethal Weapon 3, "Rocky V". It also served as the pace car for the 1992 Indianapolis 500, and JR Ewing drove an Allanté in Dallas.
Specifications
The car was powered by a fuel-injected 4.1L HT-4100 V8, coupled to an independent strut-based suspension system at both front and rear, and four-wheel disc brakes.
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