Tuesday, September 9, 2025

1990 Cadillac Brougham


After Cadillac dubbed a new full-size transverse-engined front-wheel-drive model the "Fleetwood" for 1985, they tried to keep calling the old RWD car the "Fleetwood Brougham", but two completely different cars with the same name was too confusing, so the old body-on-frame car... so important to the coach trade ...lost the prefix and became just the Brougham in 1987.

The year on this Cotillion White example is sussed by noting the grille, the Premier Vinyl Roof, and the bumper treatment. The '87-'88 had crosshatched grilles, with the vertical slats appearing for '89. The Premier Vinyl Roof, which included surrounds around the rear opera windows, showed up as an option in '88 and became standard in '90. The body-colored aero bumper treatment showed up as part of a light 1990 restyle, a response to the redesigned Lincoln Town Car.

Other cues are the one-piece composite headlamps and the front seat seatbelt anchors mounted on the door frames.


For 1990 buyers could opt for a L05 Chevrolet 5.7L throttle-body injected V-8 making 175 horsepower, but the decklid badge indicates this one has the base 5.0L Chevy with a Rochester Quadrajet carburetor, rated at 140 SAE net ponies.

This one was snapped in September of 2025 using a Canon EOS R and an RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS zoom lens.

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1990 Cadillac Brougham

After Cadillac dubbed a new full-size transverse-engined front-wheel-drive model the " Fleetwood " for 1985, they tried to keep ca...