Cadillac Allanté
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Motor Trend, huhtikuu 1988, s. 81-88; Nerad, Jack R.: "Cadillac Allanté, The comeback kid".
All in all, despite some niggling little fit-and-finish problems (undoubtedly familiar to owners of Italian cars) and a price that might give prospective buyers pause (if not palsy), we think the Allanté is a winner. Cartainly, it has gotten off to a slow start in sales, but remember the Corvette didn`t exactly set the sales Charts ablaze in its first year, either. We think the `88 Allanté is far better than last year`s model, and we`re convinced that it puts Cadillac on the road back to prominence.
Testiauton hinta oli 56 533 dollaria, eli inflaatiolaskimella 135 582 vuoden 2022 dollaria. Moottori oli GM:n elektronisella polttoaineen ruiskutuksella varustettu, 170 hv (SAE net) 4 087 cm³ l. 250 kuutiotuuman alumiinilohkolla ja kansilla varustettu HT4100-V8, mikä oli asennettu autoon poikittain (etuveto), ja jonka vaihteisto oli 4-vaihteinen automaattivaihteisto. Suoritusarvot olivat 0-60 mph 9,47 sekunnissa ja 0-400m 17,21 sekunnissa loppunopeudella 80,8 mph. Levyjarruilla ja lukkiutumattomilla Bosch ABS III-jarruilla pysähdys 60-0 mph vei 150 ft. Kaarreajossa Allanté saavutti 0,79 g sivuttaisvoiman. 83,2 litran polttoainesäiliö salli 563 km toimintamatkan.
Automobile Magazine, lokakuu 1989, s. 59; Davies, David E.: New Cars `90, The View from Ann Arbor (Cadillac).
To those of you who didn`t buy an Allanté last year (Cadillac is still selling only half of what it could produce), this car simply keeps getting better. The news this year is traction control, and Cadillac claims to be the first with traction control on a front-wheel-drive production car.

Using the same wheel-speed sensors that work with the anti-lock brake system, the Allanté `s traction control computer records wheelspin and applies the brakes accordingly. When more than one wheel spins, the system will allow only ten percent slippage. If the system is in effect for three seconds, the engine begins to shut down, one cylinder at a time, up to four.
Cadillac has also improved the Allanté `s speed-dependent damping system introduced last year, recalibraring the struts to allow a softer, more isolated ride for a longer period. The settings now shift from the comfort mode to normal at 40 mph and from normal to firm at 60 mph. Also, the Allanté (as well as the Eldo and Seville) has what Cadillac calls a "direct-acting front stabilizer shaft" - in essence, Cadillac has redesigned its existing anti-roll bar to attach at the strut instead of on the control arm, to yield the same roll rate with a lighter bar. The rubber bushings at the ends of the bar have also been replaced with ball joints to improve steering response.
In 1990, the 4,5-liter V8 continues to deliver 200 horsepower and 270 pounds-feet of torque, thanks to a unique transmission and a specifically tuned low-restriction exhaust system. The Allanté `s steering wheel is now smaller in diameter and thicker in section, with thumb rests added where the spokes should be.A CD is now part of the standard package, and champagne metallic is the latest exterior color choice. That leaves a cellular phone as the sole Allanté cost option.''
Road & Track, maaliskuu 1988, sivut 52-59; R&T toimitus: Buick Reatta and Cadillac Allanté (GM:n erikoiscoupét vertailussa).
So, to summarize: Judged on the basis of being cars - things to let you go places and do things, in comfort - the new Reatta and its corporate sibling Allanté are very good. They ride nicely, have more than enough power for any legal puropoae, steer and stop predictably and so forth. The worry here is that these aren`t supposed to be just cars. They are supposed to go beyond that, just as their prices go beyond what anybody needs to pay for a way to drive to school or shop or office. These are supposed to be superior machines and superior statements, and they are merely nice cars.
We`re thankful that their design teams avoided overdoing things the wrong way, as in any of those horrible things festooned with gold plate and fake landau bars. But in doing that, they missed overdoing things the right way, the way Mercedes and Ferrari overdo things by giving the buyers more power, more speed, more something than they`ll use. Even the rich need to know they could succumb to temptation if they chose to.