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The Cadillac Cimarron is a compact luxury car that was manufactured by Cadillac for the model years 1982-1988. As a rebadged variant of General Motors' J-cars, the Cimarron was manufactured alongside the Chevrolet Cavalier, Buick Skyhawk, Oldsmobile Firenza, and Pontiac J2000, 2000 and Sunbird at GM's South Gate Assembly and Janesville Assembly plants. Total Cimarron production was 132,499 units. ==Development== Starting in 1976 GM began developing the J-body, an economy car platform intended to be shared across all its passenger car divisions.〔Yates, Brock: ''The Decline and Fall of the American Automobile Industry'', p. 24. Empire Books, 1983.〕 It had a 101.2 in (2,570 mm) wheelbase, torsion beam rear suspension, and standard 4-cylinder engine. The unibody's front subframe carried a MacPherson strut front suspension and transverse engine/transmission unit. Although Cadillac had planned to introduce the Cimarron later in the 1980s, it was rushed into production early as a counter for a wave of popular similarly sized luxury European imports at the insistence of Cadillac dealers.〔Yates, p. 71.〕 The result was a small, slow car whose generic economy car roots were obvious.〔 Pete Estes, GM's president at the time, warned Ed Kennard, Cadillac's general manager: The name was selected from a list of seven finalists, including J2000 (later used on the Pontiac), Carmel, Cascade, Caville (similar to Seville and DeVille), Envoy, and Series 62, with a preference for an initial "c".〔Witzenburg, Gary. "The Name Game", ''Motor Trend'', 4/84, p. 86.〕 Cimarron topped the list in favorable reaction, though ironically, it evoked economy, while Caville suggested the opposite.〔Witzenburg, p. 86.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cadillac Cimarron」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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