失败量产车系列35——凯迪拉克Cimarron
上个世纪70年代，通用汽车在规划80年代的产品计划时，关于凯迪拉克的那部分就是打算开发一款比新一代Seville低一档的轿车，以此来加强对奔驰和宝马的竞争力。
于是在1981年，也就是在在第二代Seville问世的第二年，凯迪拉克就推出了基于GM J平台打造而来的Cimarron。
与顶级的Seville不同，Cimarron的外观造型相对传统了很多，没有Seville优雅线条，只有普通的三厢轿车结构。
1985年，Cimarron推出了改款车型，其中的变化在于车头大灯灯有所改动，进气格栅的样式有所改变。
Cimarron的中控台搭配的是银色饰板，同时堆上各种各样的豪华车配置，再搭配三幅式方向盘，看起来满满的豪华感。
Cimarron的车舱采用皮革材质包裹，同时又若干种皮革配色可供选择。
结束了对皮革配色的选择之后，你就可以得到属于自己的凯迪拉克豪华车了。
Cimarron的车身数据如下：
车长：4516mm
宽度：1684mm
车高：1372mm
轴距：2570mm
Cimarron的硬件配置如下：
发动机：
L46型1.8升直列四缸发动机
LQ5型2.0升直列四缸发动机
LB6型2.8升V6发动机
变速箱：4MY、5MT、3AT
驱动方式：前驱
Cimarron规划出来的时候，留的车辆开发时间并不长，这让凯迪拉克的应战得十分仓促，直接导致准备不足，所以Cimarron面对奔驰190E和宝马3系的时候一败涂地。
在文章的开头就提到，Cimarron是基于通用集团的GM J平台开发的，同平台的车型有四款，其中Cimarron跟雪佛兰Cavalier的零件共享率最高，相当于豪华精装版的Cavalier，而且价格还是Cavalier的两倍之多，而且hi质量也没好到哪里去。用现在的车型来比喻，相当于通用集团想要挑战C级和3系，就匆匆拉着雪佛兰迈锐宝的平台开发出了凯迪拉克CT4，两台车共用的部件还不少，而且CT4的价格还是迈锐宝的两倍之多，你看消费者会买凯迪拉克的账吗？
所以Cimarron的评价就不太好了：
The Truth of Cars将Cimarron命名为导致通用汽车垮台的“致命罪孽”之一，其中作者Paul·Niedermeyer 写道：“是的，好像有任何疑问，通用汽车真的用Cimarron超越了鲨鱼，它引领了通用汽车有史以来最灾难性的十年，即80年代。只有通用汽车才能拥有如此彻底的超大的狂妄自大认为它可以通过打扮骑士并将其典当成宝马战斗机而侥幸逃脱，甚至不触及发动机，除其他罪行外。Cimarron 从一开始就是一个哑巴。通用汽车设法愚弄了一些人第一年有 25000名买家，但此后销量稳步下降。它对凯迪拉克品牌造成的损害是无法估量的。但 Cimarron只是凯迪拉克在那些黑暗日子里经历的仪式自杀的众多伤口之一。（原文： The Truth About Cars named the Cimarron as one of the "deadly sins" that led to GM's downfall; author Paul Niedermeyer wrote of it, "Yes, as if there was ever any doubt, GM truly jumped the shark with the Cimarron, and it led the way for what was GM's most disastrous decade ever, the eighties. Only GM could have such utterly outsized hubris to think it could get away with dressing up a Cavalier and pawning it off as a BMW-fighter, without even touching the engine, among other sins. the Cimarron was a dud, from the get-go. GM managed to fool some 25k buyers the first year, but sales steadily drooped thereafter. The damage it did to the Cadillac brand was incalculable. But the Cimarron was just one of many wounds of the ritual suicide Cadillac was putting itself through during those dark days."）
汽车评论家Dan·Neil谈到Cimarron时说：“1980 年代，通用汽车的一切错误、贪污、懒惰和虚伪都体现在对凯迪拉克的好名声和优质客户的公然侮辱中。......这种临时性几乎被扼杀凯迪拉克，仍然是它最大的耻辱。”（原文：Automotive critic Dan Neil said of the Cimarron, "Everything that was wrong, venal, lazy and mendacious about GM in the 1980s was crystallized in this flagrant insult to the good name and fine customers of Cadillac. ... This bit of temporizing nearly killed Cadillac and remains its biggest shame.）
Autoblog写道：“这是一辆重新贴标的雪佛兰——那是一辆糟糕的雪佛兰——每个人都知道这一点。通用汽车公司的工程师被命令执行这项简短的工作，他们讨厌在这方面工作。我们被告知，有一些甚至早早地采取了退休以摆脱困境。”（原文： Autoblog wrote, "It was a rebadged Chevy – a bad Chevy at that – and everyone knew it. Engineers at GM who were ordered to carry out the brief hated working on it. A few, we are told, even took early retirement to get out of it."）
在《汽车暴行》中，埃里克·彼得斯写道：“在 1920 年代和 1930 年代，凯迪拉克是布加迪和劳斯莱斯的受人尊敬的同行，豪华车中的“世界标准”。到 1982 年，通用汽车的首屈一指的部门已经沦为典当雪佛兰骑士队，希望没有人会注意到 - 至少在买家的支票清算之前。”（原文：In Automotive Atrocities, Eric Peters wrote, "In the 1920s and 1930s, Cadillac was a respected peer of Bugatti and Rolls-Royce, the 'standard of the world' among luxury cars. By 1982, GM's premiere division had reduced itself to pawning off tarted-up Chevrolet Cavaliers, hoping no one would notice – at least until after the buyer's check cleared."）
福布斯将 Cimarron 列入“传奇汽车拖鞋”名单， ”引用销量低、性能差和汽车“不工作，来自豪华品牌的事实。”（原文：Forbes placed the Cimarron on its list of "Legendary Car Flops," citing low sales, poor performance and the fact the car "didn't work, coming from a luxury brand."）
CNN Money将 Cimarron 描述为“在所有重要方面，雪佛兰骑士。它还增加了数千的价格标签。总而言之，它既不是一辆好的凯迪拉克，也不是一个好的价值。今天，通用汽车的高管们会欣然承认这是一个坏主意。”（原文： CNN Money described the Cimarron as "in all important respects, a Chevrolet Cavalier. It also added thousands to the price tag. In all, it was neither a good Cadillac nor a good value. Today, GM executives will readily admit that this was a bad idea."）
Car and Driver一位后来的凯迪拉克产品总监说，他在墙上挂了一张 Cimarron 的照片，标题是“以免我们忘记”。（原文： Car and Driver said a subsequent Cadillac product director kept a picture of the Cimarron on his wall captioned, "Lest we forget."）
《 大众机械师》将 Cimarron 列为损害通用汽车声誉的10辆汽车之一，并称通用汽车试图将 Cimarron推销为宝马3系的国内替代品是“可悲的”，并表示“更小的想法并没有错。“ （原文：Popular Mechanics named the Cimarron as one of the 10 cars that damaged GM's reputation, describing GM's attempt to market the Cimarron as a domestic alternative to the BMW 3 Series as "pathetic": "There's nothing wrong with the idea of a smaller, more athletic Cadillac. But it was a terrible idea to rebadge the Chevrolet Cavalier and attempt to pawn it off as a true Cadillac. Not surprisingly, practically no one fell for it and the Cimarron never sold well."）
Cimarron被《时代》杂志列入“有史以来最糟糕的50辆汽车”名单之中。
在Car Talk中，Cimarron评为千禧年第8位最糟糕的汽车
在Autoblog中，Cimarron在“有史以来 20 辆最愚蠢的汽车”名单中排名第四。
1988年，随着Cimarron在加拿大市场停售，美国的凯迪拉克工厂也正式停止了它的生产。
