1987-93 Cadillac Allante: The Italian Job

摘要

The Roger Smith era at General Motors is remembered as a terribly troubled time of wrenching corporate reorganization, product downsizing, look-alike styling, and uncompetitive quality in the face of strengthening foreign competition. It was still early in Smith’s tenure as chairman and chief executive officer—which began in 1981— when Cadillac decided it needed a top-of-the-line two-seater. It would be a high-tech, high-style, high-price, but low-volume “halo” car intended to boost the image of a Cadillac line that was shrinking and becoming less distinctive.