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I’ve covered them before, but I have always loved the K-body Cadillac Sevilles. Classy, with tidy dimensions, yet oozing with luxury and style … what’s not to like? I’m not sure when I really started zeroing in on these cars and appreciating them, but I think it may have been the classic Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown. I remember seeing Robert Forster’s Innsbruck Blue ’76 Seville and thinking, “Nice car!” It so fit his character’s personality, too. (That movie also made me love the Delfonics, but I’ll try to stay on topic today.)
The Seville made its debut in 1976 as an ultra-luxurious, smaller Cadillac. It was basically fully equipped, with standard features that were optional on even Fleetwood Broughams, generally considered the top “owner-driven” Cadillac.
Sales were quite good considering its price, and 43,772 were sold in 1976. For 1977, Sevilles received several changes both visually and mechanically, but overall the look was the same. The most noticeable new change for ’77 was a new grille with vertical bars and a chrome header, replacing the lower, eggcrate-style version of the ’76.
Other new features included amber parking and turn signal lamps, an available “slick top” with no vinyl roof covering (a no-charge option), and four-wheel disc brakes, replacing the ’76’s front disc/rear drum setup. As the 1977 Seville brochure extolled, “Seville is a unique American luxury car. International in size. Timeless in styling. Engineered to be one of the finest production cars built anywhere in the world.
“Seville represents a new dimension in luxury car driving. For impressive maneuverability and easier parking, Seville is about 18 inches shorter than the full-size Cadillacs. Yet Seville is designed for interior roominess and comfort.
“It might just be the best performing luxury car you’ve ever driven.”
As in 1976, a fuel-injected 350-cubic-inch V-8 remained under the hood, backed by the indestructible Turbo Hydra-matic automatic transmission.
Dover cloth was standard, and available in a selection of colors that would boggle the mind of folks contemplating choices on supposed “luxury” vehicles of the 2026 model year. Interior choices in 1977 included Claret, Black, Light Gray, Dark Blue, Medium Sage Green, Light Yellow-Gold, Light Buckskin, and Medium Saffron. A White interior was also available in leather only.
And that was just the interiors. Today’s featured Seville is a bit drab, in your author’s opinion, in Georgian Silver with black leather and a black vinyl roof. But Bill Mitchell’s ‘sheer’ styling still makes for a handsome car.
I think of all the amazing leather and fabric colors available that year, and think, “Well, someone wanted a subtle color, I guess!” The silver would have really popped with a red, dark blue, or white interior, though.
Five optional Firemist colors were Desert Rose, Cerulean Blue, Thyme Green, Buckskin, Frost Orange, and Damson Plum. I’ve previously written up a ’77 Eldorado Biarritz in Frost Orange, and saw a Buckskin Firemist ’77 Eldo at the Cadillac and La Salle Club Grand National in 2015.
No matter what color combination you chose, the ’77 Seville retailed for $13,359. Among other new features for the year was a scan button on the radio, allowing a six-second preview of a station before moving on to the next one on the band.
Curb weight was 4192 pounds. Overall length was 204 inches even, with a 114.3-inch wheelbase. 45,060 were built. All Sevilles featured an Ashton cloth headliner, which was only shared with the Fleetwood Limousines.
However, a different material was installed if Sevilles were ordered with the white Sierra grain leather interior. This interesting tidbit was found in the Cadillac and La Salle Club’s recent book on 1970–79 Cadillacs, which I am slowly parsing through. It’s a great reference, full of interesting info for Cadillac nuts like your author.
Our featured car was spotted at an undisclosed location while I was driving home from the office one evening. I later went back when my friend Jayson Coombes was visiting, and we both took multiple photos of this survivor. Not sure what its story is, but it was pretty well preserved. Too bad it wasn’t in a Klockau Lust-Worthy color combo, like navy blue, burgundy, or green. But it was still pretty!
