New Car Profile of the 2004 Cadillac DeVille Full-Size Luxury Sedan
Description: Full-Size Luxury Sedan
Base MSRP Range: $45,100-$50,250
Invoice Price Range: $41,267-$45,979
The name traces back half a century in Cadillac culture, but current issues of Cadillac's flagship sedan stock high-tech innovations of a contemporary vehicle with electronic controls and computer-managed mechanical systems to improve vehicle stability and safety, visibility, communications, even passenger comfort.
Three versions continue with a base DeVille stocking fabric seat upholstery on a bench-style front seat split in 40/20/40 sections with fold-down center armrest. The DeVille High Luxury Sedan (DHS) contains the same seat but piles on comfort and convenience items, while DeVille Touring Sedan (DTS) installs front buckets clad in leather. Powertrains are the NorthStar 4.6-liter V8 tuned to 275 hp in DeVille and DHS but 300 hp in DTS.
Heated and cooled front seats and a heated steering wheel are now standard for DHS and DTS yet available on DeVille. The base car also gains options like Night Vision thermal-imaging. A new armored edition of DeVille -- offered in standard length and a model with eight-inch wheelbase extension -- has advanced features like ballistic steel and glass, run-flat wheel and tire system and a self-sealing fuel tank.
