Cadillac Brougham

Cadillac Brougham
1990 - 1992 Cadillac Brougham
Overview
Manufacturer	Cadillac (General Motors)
Model years	1987–1992
Assembly	Arlington Assembly, United States Detroit Assembly, United States
Body and chassis
Class	Full-size luxury car
Body style	4-door notchback sedan
Layout	FR layout
Platform	D-body
Powertrain
Engine	5.0 L L02 V8 5.0 L Chevrolet V8 5.7 L L05/LLO V8
Transmission	4-speed TH-200-4R automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase	121.5 in (3,086 mm)
Length	221.0 in (5,613 mm)
Width	75.3 in (1,913 mm)
Height	1985–89: 56.7 in (1,440 mm) 1990–92: 57.4 in (1,458 mm)
Curb weight	4,300–4,500 lb (2,000–2,000 kg)
Chronology
Predecessor	Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
Successor	Cadillac Fleetwood

The Cadillac Brougham is a line of luxury cars manufactured by Cadillac from the 1987 through 1992 model years; it was previously sold from 1980 to 1986 as the Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. The optional "d'Elegance" trim package introduced during the Fleetwood era remained available.

The model received a major facelift in 1990.

Originally used for a single horse drawn enclosed carriage for 2-4 people, the “Brougham” owes its name to British statesman, Henry Brougham.Cadillac first used the name in 1916 to designate an enclosed 5-7 passenger sedan body style. In the thirties, the name was given to a formal body style with open chauffeur compartment and enclosed rear quarters, metal roof and often "razor-edged" styling. When Cadillac started offering Fleetwood bodies on some of its cars in 1925, the Brougham body style was Fleetwood bodied every year with the exception of 1926. After 1937 the Brougham name was not applied to any Cadillac for the remainder of the pre-World War II period.

The Brougham name would eventually reappear on the 1955 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham show car which preceded the 4-door Eldorado Brougham hardtops of the 1957 to 1960 model years. The 1957 Cadillac Series 70 Eldorado Brougham joined the Sixty Special and the Series 75 as the only Cadillac models with Fleetwood bodies although Fleetwood script or crests did not appear anywhere on the exterior of the car, and so this would also mark the first time in 20 years that a Fleetwood bodied car was paired with the Brougham name.

After a five-year absence the Brougham name reappeared as an option package on the 1965 Cadillac Sixty Special. The following year the Brougham moved up to becoming a subseries of the Fleetwood Sixty Special. This continued through 1970. Starting in 1971 the Sixty Special was only available as the well equipped Fleetwood Sixty Special Brougham. When the Sixty Special Series was retired in 1977, the Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham took its place as Cadillac's most luxurious owner-driven large sedan model through 1986.