From what i've heard Cadillac Catera's are unreliabile. why are they unreliabile?

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Cadillac Catera

Answer 1

The Cadillac Catera is based on one of General Motors foreign car companies. Opel is a European Car Company owned by GM.
Opels do not generally come up to the luxury standards people expect from a luxury brand, so what Cadillac ended up with was a substandard car that people had high expectations of.

A couple decades prior, Cadillac tried the same thing during the oil/gas crisis of the 70's & 80's, marketing the Cadillac Cimmeron, which was based on the Chevy Cavelier. Leather, gadgets, and sound proofing do not make a piece of junk a luxury car.

The Catera is a nice car, and as reliable as any Opel product.
The problem is that such cars are hybrids, borrowing parts of one to make another.

Answer 2

The Catera was a rebadged Opel from Europe if I recall. It was not unreliable per say, it's just that it was a cheap Caddy. Many people who bought them treated them like crap as a disposable car. The 2nd answer is not true about American cars not lasting over 100K miles. Look at Ebay at any time and you'll see tons of cars up for auction that have 200K or miles. It's all about how a car is taken care of. The Catera is no different. It's just hard to find one that has been beaten to death from some terd who thought he would be cool in the hood under the false claim that he/she was somebody who owned a real Caddy. Get my point?

Answer 3

Because they are electrical system nightmares. A cosmetically engineered German Opel phucked up when Cadillac modified it to meet USA standards and only gave builders 1 minite to lay electrical system

Answer 4

because it is made by an American company.

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Answer 5

all cadillacs have very bad crash test ratings. if you wreck that thing it will crush like a tin can! besides, all newer american cars are junk, they barely ever last much past 100,000 miles.