Cadillac Seville — K-body (third generation) (1986–1991)
Wikipedia's Seville article gives this generation as a transverse-engine, front-wheel-drive four-door sedan on the K-body platform, built at Detroit/Hamtramck, with production figures for each model year 1986 to 1991 and a Seville Touring Sedan (STS) trim added for 1988. The NICB manuals print the car line Seville in the 1986 to 1991 tables and Seville Touring Sedan in the 1990 and 1991 tables (the OCR text is garbled). No GM order guide, data book, Heritage kit or RPO list for this Seville is in the archive, so only three codes are listed, all from the Wikipedia Seville article, which is one source (with its engine article). Every row is single-source. Two readings are left out: the LW2 code, which the Seville table gives for the 180 hp 4.5L V8 of 1990 but the engine article ties to the 200 hp Allanté version (no code is printed for the 180 hp engine), and the FE2 touring suspension, which Wikipedia dates only through the STS trim contents. No source read ties a transmission, axle, paint, interior or accessory code to this Seville with a year.
Codes
Engines
| Code | Description | Years | Models/Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT8 | Engine, 4.1L V8, HT4100 | 1986–1987 | Wikipedia's engine table for this generation lists the LT8 HT4100 V8 at 130 hp for 1986–1987; its engine article (one source with the Seville article) lists the Seville under this engine; the Eldorado, Riviera and Toronado share the platform but no sibling source prints the code for these years | single-source |
| L26 | Engine, 4.9L V8, HT4900, sequential fuel injection | 1991 | Wikipedia's engine table lists the L26 HT4900 SFI V8 at 200 hp for 1991; the same article's text says the V8 grew to 4.9L for 1991 with a 4T60E transmission | single-source |
Packages & Trims
| Code | Description | Years | Models/Notes | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YP6 | Seville Touring Sedan, Limited Edition | 1989 | Wikipedia says the first production STSs for 1989 were sold as a Limited Edition with option code YP6; no other source read prints the code | single-source |
Sources
Factory documents (T1)
No Cadillac factory document for the 1986–1991 Seville is in docs/factory-docs/ or docs/heritage-ocr/, and the brief lists no Heritage kit; no row cites a factory page.
Other sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Seville — third-generation section: platform, assembly, STS, YP6, FE2, production figures and engine table (retrieved 2026-11-05 as wikitext, action=raw)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_High_Technology_engine — engine article for the LT8, 4.5 and L26 applications (retrieved 2026-11-05 as wikitext; with the Seville article it counts as one source)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Eldorado — read for the sibling's engine list, which names no codes for 1986–1991 (retrieved 2026-11-05; not cited by any row)
- https://decoderpo.com/pages/L/2 — T3 GM-wide code dictionary, read for the L2x block; it prints no vehicle or year, so it supports no row (retrieved 2026-11-05)
- NICB Passenger Vehicle Identification Manual, GM sections (T4):
docs/reference/nicb/nicb1986-gm.txtp. 39 throughnicb1991-gm.txtp. 36 — Seville car-line names (the OCR text is garbled)