• All Cadillac models offered the year previous were carried over to 1998.
• The all-new 1998 Seville, not available until December 1997, was designed to lead Cadillac into the “global” market, with exports to 40 countries
• Both left-hand and right-hand drive versions were built at Cadillac's Detroit Hamtramck assembly facility.
• StabiliTrak was now offered on all front-drive Cadillacs.
• The Catera joined the rest of the lineup in offering the Onstar communcations system as optional equipment

I D DATA

The 1998 Cadillac had a 17-symbol vehicle identification number (VIN) stamped on a metal tag attached to the upper left surface of the cowl visible through the windshield. The code was as follows:

POSITION	DIGIT	MEANING
1	1 or 4	manufacturing country (United States)
2	G	General Motors
3	6	Cadillac
4 & 5	car line series	V/R Catera E/L Eldorado E/T Eldorado Touring K/D DeVille K/E d'Elegance K/F Concours K/S Seville (SLS) K/Y Seville (STS)
6	the body style:	1 two-door coupe 2 two-door 3 two-door convertible 4 two-door station wagon 5 four-door sedan 6 four-door 8 four-door station wagon
7	the restraint code	2 active (manual) belts w/dual frontal airbags 4 active (manual) belts w/dual frontal and side airbags
8	the engine	Y LD8 4.6L V-8 9 L37 4.6L V-8 R L81 3.0L V-6
9	check digit	-
10	model year	W = 1998
11	the assembly plant	-
12-17	the production sequence number	-

HISTORY

Cadillac's model year production totaled 162,715 compared with 159,820 the year previous (this figure does not include imported Cateras).

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