1989 Cadillac Allante Convertible

The Cadillac Allante, originally designed under the code name 'Callisto', was intended to restore the company to its position as a premium luxury automobile builder. The 4.1-liter V8 engine was shared with other Cadillacs across the line, but when specified to the Allante, several changes were made. Unlike Buick's Reatta, which shared powertrain and underpinnings from the Riviera and the Oldsmobile Toronado, Cadillac used very little from the Seville and Eldorado for Allante. Pininfarina was tasked with designing and building the bodies. The completed bodies were shipped 3,300 miles from Italy in specially equipped Boeing 747s, 56 at a time, to Cadillac's Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly plant. The bodies were then mated to the chassis.

The Allante was also chosen to pace the 1992 76th Indy 500 Indianapolis 500 race. The pace car was driven by Bobby Unser. The race winner turned out to be his nephew Al Unser Jr and his brother Al Unser Sr. came in third. There were just three modified 1993 Allante Pace Cars that had only seat belts, lighted roll bar, and air intake modified from a stock production Allante. Those three Allante Pace cars were provided for the race. 30 stock 1993 Allante's were used as Festival/Pack cars and 58 stock 1992 Allante Festival/Pace cars were used by drivers and crews at the opening parade and the closing of the race.