cadillac stopped using the northstar engine in 2002.
cadillac stopped using the northstar engine in 2002.
what year did cadillac stop using the northstar engine?
2002
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the northstar engine is a family of high-performance 90° v engines produced by general motors between 1993 and 2011. regarded as gm's most technically complex engine, the original double overhead cam, four valve per cylinder, aluminum block/aluminum head v8 design was developed by oldsmobile r&d, but is most associated with cadillac's northstar series.









































displacing in its basic form, the direct family line transitioned to longitudinal and supercharged versions. variants were used at oldsmobile (as the aurora l47 v8 and "shortstar" lx5 v6), as well as in several top-end 2000s pontiacs and buicks.
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the engine was introduced in mid-1992 in the 1993 cadillac allanté, in 1996 the northstar became the standard engine on all cadillacs except the fleetwood, but is now phased out of all cadillac models. the northstar engine was used on all northstar equipped cadillac's while the deville concours, eldorado etc's and seville sts's and in 2000 the deville dts's were fitted with the version. the original northstar allanté also introduced the "northstar system" which included traction control, adaptive suspension, and antilock brakes. early northstar required premium grade gasoline to run safely.
northstar engine series