Cadillac loved to confuse buyers by using similar names for their cars. The Fleetwood and Fleetwood Sixty
Special were upscale front-wheel drive DeVilles; but the "Fleetwood" Brougham was a rear-wheel drive units.
Cadillac described the 1989 Fleetwood Sixty Special as a "luxuriously
equipped up-level sedan with all-new styling ...
[and] a unique and sumptuous seating package trimmed in ultrasoft
leather:" In line with the
de Ville and Fleetwood models, the Sixty Special (which was available in
five additional
colors, or 11 in all for 1989) had numerous new exterior sheet metal and
styling components.
It also had the larger trunk capacity and new comfort/convenience options.
A full-padded
vinyl roof was standard, as well as being listed as delete option. The
electroluminescent
wreath and crest sail panel ornamentation standard. The Sixty Special
interior featured a new
exclusive Giugiaro seat trim style with "Ultrasoft" leather available
in three colors. The
front seat now had a unique "Split-Frame" arrangement that allowed
independent vertical
adjustment of the lower cushion relative to the seat back. Wider headrests
were also used. The
front seat's electrically powered features now provided for triple-element
lumbar supports,
thigh supports, side bolsters, heated seat backs and cushions, headrests and
slide-out storage
drawer. The new center armrest used on the Fleetwood was also found on
the Sixty Special as
were the revised rear seats. The Sixty Special's front armrest opened to the
rear for rear seat
access. The rear seat center armrest had a storage compartment. Map
pockets were installed in
the front seatbacks. Added to the Fleetwood trim was an identification
plaque on the quarter
panel and glovebox.