The Cadillac DeVille is the nameplate used by Cadillac over eight generations, originally used to designate a trim level of the 1949 Cadillac Series 62 and later designate a standalone model in the brand range. The last model marketed specifically as a DeVille was the 2005 full-size sedan, at the time, Cadillac’s largest model.

For 2006, the DeVille nameplate was retired, when the model line was carried forward with minor revisions as the Cadillac DTS, using a nomenclature adopted by the Cadillac STS and CTS.

In 1970, a facelift included a grille with 13 vertical blades set against a delicately cross-hatched rectangular opening. The bright metal headlamp surrounds were bordered with body color to give it a more refined look. Narrow vertical “vee” taillights were seen again, but now had additional smaller V-shaped bottom lenses pointing downward below the bumper. Wheel discs and winged crest fender tip emblems were new. Exterior distinctions came from a DeVille script above the rear end of the belt was a body color border around the edge of the vinyl top covering, when this option was ordered. The 1970 model year was both the last year that DeVille offered a convertible body style and for pillared sedans until hardtops were permanently dropped in 1977. A total of 181,719 DeVille’s were sold for that model year, accounting for 76% of all Cadillacs.