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Runabout / Tonneau [n1 1] 1902 1908 9 The first automobile produced by Cadillac: Model D: 1905 1905 1 Model Thirty: 1909 1911 1 V8 Type 51: 1915 1923 1 Full-size luxury car: Type V-63: 1924 1930 C-body: 1 Full-size luxury car: V-16: 1930 1940 D-body: 2 Full-size luxury sedan, coupe, convertible and limousine: V-12: 1930 1937 D-body: 2
Each model year added the year prefix to the series (37-60 and 38-60) in the number hierarchy used at the time. It was replaced by the Series 39-61 in 1939, but a model that was derived from it, the Sixty Special or 60S, continued off and on through 1993. The Series 60 was the brainchild of new Cadillac manager, Nicholas Dreystadt.
General Motors of Canada had built Cadillacs from 1923 until 1936 and LaSalles from 1927 until 1935. [13] Pre-World War II Cadillacs were well-built, powerful, mass-produced luxury cars aimed at an upper-class market. In the 1930s, Cadillac added cars with V12 and V16 engines to their range, many of which were fitted with custom coach-built ...
Sam Ezell pulls open a creaky garage door and shines light on an artifact hidden for 35 years: a 1927 Cadillac fit for a president’s ride, as red as Santa’s sleigh and twice as long, rolling ...
The Cadillac Model Thirty was an American automobile introduced in December 1909 by the Cadillac Division of General Motors, and sold through 1911. It was the company's only model for those years and was based on the 1907 Model G. The 1912 Model 1912, 1913 Model 1913, and 1914 Model 1914 were similar, but used larger engines.
The Newport served as a two-year, one-off vehicle in the '40s and '50s, then as an entry-level sedan and wagon in 1961. Then, 50 years ago, it was transformed into an absolute boat of a vehicle ...
The Cadillac V8, introduced as the Type 51, is a large, luxurious automobile that was introduced in September 1914 by Cadillac as a 1915 model. [3] [4] [2] It was Cadillac's first V8 automobile, replacing the four-cylinder Model 30, and used the all new GM A platform for the entire series shared with all GM division brands using a 122 in (3,099 mm) wheelbase, while a 145 in (3,683 mm) chassis ...
[1] In 1940 the one year only Series 72 was introduced as a less expensive companion to the Series 75. 1940 was the final year for the optional side mounts. Sealed beam headlights were standard equipment. The engine manifold was set at five degrees to the engine to cancel the rearward tilt of the engine and give balanced distribution. [1]