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1950 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe de Ville Cadillac Coupe de Ville badging. The name "DeVille" is derived from the French de la ville or de ville meaning "of the town". [1] In French coach building parlance, a coupé de ville, from the French couper (to cut) i.e. shorten or reduce, was a short four-wheeled closed carriage with an inside seat for two and an outside seat for the driver and this ...
1940 Cadillac Series 40-62 2-door convertible 1941 Cadillac Series 41-62 coupe 1941 Cadillac Series 41-62 4-door convertible. The Fisher-bodied Series 40-62 was the new entry level product for the 1940 model line and was upgraded with a low sleek "torpedo" style C-body with chrome window reveals, more slant in the windshield, and a curved rear window. [1]
This engine was designed under the leadership of Cadillac's chief engineer (1914–1917), Scottish-born D (D'Orsay) McCall White (1880 -), later a vice president of Cadillac. [2] Hired by Henry Leland for his V-engine expertise from his employment as chief engineer at Napier , and previously Daimler at Coventry, he was later to move to Nash ...
1957 Cadillac 60 Special 1958 Cadillac 60 Special 1958 Cadillac 60 Special rear. Cadillac introduced its first production four-door hardtop, the Sedan DeVille, in 1956. When Cadillac redesigned all of its standard models for 1957, the Sixty Special adopted the pillarless design as well.
1958 Cadillac Series 60S, 62, 70, 75 Fisher Fleetwood. All models were equipped with the 365 cu. in. (6.0L) V8; Series 60S Fleetwood – 133 in wheelbase; Series 62 – 129.5 in wheelbase; Eldorado – 129.5 in wheelbase 4 door option replaced with Special Coupe by special order only in limited quantities; Series 70 Eldorado Brougham – 126 in ...
1985 – 1993 Cadillac Deville; 1985 – 1990 Buick Electra; 1985 – 1996 Oldsmobile 98; 1987 – 1993 Oldsmobile Touring Sedan; 1987 – 1993 Cadillac Sixty Special; 1991 – 1996 Buick Park Avenue; GM's first fullsize FWD, transverse engine platform. 1958 Cadillac Series 75. D I: RWD: 1936: 1984: 1936 – 1984 Cadillac Commercial Chassis ...
A total of 304 Series 70 Eldorado Broughams were sold in 1958. 1958 was the last year for the domestic production of the handbuilt Series 70 Eldorado Brougham at Cadillac's Detroit factory, as future manufacturing of the special bodies was transferred to Pininfarina of Turin, Italy. It was relabeled the Series 6900 in 1959.
1991 was the final year for the eleventh-generation Eldorado. New this year was Cadillac's 4.9 liter port fuel injection V-8 engine with GM's 4T60-E electronically-controlled four-speed transmission. The Cadillac-exclusive "viscous converter clutch" provided smoother shifting under hard acceleration.