| 1941 Cadillac Series 62, seen at a Classics Rally at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, in June 2003. Picture taken by Adrian Pingstone and released to the public domain. This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its creator, Arpingstone. This applies worldwide. File history Legend: (cur...
| | Cadillac Series 62 | | Manufacturer: | GM redirects here. For other uses, see GM (disambiguation). General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is a United States-based automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Daewoo, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Oldsmobile, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab, and Vauxhall. Chevrolet and GMC divisions produce...
General Motors | | Production: | 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 6 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 - Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress. January 19 - British troops attack Italian...
1941– 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. January 3 - Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President. January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the...
1964 | | Predecessor: | The Series 70 (models 70 and 75) was Cadillacs full-size V8-powered car from the 1930s through 1950s. It replaced the 1935 355-D as the companys mainstream car just as the much less-expensive Series 60 was introduced. The Series 80 (models 80 and 85) were...
Cadillac Series 70 | | Successor: | In 1965 Cadillac renamed the entry-level Cadillac Series 62 the Calais, after the French resort town of Calais. It was available in 2 and 4-door hardtop versions as well as the formal-roof 4-door sedan, which was a hybrid with frameless, hardtop-like windows, but with a...
Cadillac Calais | | Class: | Midsize A luxury car is a relatively expensive car. They are sometimes targets of special taxes. In contrast to a sports car, economy car or utility vehicle, luxury cars place more emphasis on comfort, appearance, and amenities than on performance, economy, or utility. See also: Limousine Acura Audi BMW Cadillac Infiniti...
luxury car | | Generation I | | Production: | 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 6 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 - Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress. January 19 - British troops attack Italian...
1941– 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - World War II: The word United Nations is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 - World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. The Japanese Admiral stays in...
1942 | | Body Styles: | In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. This layout is typically chosen for its simple design and weight...
FR 2-door 1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupe (or coupé) is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. The style is generally used for sportier models in a manufacturers range. In the 19th century, a coupé was a carriage with two doors enclosing seating for...
club coupe
In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. This layout is typically chosen for its simple design and weight...
FR 4-door This article is about the type of car. For other uses of Sedan, see Sedan (disambiguation) This Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 is a typical sedan. A sedan car, American English terminology, is one of the most common configurations of the modern automobile, having a usually four-door passenger compartment...
sedan
In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. This layout is typically chosen for its simple design and weight...
FR 4-door Saab 900 Convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible is an automobile with a folding, retracting, or removable roof. The collapsible roof section is typically made from flexible canvas or vinyl, although plastic, aluminium and steel have occasionally been used in elaborate folding designs. Unlike a...
convertible | | Wheelbase: | 129 in | | Engines: | 346 in³ Cadillac was the first automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine. The company has produced eight generations of V8s since 1914, and today is the only General Motors division to retain its own V8 design. L_Head The Type 51 was the first Cadillac V8. Introduced in 1914, it was...
Monobloc The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration :See also V8 (beverage) A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. Overview The V8 is a very common configuration for large automobile engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 3 litres in displacement and in automobile use have...
V8 | | Generation II | | Production: | 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. (see link for calendar) Events January January 4 - Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 - Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders - the country is divided into four occupation...
1946– 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - British mines nationalized January 1 - Nigeria gains limited autonomy January 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect January 3 - Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time...
1947 | | Platform: | The General Motors C platform (commonly called C-Body) was a fullsize car automobile platform produced from 1985 through 1996. It was similar to the GM H platform, with both using the same 110.8 in wheelbase. Most C-body vehicles were moved to the GM G platform or...
C-body | | Body Styles: | In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. This layout is typically chosen for its simple design and weight...
FR 2-door 1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupe (or coupé) is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. The style is generally used for sportier models in a manufacturers range. In the 19th century, a coupé was a carriage with two doors enclosing seating for...
club coupe
In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. This layout is typically chosen for its simple design and weight...
FR 4-door This article is about the type of car. For other uses of Sedan, see Sedan (disambiguation) This Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 is a typical sedan. A sedan car, American English terminology, is one of the most common configurations of the modern automobile, having a usually four-door passenger compartment...
sedan
In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. This layout is typically chosen for its simple design and weight...
FR 4-door Saab 900 Convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible is an automobile with a folding, retracting, or removable roof. The collapsible roof section is typically made from flexible canvas or vinyl, although plastic, aluminium and steel have occasionally been used in elaborate folding designs. Unlike a...
convertible | | Wheelbase: | 129 in | | Engines: | 346 in³ Cadillac was the first automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine. The company has produced eight generations of V8s since 1914, and today is the only General Motors division to retain its own V8 design. L_Head The Type 51 was the first Cadillac V8. Introduced in 1914, it was...
Monobloc The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration :See also V8 (beverage) A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. Overview The V8 is a very common configuration for large automobile engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 3 litres in displacement and in automobile use have...
V8 | | Generation III | | Production: | 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 - Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Italian republican constitution. January 4...
1948– 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 - Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugoslavia January 20 - Change of US presidency from Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) to Dwight D...
1953 | | Platform: | The General Motors C platform (commonly called C-Body) was a fullsize car automobile platform produced from 1985 through 1996. It was similar to the GM H platform, with both using the same 110.8 in wheelbase. Most C-body vehicles were moved to the GM G platform or...
C-body | | Related: | The Series 61 replaced the small Series 60/65 (except for the upscale Sixty Special) in 1939. It remained in production through 1951. 1939 The Fisher-bodied Series 61 used a 126 in wheelbase. It was available as a club coupe or sedan. All Cadillacs shared the same 346...
Cadillac Series 61
The prestigious Coupe de Ville name (sometimes written Coupe Deville or Coupe DeVille) entered the Cadillac line in 1949 on the new pillarless hardtop coupe bodystyle. The four-door hardtop Sedan de Ville was unveiled to complement its two-door stablemate in 1956, and the two were mainstays of the...
Cadillac Coupe de Ville | | Body Styles: | In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. This layout is typically chosen for its simple design and weight...
FR 2-door 1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupe (or coupé) is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. The style is generally used for sportier models in a manufacturers range. In the 19th century, a coupé was a carriage with two doors enclosing seating for...
club coupe
In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. This layout is typically chosen for its simple design and weight...
FR 4-door This article is about the type of car. For other uses of Sedan, see Sedan (disambiguation) This Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 is a typical sedan. A sedan car, American English terminology, is one of the most common configurations of the modern automobile, having a usually four-door passenger compartment...
sedan
In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. This layout is typically chosen for its simple design and weight...
FR 4-door Saab 900 Convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible is an automobile with a folding, retracting, or removable roof. The collapsible roof section is typically made from flexible canvas or vinyl, although plastic, aluminium and steel have occasionally been used in elaborate folding designs. Unlike a...
convertible | | Wheelbase: | 126 in | | Engines: | 346 in³ Cadillac was the first automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine. The company has produced eight generations of V8s since 1914, and today is the only General Motors division to retain its own V8 design. L_Head The Type 51 was the first Cadillac V8. Introduced in 1914, it was...
Monobloc The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration :See also V8 (beverage) A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. Overview The V8 is a very common configuration for large automobile engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 3 litres in displacement and in automobile use have...
V8
346 in³ Cadillac was the first automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine. The company has produced eight generations of V8s since 1914, and today is the only General Motors division to retain its own V8 design. L_Head The Type 51 was the first Cadillac V8. Introduced in 1914, it was...
OHV The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration :See also V8 (beverage) A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. Overview The V8 is a very common configuration for large automobile engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 3 litres in displacement and in automobile use have...
V8 | | Generation IV | | Production: | 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January events January 14 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 - Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 - Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in...
1954– 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Treaty of Rome founding the EU is implemented January 4 - Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4, 1957) January 8 - 14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the...
1958 | | Platform: | The General Motors C platform (commonly called C-Body) was a fullsize car automobile platform produced from 1985 through 1996. It was similar to the GM H platform, with both using the same 110.8 in wheelbase. Most C-body vehicles were moved to the GM G platform or...
C-body | | Related: | 1973 Eldorado convertible The Eldorado name was part of the Cadillac line from 1953 to 2003. The name refers to a legendary city of gold and was reputedly suggested by a secretary at Cadillacs home office, who considered it the only name rich enough for such an opulent model...
Cadillac Eldorado
The prestigious Coupe de Ville name (sometimes written Coupe Deville or Coupe DeVille) entered the Cadillac line in 1949 on the new pillarless hardtop coupe bodystyle. The four-door hardtop Sedan de Ville was unveiled to complement its two-door stablemate in 1956, and the two were mainstays of the...
Cadillac Coupe de Ville
The Cadillac Deville is Cadillacs largest and most luxurious car model. It is sometimes converted for limousine use. Partly to justify its high price, it tends to feature leading-edge automotive technology. It was one of the first cars to feature airbags, Night-vision technology, XM Satellite Radio, OnStar...
Cadillac Sedan de Ville | | Body Styles: | In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. This layout is typically chosen for its simple design and weight...
FR 2-door 1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupe (or coupé) is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. The style is generally used for sportier models in a manufacturers range. In the 19th century, a coupé was a carriage with two doors enclosing seating for...
club coupe
In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. This layout is typically chosen for its simple design and weight...
FR 4-door This article is about the type of car. For other uses of Sedan, see Sedan (disambiguation) This Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 is a typical sedan. A sedan car, American English terminology, is one of the most common configurations of the modern automobile, having a usually four-door passenger compartment...
sedan
In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. This layout is typically chosen for its simple design and weight...
FR 4-door Saab 900 Convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible is an automobile with a folding, retracting, or removable roof. The collapsible roof section is typically made from flexible canvas or vinyl, although plastic, aluminium and steel have occasionally been used in elaborate folding designs. Unlike a...
convertible | | Wheelbase: | 129 in | | Engines: | 346 in³ Cadillac was the first automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine. The company has produced eight generations of V8s since 1914, and today is the only General Motors division to retain its own V8 design. L_Head The Type 51 was the first Cadillac V8. Introduced in 1914, it was...
OHV The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration :See also V8 (beverage) A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. Overview The V8 is a very common configuration for large automobile engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 3 litres in displacement and in automobile use have...
V8
365 in³ Cadillac was the first automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine. The company has produced eight generations of V8s since 1914, and today is the only General Motors division to retain its own V8 design. L_Head The Type 51 was the first Cadillac V8. Introduced in 1914, it was...
OHV The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration :See also V8 (beverage) A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. Overview The V8 is a very common configuration for large automobile engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 3 litres in displacement and in automobile use have...
V8 | Generation V
Series 6200 | | Production: | 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 - Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January...
1959– 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. January 3 - Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President. January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the...
1964 | | Platform: | The General Motors C platform (commonly called C-Body) was a fullsize car automobile platform produced from 1985 through 1996. It was similar to the GM H platform, with both using the same 110.8 in wheelbase. Most C-body vehicles were moved to the GM G platform or...
C-body | | Related: | 1973 Eldorado convertible The Eldorado name was part of the Cadillac line from 1953 to 2003. The name refers to a legendary city of gold and was reputedly suggested by a secretary at Cadillacs home office, who considered it the only name rich enough for such an opulent model...
Cadillac Eldorado
The prestigious Coupe de Ville name (sometimes written Coupe Deville or Coupe DeVille) entered the Cadillac line in 1949 on the new pillarless hardtop coupe bodystyle. The four-door hardtop Sedan de Ville was unveiled to complement its two-door stablemate in 1956, and the two were mainstays of the...
Cadillac Coupe de Ville
The Cadillac Deville is Cadillacs largest and most luxurious car model. It is sometimes converted for limousine use. Partly to justify its high price, it tends to feature leading-edge automotive technology. It was one of the first cars to feature airbags, Night-vision technology, XM Satellite Radio, OnStar...
Cadillac Sedan de Ville | | Body Styles: | In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. This layout is typically chosen for its simple design and weight...
FR 2-door 1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupe (or coupé) is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. The style is generally used for sportier models in a manufacturers range. In the 19th century, a coupé was a carriage with two doors enclosing seating for...
club coupe
In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. This layout is typically chosen for its simple design and weight...
FR 4-door This article is about the type of car. For other uses of Sedan, see Sedan (disambiguation) This Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 is a typical sedan. A sedan car, American English terminology, is one of the most common configurations of the modern automobile, having a usually four-door passenger compartment...
sedan
In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. This was the traditional automobile layout for most of the 20th century. This layout is typically chosen for its simple design and weight...
FR 4-door Saab 900 Convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible is an automobile with a folding, retracting, or removable roof. The collapsible roof section is typically made from flexible canvas or vinyl, although plastic, aluminium and steel have occasionally been used in elaborate folding designs. Unlike a...
convertible | | Wheelbase: | 130 in | | Engines: | 390 in³ Cadillac was the first automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine. The company has produced eight generations of V8s since 1914, and today is the only General Motors division to retain its own V8 design. L_Head The Type 51 was the first Cadillac V8. Introduced in 1914, it was...
OHV The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration :See also V8 (beverage) A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. Overview The V8 is a very common configuration for large automobile engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 3 litres in displacement and in automobile use have...
V8
429 in³ Cadillac was the first automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine. The company has produced eight generations of V8s since 1914, and today is the only General Motors division to retain its own V8 design. L_Head The Type 51 was the first Cadillac V8. Introduced in 1914, it was...
OHV The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration :See also V8 (beverage) A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. Overview The V8 is a very common configuration for large automobile engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 3 litres in displacement and in automobile use have...
V8 | The Series 62 replaced the mid-sized The Series 70 (models 70 and 75) was Cadillacs full-size V8-powered car from the 1930s through 1950s. It replaced the 1935 355-D as the companys mainstream car just as the much less-expensive Series 60 was introduced. The Series 80 (models 80 and 85) were...
Series 70 in 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 6 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 - Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress. January 19 - British troops attack Italian...
1941. It remained in production through 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. January 3 - Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President. January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the...
1964, having been renamed Series 6200, when it was replaced by the In 1965 Cadillac renamed the entry-level Cadillac Series 62 the Calais, after the French resort town of Calais. It was available in 2 and 4-door hardtop versions as well as the formal-roof 4-door sedan, which was a hybrid with frameless, hardtop-like windows, but with a...
Cadillac Calais name.
1941
The Fisher Body is an automobile coachbuilder now part of General Motors. The company was founded on July 22, 1908 by Albert, Fred, and Charles Fisher of Detroit, Michigan. Their company became one of the top coachbuilders in the United States, building their signature factory, Fisher Body 21, in 1919. At...
Fisher-bodied Series 62 used a 129 in wheelbase. It was available as a club coupe, sedan, or convertible. All Cadillacs shared the same 346 in³ 135 hp (101 kW) Cadillac was the first automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine. The company has produced eight generations of V8s since 1914, and today is the only General Motors division to retain its own V8 design. L_Head The Type 51 was the first Cadillac V8. Introduced in 1914, it was...
L-head The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration :See also V8 (beverage) A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. Overview The V8 is a very common configuration for large automobile engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 3 litres in displacement and in automobile use have...
V8 that year, with power rising to 150 hp (112 kW) in 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 6 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 - Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress. January 19 - British troops attack Italian...
1941.
1946 After the War, the Series 62 returned on a 129 in wheelbase. The engine remained the same 346 in³ Cadillac was the first automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine. The company has produced eight generations of V8s since 1914, and today is the only General Motors division to retain its own V8 design. L_Head The Type 51 was the first Cadillac V8. Introduced in 1914, it was...
L-head The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration :See also V8 (beverage) A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. Overview The V8 is a very common configuration for large automobile engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 3 litres in displacement and in automobile use have...
V8 as before. The Series 62 was the first Cadillac model to reenter production, launched less than two months after tank production stopped in the company's factories. It was available as a coupe or sedan, with a four-door convertible version available as well.
The Series 62 used GM's The General Motors C platform (commonly called C-Body) was a fullsize car automobile platform produced from 1985 through 1996. It was similar to the GM H platform, with both using the same 110.8 in wheelbase. Most C-body vehicles were moved to the GM G platform or...
C-body platform, as did the Sixty Special, Buick 50 and 70, and Oldsmobile 90.
1948 For 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 - Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Italian republican constitution. January 4...
1948, the Series 62 was moved to the same 126 in chassis as the The Series 61 replaced the small Series 60/65 (except for the upscale Sixty Special) in 1939. It remained in production through 1951. 1939 The Fisher-bodied Series 61 used a 126 in wheelbase. It was available as a club coupe or sedan. All Cadillacs shared the same 346...
Series 61, making the vehicles virtually identical. The main difference, apart from extra chrome, was the availability of a convertible model.
The new Cadillac was the first automobile maker to mass produce a V8 engine. The company has produced eight generations of V8s since 1914, and today is the only General Motors division to retain its own V8 design. L_Head The Type 51 was the first Cadillac V8. Introduced in 1914, it was...
Cadillac OHV The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration :See also V8 (beverage) A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. Overview The V8 is a very common configuration for large automobile engines. V8 engines are rarely less than 3 litres in displacement and in automobile use have...
V8 was the big news for 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. Events January January 4 - RMS Caronia of the Cunard Line departs Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage January 4 - February 22 - Series of winter storms in Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, Colorado and Nevada - winds of up to 72 mph...
1949, with minor trim differences otherwise. This 331 in³ engine produced 160 hp (119 kW).
For Events January January 5 - US Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for examination of organized crime in the USA January 6 - The United Kingdom recognizes the Peoples Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Britain in response. January 9 - The Israeli government recognizes the...
1950, major styling changes were performed. The cars were lower and sleeker, with longer hoods, and one-piece windshields were fitted. The Series 61 was again a short wheelbase model, having been reduced to 122 in. The new The prestigious Coupe de Ville name (sometimes written Coupe Deville or Coupe DeVille) entered the Cadillac line in 1949 on the new pillarless hardtop coupe bodystyle. The four-door hardtop Sedan de Ville was unveiled to complement its two-door stablemate in 1956, and the two were mainstays of the...
Coupe de Ville line was to soon become a model in its own right.
Full-length chrome rocker panels set off the Global Metrics Human security Major Armed Conflicts: Total Deaths in Battle: 700,000 people Violent Deaths caused by Government (Other than War): Violent Deaths caused by other humans: Juvenile Violent Crime: Political security Nations Holding Multi-party Elections: Percentage Living under a Fully Democratic System of Governance: Free Countries: Percentage...
1951 model, and the Coupe de Ville was now marked with noticably-improved trim. Engine output for the 331 was up to 190 hp (142 kW) for 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January events January 8 - West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 - Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 - Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada. February...
1952.
Another familiar name appeared on 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 - Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugoslavia January 20 - Change of US presidency from Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) to Dwight D...
1953's Series 62. The top-line 1973 Eldorado convertible The Eldorado name was part of the Cadillac line from 1953 to 2003. The name refers to a legendary city of gold and was reputedly suggested by a secretary at Cadillacs home office, who considered it the only name rich enough for such an opulent model...
Eldorado was a limited-edition luxury convertible, and would become its own model.
1954 The chassis was redesigned for 1954 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January events January 14 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 - Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 - Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in...
1954 with a new 129 in wheelbase for the sedan and Eldorado. The engine now produced 230 hp (172 kW), with 250 hp (186 kW) coming for 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday. Events January-April January 2 - Panama president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. January 19 - The Scrabble board game debuts. February 8 - Nikolai Bulganin ousts Georgi Malenkov February 13 - Israel obtains 4 of the 7 Dead Sea scrolls. February 23 - First meeting of...
1955. An optional dual-four barrel carb setup boasted 270 hp (201 kW).
The The Cadillac Deville is Cadillacs largest and most luxurious car model. It is sometimes converted for limousine use. Partly to justify its high price, it tends to feature leading-edge automotive technology. It was one of the first cars to feature airbags, Night-vision technology, XM Satellite Radio, OnStar...
Sedan de Ville model bowed in 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. (see link for calendar) Events January January 1 - End of Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 - President Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 - Italy January 26 - United Kingdom bans heroin January 26 - The last Soviet troops leave the military base in...
1956 as a A hardtop is a style of automobile roof. Two different styles carry the name hardtop. The first and earliest, the removable hardtop, is a removable solid roof that can be fitted on a convertible, normally for use at times of the year when lowering the top is not desirable. The...
hardtop version of the standard Series 62 sedan. The engine was stroked to 365 in³ for 285 or 305 hp (213 or 227 kW).
1957 The look of the car was changed substantially for 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). Events Environmental change The Africanized bee is accidentally released in Brazil The Asian Flu pandemic begins in China March 10 - Floodgates of The Dalles Dam are closed inundating Celilo Falls and ancient indian fisheries along the...
1957, along with 300 to 325 hp (224 to 242 kW) from the engine. A tubular frame allowed the car to ride lower, and "shark fins" were used in the rear. For 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Treaty of Rome founding the EU is implemented January 4 - Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4, 1957) January 8 - 14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the...
1958, the DeVille line was a sub-series of the 62, complete with its own product codes.
1959 For 1959, the Series 62 became the Series 6200. This car is remembered for its huge sharp tailfins with dual bullet tail lights. The DeVilles became the Series 6300, though they all shared the same 130 in wheelbase. Engine output was an even 325 hp (242 kW) from the 390 in³ engine.
The 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January - State of emergency is lifted in Kenya - Mau Mau Rebellion is officially over January 1 - Independence of Cameroon January 9 - Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 14 - Ralph Chubb, the...
1960 6200 had smoother, more restrained styling. It was reengineered for 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i.e., one that looked the same upside down - since 1881, and the last until 6009. Events January January 1 - The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, ceases to be...
1961 with boxier styling. The Eldorado moved into the DeVille's 6300 subseries. The engine was entirely changed for Events January-February January 11 - The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 - George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. January 22 - Elysée treaty between France and Germany January 28 - Black student Harvey Gantt enters Clemson College in...
1963, though the displacement and output remained the same.
The engine was bumped to 429 in³ for 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. January 3 - Senator Barry Goldwater announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President. January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the...
1964, with 340 hp (253.5 kW) available.
Calais The Series 62 (nee 6200) was renamed In 1965 Cadillac renamed the entry-level Cadillac Series 62 the Calais, after the French resort town of Calais. It was available in 2 and 4-door hardtop versions as well as the formal-roof 4-door sedan, which was a hybrid with frameless, hardtop-like windows, but with a...
Cadillac Calais for 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 - United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his Great Society during his State of the Union address. January 12 - Bodies of 2 15 year olds Christine Sharrock + Marrine Schmidt found...
1965.
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Cadillac road car timeline, 1930s-present ( edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Cadillac_timeline&action=edit)) | | Type | Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur Tansley coins term ecosystem War, peace and politics Socialists proclaim The death of Capitalism Rise to...
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2000s | | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | | Entry | | The Cadillac Series 60 was the companys mid-priced vehicle line when it appeared in 1936. It was replaced by the Series 61 in 1940, but the offshoot Sixty Special continued through 1993. Note that the model names of the 1930s used the year as well. So a Series...
60 | The Series 61 replaced the small Series 60/65 (except for the upscale Sixty Special) in 1939. It remained in production through 1951. 1939 The Fisher-bodied Series 61 used a 126 in wheelbase. It was available as a club coupe or sedan. All Cadillacs shared the same 346...
61 | | The Series 61 replaced the small Series 60/65 (except for the upscale Sixty Special) in 1939. It remained in production through 1951. 1939 The Fisher-bodied Series 61 used a 126 in wheelbase. It was available as a club coupe or sedan. All Cadillacs shared the same 346...
61 | | | | | The Cadillac Cimarron car was first introduced by General Motors for model year 1982. Although GM had experimented before with smaller Cadillacs such as the Seville models, the Cimarron was by far the smallest and, in many opinions, the least distinguished Cadillac model ever produced, before or since. General Motors...
Cimarron | | | | The BLS is Cadillacs 2006 entry level front wheel drive sedan designed specifically for the European market. The car is based on the automakers Epsilon architecture and is built in the same plant in Trollhättan, Sweden that builds the Saab 9-3. A range of engines...
BLS | | Value | 355 | The Series 70 (models 70 and 75) was Cadillacs full-size V8-powered car from the 1930s through 1950s. It replaced the 1935 355-D as the companys mainstream car just as the much less-expensive Series 60 was introduced. The Series 80 (models 80 and 85) were...
70/80 | 62 | | Series 62 | 6200 | In 1965 Cadillac renamed the entry-level Cadillac Series 62 the Calais, after the French resort town of Calais. It was available in 2 and 4-door hardtop versions as well as the formal-roof 4-door sedan, which was a hybrid with frameless, hardtop-like windows, but with a...
Calais | | | | The Cadillac Catera was a mid-sized automobile that was, essentially, a rebadged version of the 1994 model year Opel Omega MV6 made in Rüsselheim, Germany. It was marketed in North America as an entry-level Cadillac, but with softened suspension settings compared to the original Opel. The Catera...
Catera | | Cadillac CTS The CTS is Cadillacs entry-level luxury sedan. Introduced in 2003, the CTS rode on General Motors new Sigma rear-wheel drive architecture and signified both a return to rear-wheel drive and was the first Cadillac with a manual transmission since the Cadillac Cimarron. The CTS...
CTS | | Mainstream | | | | | The prestigious Coupe de Ville name (sometimes written Coupe Deville or Coupe DeVille) entered the Cadillac line in 1949 on the new pillarless hardtop coupe bodystyle. The four-door hardtop Sedan de Ville was unveiled to complement its two-door stablemate in 1956, and the two were mainstays of the...
Coupe de Ville/ The Cadillac Deville is Cadillacs largest and most luxurious car model. It is sometimes converted for limousine use. Partly to justify its high price, it tends to feature leading-edge automotive technology. It was one of the first cars to feature airbags, Night-vision technology, XM Satellite Radio, OnStar...
Sedan de Ville | The Cadillac DTS replaces the Cadillac DeVille as that carmakers largest luxury car for the 2006 model year. The DTS follows the naming and styling direction set by the earlier CTS and STS. The design of the DTS was introduced in a unique way. A special DTS limousine was...
DTS | | Large | 355 | The Series 70 (models 70 and 75) was Cadillacs full-size V8-powered car from the 1930s through 1950s. It replaced the 1935 355-D as the companys mainstream car just as the much less-expensive Series 60 was introduced. The Series 80 (models 80 and 85) were...
72/75/85 | | The Series 70 (models 70 and 75) was Cadillacs full-size V8-powered car from the 1930s through 1950s. It replaced the 1935 355-D as the companys mainstream car just as the much less-expensive Series 60 was introduced. The Series 80 (models 80 and 85) were...
Series 75 | The Series 70 (models 70 and 75) was Cadillacs full-size V8-powered car from the 1930s through 1950s. It replaced the 1935 355-D as the companys mainstream car just as the much less-expensive Series 60 was introduced. The Series 80 (models 80 and 85) were...
6700 | The Fleetwood name was used on the top of the Cadillac line since 1927. The name comes from Fleetwood Metal Body, the in-house coachbuilder which began producing custom Cadillac bodies years earlier. In 1946, Cadillac created a special version of the Series 60 called the Series 60 Special Fleetwood...
Fleetwood 75 | The Fleetwood name was used on the top of the Cadillac line since 1927. The name comes from Fleetwood Metal Body, the in-house coachbuilder which began producing custom Cadillac bodies years earlier. In 1946, Cadillac created a special version of the Series 60 called the Series 60 Special Fleetwood...
FL | The Fleetwood name was used on the top of the Cadillac line since 1927. The name comes from Fleetwood Metal Body, the in-house coachbuilder which began producing custom Cadillac bodies years earlier. In 1946, Cadillac created a special version of the Series 60 called the Series 60 Special Fleetwood...
FB | The Cadillac Brougham was the last rear wheel drive Cadillac in the 1990s. It used the super-long 121.5 in wheelbase D-body platform, and used 5.0 L and 5.7 L Chevrolet small-block V8 engines. The Brougham was retired in 1992 as the...
Brougham | The Fleetwood name was used on the top of the Cadillac line since 1927. The name comes from Fleetwood Metal Body, the in-house coachbuilder which began producing custom Cadillac bodies years earlier. In 1946, Cadillac created a special version of the Series 60 called the Series 60 Special Fleetwood...
Flwd | | | | Premium | | | | | | | | The Seville, introduced in 1975, was Cadillacs answer to the fuel crunch of the early 1970s, and the rising popularity of luxury imports in the USA from Europe, such as Mercedes_Benz and BMW. At one time, Cadillac toyed with the idea of bringing back the LaSalle moniker for its...
Seville | The STS is a luxury car sold by Cadillac. The STS name was previously an upscale trim level of the Cadillac Seville, but that name was retired for 2005. 2005 It is based on the GM Sigma platform, and replaces the Cadillac Seville. It is a rear wheel drive car...
STS | | Luxury | | The Sixty Special name has been used at Cadillac to denote a special model since the 1938 Bill Mitchell-designed Series 60 derivative. Though the Series 60 was replaced by the Series 61 in 1941, the Series Sixty name continued for decades. 1938 A special version of the Series 60...
60S | | The Sixty Special name has been used at Cadillac to denote a special model since the 1938 Bill Mitchell-designed Series 60 derivative. Though the Series 60 was replaced by the Series 61 in 1941, the Series Sixty name continued for decades. 1938 A special version of the Series 60...
Sixty Special Fleetwood | The Sixty Special name has been used at Cadillac to denote a special model since the 1938 Bill Mitchell-designed Series 60 derivative. Though the Series 60 was replaced by the Series 61 in 1941, the Series Sixty name continued for decades. 1938 A special version of the Series 60...
Flwd60S | The Fleetwood name was used on the top of the Cadillac line since 1927. The name comes from Fleetwood Metal Body, the in-house coachbuilder which began producing custom Cadillac bodies years earlier. In 1946, Cadillac created a special version of the Series 60 called the Series 60 Special Fleetwood...
Fleetwood | | | | Personal | | | | | | 1973 Eldorado convertible The Eldorado name was part of the Cadillac line from 1953 to 2003. The name refers to a legendary city of gold and was reputedly suggested by a secretary at Cadillacs home office, who considered it the only name rich enough for such an opulent model...
Eldorado | | | Truck | | | | | | | | | | This article needs cleanup. Please edit this article to conform to a higher standard of article quality. A Cadillac Escalade in front of a Wal-Mart in Los Lunas, New Mexico The Cadillac Escalade was introduced for the 1999 model year in response to German, Japanese competitors and Fords...
Escalade | | Crossover | | | | | | | | | | | The Cadillac SRX is a luxury SUV based on the companys rear wheel drive Sigma automobile platform. Engine options include the 4.6 L Northstar V8 and High-Feature V6. The SRX won Car and Drivers Five Best Trucks luxury SUV award for 2004 and was nominated...
SRX | | Roadster | | | | | | | | | The Cadillac Allanté was Cadillacs first venture into the luxury roadster market and was sold from 1987 to 1993. Its chassis and engine were taken from the Cadillac Eldorado. Introduced in 1987, its primary competitor was the Mercedes-Benz 560 SL. The car, when introduced, had a 4...
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XLR | | Halo | The Cadillac V-16 was Cadillacs top-of-the-line car from its January 1930 launch until production ceased in 1940 as the war in Europe killed sales. All were finished to custom order, and the car was built in very small numbers; only 4076 cars were constructed in...
V-16 | | | | | 1973 Eldorado convertible The Eldorado name was part of the Cadillac line from 1953 to 2003. The name refers to a legendary city of gold and was reputedly suggested by a secretary at Cadillacs home office, who considered it the only name rich enough for such an opulent model...
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