Caddy's

[CMan]

Pick!

[the Teuton]

I love the '49 ducktale, but I want a '59 convertible so badly right now.  It's one of my top 10 favorite cars.

[Payman]

A purple '59 with snow-leopard skin seatcovers. 

[TheIntrepid]

Forgetting this one?

[Laconian]

He said DeVille.

[93JC]

'65-'70. '59-'64 is just too tacky.

[Tave]

None of these are making me horny. I'll go with the '65-'70.

[heelntoe]

i went with '55-'58.

[280Z Turbo]

'65-'70. '59-'64 is just too tacky.

That's the whole point!

Those cars were so damn big that they weren't allowed in some parking garages.

[Soup DeVille]

Well, its no secret that my pick is in the garage- a '79 Coupe.

However, the '77-'79 Devilles only fit that pick- they still had the 425 engine in them while the later years of that body style started with the gutless 368 and went downhill from there.

Given my pick of any of them, I'd take a '69 pillarless Coupe, but I have to vote for the '79 or my car will stop talking to me.

[S204STi]

My aunt had an early 60s Caddy.  I really wish she hadn't sold it.  

She also had my grandmother's 66 Mustang.  Really wish she hadn't sold that one!

[J86]

My favorite is my friend's '38 Caddy w/ suicide doors powered by a Rolls Royce V16 that I was riding in this weekend.  THAT is a cool fuckin car!

[goldenlover1101]

55-58, i love the fins!

[Raghavan]

Really don't care.
Whichever ones aren't FWD.

[the Teuton]

My favorite is my friend's '38 Caddy w/ suicide doors powered by a Rolls Royce V16 that I was riding in this weekend.  THAT is a cool fuckin car!

Our local concours is featuring Cadillacs and alternative fuel cars this year.  I'm sure I'll see some of those.

[TheIntrepid]

59-64!

[Soup DeVille]

Really don't care.
Whichever ones aren't FWD.

Your preferences simply can't honestly be that one-dimensional.

Oh, and they were all rear wheel drive until '85.

[Soup DeVille]

Forgetting this one?

That is a Brougham, not a Deville.

It looks similiar to the Deville, but is about 6 inches longer. Also, they continued to be based on the same RWD platform up until '92, where the Deville was moved to the new FWD corporate platform in '85.

[the Teuton]

Cadillacs aren't that simple because until the Seville and Cimmaron, they were all really big cars.  There was the 62, Biarritz, Brougham, Eldorado, and several other cars.  Caddies, in their heyday, was an American Rolls-Royce.  It was an amazingly expensive car, especially the V16 and Biarritz models. 

It wasn't until the 1970s when the European cars came here and the quality of the American cars sucked that Caddy went down market.

Remember, this is how it went and it actually made sense in GM's lineup:

Caddy:  Ultimate luxury.  You've made it.
Buick:  You can't quite afford a Caddy but deserve something nice.
Olds:  What Acura is today.  They are more moderately priced, but cooler to have and still uber-luxurious and technology-laden.
Pontiac:  Young, sporty division and "sporty" family cars.
Chevy:  A working man's car.  Cheap, practical, consumer-friendly.
GMC:  Roughneck, well-built, cheap trucks and commercial vehicles.

Caddy has gone downmarket to compensate for its lack of quality and steadily growing competition.  Luxury cars need not be sporty before BMW made it big in America.

[Raghavan]

Your preferences simply can't honestly be that one-dimensional.

Oh, and they were all rear wheel drive until '85.

They're all ugly and they're all boats.
Don't see the problem here.

[Soup DeVille]

Cadillacs aren't that simple because until the Seville and Cimmaron, they were all really big cars.? There was the 62, Biarritz, Brougham, Eldorado, and several other cars.? Caddies, in their heyday, was an American Rolls-Royce.? It was an amazingly expensive car, especially the V16 and Biarritz models.?

Biarritz was a trim level only- except for the ultra-limited edition '58 Biarritz.

[the Teuton]

They're all ugly and they're all boats.
Don't see the problem here.

You really are one dimensional if you believe that.  You are the weakest link.  Goodbye.

[Raghavan]

You really are one dimensional if you believe that.  You are the weakest link.  Goodbye.

Ok, see you later.

[Soup DeVille]

They're all ugly and they're all boats.
Don't see the problem here.

The 1948 Cadillac was the first American production car to run the 24 hours of LeMans: and finished ahead of several Ferraris.

[the Teuton]

This will clarify it a little better.



You do realize that Bentleys still use a GM-designed pushrod 6.75 liter V8 from the 1960s, right?

[CJ]

1959 hands down the best looking Cadillac....EVER.

[omicron]

'71 - '76.

[chevyguy06]

55-58', one of the best Caddy designs ever IMO.

[omicron]

I love that room to death. I want a room like that.