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cadillac Archive
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![(Updated 9/30/2025) The world really is chock full of surprises. No one foresaw the First World War and the 1929 Wall Street Crash. No one expects the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_20190924_114429-copy.jpg "2012 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon RHD – Those Inscrutable Americans")
2012 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon RHD – Those Inscrutable Americans
Posted on September 30, 2025 | 26 Comments(Updated 9/30/2025) The world really is chock full of surprises. No one foresaw the First World War and the 1929 Wall Street Crash. No one expects the […] -
![This may well be Curbside Classic’s most reviled car. Debuting at a crucial time for General Motors and for domestic manufacturers in general, the Seville bombed. Sales fell 50% after […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/L-1.jpg "1987 Cadillac Seville – Somebody Loves Me")
1987 Cadillac Seville – Somebody Loves Me
Posted on September 28, 2025 | 10 CommentsThis may well be Curbside Classic’s most reviled car. Debuting at a crucial time for General Motors and for domestic manufacturers in general, the Seville bombed. Sales fell 50% after […] -
![For quite some time the popular consensus has been Cadillac spent the 1980s squandering their brand equity in the grandest of fashions. With such product offerings as the not yet […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_0367.jpg "1989 Cadillac Fleetwood – Deadly Sin or Greatest Hit?")
1989 Cadillac Fleetwood – Deadly Sin or Greatest Hit?
Posted on September 24, 2025 | 26 CommentsFor quite some time the popular consensus has been Cadillac spent the 1980s squandering their brand equity in the grandest of fashions. With such product offerings as the not yet […] -
![I found the sale listing for this Turino Turquoise 1963 Cadillac Series 62 convertible by accident, the result of a very unhappy battle with unhelpful search engines. However, when I […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1963-Cadillac-Series-62-convert-Turino-Turquoise-Orlando-Classic-Cars-side-right-trim-plate-2-115x115.webp "1963 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible – Search Engine Snafu Returns A Magnificent Special Order Treat")
1963 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible – Search Engine Snafu Returns A Magnificent Special Order Treat
Posted on September 17, 2025 | 45 CommentsI found the sale listing for this Turino Turquoise 1963 Cadillac Series 62 convertible by accident, the result of a very unhappy battle with unhelpful search engines. However, when I […] -
![Once upon a time, one of the distinguishing features of American luxury cars was that not only were they available in a whole rainbow of colors, you could coordinate the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Color-Coordinated-Cadillac-montage-68-Eldo-75-CdV-78-Eldo-63-Eldo-115x115.webp "Color-Coordinated Cadillacs: Colorful Eldorados, De Villes, And Fleetwood Broughams")
Color-Coordinated Cadillacs: Colorful Eldorados, De Villes, And Fleetwood Broughams
Posted on September 14, 2025 | 12 CommentsOnce upon a time, one of the distinguishing features of American luxury cars was that not only were they available in a whole rainbow of colors, you could coordinate the […] -
![Between 1970 and 1979, almost 38.1 million American cars — over 40 percent of all domestic production — were built with padded vinyl tops. As vinyl roofs became more and […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Vinyl-roof-composite-AMX-Mustang-Grande-De-Ville-Thunderbird-115x115.webp "Vinyl Top Styles Of The 1970s: Landau Tops, Canopy Tops, Carriage Roofs, And More")
Vinyl Top Styles Of The 1970s: Landau Tops, Canopy Tops, Carriage Roofs, And More
Posted on September 13, 2025 | 24 CommentsBetween 1970 and 1979, almost 38.1 million American cars — over 40 percent of all domestic production — were built with padded vinyl tops. As vinyl roofs became more and […] -
![Vinyl roof coverings were incredibly popular on American cars of the ’70s, offered in a bewildering variety of styles and a whole range of colors. Here are some of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1970s-vinyl-roof-composite-1974-Olds-98-Regency-2HT-1972-Ford-Thunderbird-Landau-1974-Mark-V-1978-NewYorker-115x115.webp "Most Colorful Vinyl Roofs Of The 1970s: Dramatic Two-Tone Effects In Contrasting Colors")
Most Colorful Vinyl Roofs Of The 1970s: Dramatic Two-Tone Effects In Contrasting Colors
Posted on September 7, 2025 | 34 CommentsVinyl roof coverings were incredibly popular on American cars of the ’70s, offered in a bewildering variety of styles and a whole range of colors. Here are some of the […] -
![(Author’s note: This piece has topics ranging from road construction to tourist destinations to Dodge Monacos to shopping baskets. In turn, there are approximately 65 pictures. Please note some of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/IMG_2265.jpeg "CC Roadtrip Documentary: Fresh Harvests On Familiar Ground")
CC Roadtrip Documentary: Fresh Harvests On Familiar Ground
Posted on August 29, 2025 | 27 Comments(Author’s note: This piece has topics ranging from road construction to tourist destinations to Dodge Monacos to shopping baskets. In turn, there are approximately 65 pictures. Please note some of […] -
![A year and a half after introducing the smaller Seville, Cadillac downsized its full-size models for 1977, making them a bit less grotesque in size and somewhat better to drive. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1978-Cadillac-Coupe-de-Ville-Carmine-Red-Classic-and-Collector-Cars-front-3q-right-with-banner.webp "Vintage C/D Review: 1978 Cadillac Coupe De Ville – “Surprise! Opulence Can Be Fun!”")
Vintage C/D Review: 1978 Cadillac Coupe De Ville – “Surprise! Opulence Can Be Fun!”
Posted on August 14, 2025 | 21 CommentsA year and a half after introducing the smaller Seville, Cadillac downsized its full-size models for 1977, making them a bit less grotesque in size and somewhat better to drive. […] -
![In the 1970s, the Cadillac De Ville was not merely Cadillac’s cash cow, but a veritable thundering herd of cash buffalo, sold in enormous numbers at high prices. The ’70s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1970-Cadillac-Coupe-de-Ville-Adriatic-Turquoise-Bring-a-Trailer-16-side.webp "Decade De Ville: Cadillac’s Bestselling ’70s De Villes")
Decade De Ville: Cadillac’s Bestselling ’70s De Villes
Posted on July 31, 2025 | 18 CommentsIn the 1970s, the Cadillac De Ville was not merely Cadillac’s cash cow, but a veritable thundering herd of cash buffalo, sold in enormous numbers at high prices. The ’70s […] -
![There are lots of things to dislike about the American luxury cars of the ’70s, but you could never call them colorless: They offered a very wide range of interior […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Interior-color-montage-1979-De-Ville-1975-Mark-V-1978-Mark-V-Givenchy-1978-Eldorado-115x115.webp "Cadillac, Lincoln, And Imperial Interiors Of The 1970s: Almost Every Color Of The Rainbow")
Cadillac, Lincoln, And Imperial Interiors Of The 1970s: Almost Every Color Of The Rainbow
Posted on July 27, 2025 | 50 CommentsThere are lots of things to dislike about the American luxury cars of the ’70s, but you could never call them colorless: They offered a very wide range of interior […] -
![I found an auction listing for this 1929 Cadillac Imperial limousine while looking for pictures for a different article, and while I only ended up using one photo of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1929-Cadillac-341B-7p-Imperial-Calumet-Blue-Teddy-Pieper-RM-Auctions-front-3q-right.webp "1929 Cadillac 341B 7-Passenger Imperial Sedan – On The Brink Of Modernity, But It Still Took Nine Steps To Start The Engine")
1929 Cadillac 341B 7-Passenger Imperial Sedan – On The Brink Of Modernity, But It Still Took Nine Steps To Start The Engine
Posted on July 18, 2025 | 22 CommentsI found an auction listing for this 1929 Cadillac Imperial limousine while looking for pictures for a different article, and while I only ended up using one photo of […] -
![Before about 1930, most cars used unsynchronized sliding-gear manual transmissions, which were aptly nicknamed “crash boxes” because shifting without clashing gears took real skill. In 1929, however, Cadillac and LaSalle […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1929-Cadillac-341B-convertible-coupe-tan-Mecum-Auctions-front-3q-left.webp "1929 Synchro-Mesh Transmission: How An Engineer From Oregon Took The Clash Out of Shifting Gears")
1929 Synchro-Mesh Transmission: How An Engineer From Oregon Took The Clash Out of Shifting Gears
Posted on July 13, 2025 | 14 CommentsBefore about 1930, most cars used unsynchronized sliding-gear manual transmissions, which were aptly nicknamed “crash boxes” because shifting without clashing gears took real skill. In 1929, however, Cadillac and LaSalle […] -
![Recently, I said some not-nice things about the full-size Cadillacs of the ’70s, which I’ve never liked, and which I’ve previously likened to a fire sale on Cadillac prestige. After […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1974-Cadillac-Fleetwood-Brougham-dElegance-Cotillion-White-Mecum-Auctions-J196-front-3q-left.webp "1974 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham D’Elegance And Talisman – Go Brougham Or Go Home")
1974 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham D’Elegance And Talisman – Go Brougham Or Go Home
Posted on June 28, 2025 | 40 CommentsRecently, I said some not-nice things about the full-size Cadillacs of the ’70s, which I’ve never liked, and which I’ve previously likened to a fire sale on Cadillac prestige. After […] -
![Although Hydra-Matic Drive was developed and manufactured by General Motors, GM’s Detroit Transmission Division also sold Hydra-Matic transmissions to outside automakers, including most of the U.S. independents and even […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1940-Oldsmobile-Series-90-blue-Barrett-Jackson-front-3q-left.webp "Early Hydra-Matic Users: Many Non-GM Automakers Bought This Pioneering Automatic Transmission")
Early Hydra-Matic Users: Many Non-GM Automakers Bought This Pioneering Automatic Transmission
Posted on June 22, 2025 | 17 CommentsAlthough Hydra-Matic Drive was developed and manufactured by General Motors, GM’s Detroit Transmission Division also sold Hydra-Matic transmissions to outside automakers, including most of the U.S. independents and even […]
