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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]
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 ...
DeVille/Coupe de Ville – 130 in wheelbase V8; Fleetwood – 126 133 151.5 and 157.5 in wheelbase V8; 1975 – Cadillac Calais, De Ville, Seville, and Fleetwood Fisher Fleetwood. Calais – 130 in wheelbase V8; DeVille/Coupe de Ville – 130 in wheelbase V8; Seville – 114.3 in wheelbase V8; Fleetwood – 126.3 133 151.5 and 157.5 in wheelbase V8
[20] [21] On November 25, 1949, Cadillac produced its one-millionth car, a 1950 Coupe de Ville. [22] It also set a new sales mark of 100,000 cars, [ 22 ] matched in 1950 and 1951. [ 23 ] 1949 also saw the introduction with Buick of the first mass-produced hardtop coupe, a closed-body style without a "B" pillar.
In 1940 and 1941, a limited edition model of the Cadillac Sixty Special carried the Town Car name. It was reintroduced as a coupe hardtop in 1949 using the French name for the body style Coupe DeVille and in 1956 as a four-door hardtop called the Sedan DeVille.
A second was based on the fastback GM B platform which ended up being shared by the Cadillac Series 61, the Buick Century and Special, the Oldsmobile 70 and the Pontiac Streamliner Torpedo. A third was a modified notchback design, derived from the fastback B-body, but described as "A-body-like", that ended up being used by the Cadillac Series ...
1941 Cadillac Series 75 limousine 1941 Cadillac Series 75 limousine 1948 Cadillac Series 75 ambulance. For 1941, the wheelbase was reduced to 136 in (3,454 mm), though power on the 346 cu in (5.7 L) L-head V8 engine was up to 150 hp (112 kW). The one piece hood came down lower in the front, included the side panels and extended sideways to the ...
In February 1949, several months into the model year, General Motors introduced three highly styled "hardtop convertible" coupes, the Oldsmobile 98 Holiday, the Cadillac Series 62 Coupe de Ville, and the Buick Roadmaster Riviera, the first hardtop coupes ever produced. The Holiday was exclusive to the 98 series that year.