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Cadillac Eldorado

Cadillac Eldorado
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1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
Overview
Manufacturer Cadillac (General Motors)
Also called Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado
Production 1952–2002
Assembly Detroit Assembly, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Body and chassis
Class Full-size personal luxury car
First generation
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1953 Cadillac Eldorado
Overview
Model years 1953
Assembly Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Designer Harley Earl
Body and chassis
Body style 2-door convertible
Layout FR layout
Platform C-body
Related Cadillac Series 62
Buick Roadmaster
Buick Super
Oldsmobile 98
Powertrain
Engine 331 cu in (5.4 L) OHV V8
Transmission 4-speed Hydra-Matic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 126.0 in (3,200 mm)
Length 220.8 in (5,608 mm)
Width 80.1 in (2,035 mm)
Height 58.5 in (1,486 mm)
Curb weight 5,000 lb (2,300 kg)
Second generation
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1955 Cadillac Eldorado
Overview
Model years 1954–1956
Assembly Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Designer Harley Earl
Body and chassis
Body style 2-door hardtop
2-door convertible
Layout FR layout
Platform C-body
Related Cadillac Series 62
Buick Roadmaster
Buick Super
Oldsmobile 98
Powertrain
Engine 331 cu in (5.4 L) OHV V8
365 cu in (6.0 L) OHV V8
Transmission 4-speed Hydra-Matic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 129.0 in (3,277 mm)
Length 1954: 223.4 in (5,674 mm)
1955: 223.2 in (5,669 mm)
1956: 222.2 in (5,644 mm)
Width 1954: 79.6 in (2,022 mm)
1955: 79.8 in (2,027 mm)
1956: 80.1 in (2,035 mm)
Curb weight 4,900–5,100 lb (2,200–2,300 kg)
1957-58
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1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville
Overview
Model years 1957–1958
Assembly Detroit, Michigan, United States
Designer Harley Earl
Body and chassis
Body style Series 62:
2-door hardtop
2-door convertible
4-door hardtop
Series 70:
4-door hardtop
Layout FR layout
Platform Series 62: C-body
Related Series 62:
Cadillac Series 62
Buick Limited
Buick Roadmaster
Buick Super
Oldsmobile 98
Powertrain
Engine 365 cu in (6.0 L) OHV
Transmission 4-speed Hydra-Matic
Dimensions
Wheelbase Series 62: 129.5 in (3,289 mm)
Series 70: 126.0 in (3,200 mm)
Length 1957 Series 62: 222.1 in (5,641 mm)
1958 Series 62: 223.4 in (5,674 mm)
Series 70: 216.3 in (5,494 mm)
Width Series 62: 80.0 in (2,032 mm)
Series 70: 78.5 in (1,994 mm)
Height Series 70: 55.5 in (1,410 mm)
Curb weight 5,000–5,500 lb (2,300–2,500 kg)
1959 Eldorado
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1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
Overview
Assembly Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Designer Chuck Jordan
Body and chassis
Body style 2-door hardtop
2-door convertible
4-door hardtop
Layout FR layout
Platform C-body
Related Cadillac Sixty Special
Cadillac De Ville
Cadillac Series 62
Buick Electra
Oldsmobile 98
Powertrain
Engine 390 cu in (6.4 L) OHV V8
Transmission 4-speed Hydra-Matic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 130.0 in (3,302 mm)
Length 225.0 in (5,715 mm)
Width 1959 2-door: 80.2 in (2,037 mm)
1960 2-door: 79.9 in (2,029 mm)
4-door: 80.2 in (2,037 mm)
Height coupé: 54.1 in (1,374 mm)
convertible: 54.4 in (1,382 mm)
4-door: 56.2 in (1,427 mm)
Curb weight 5,100–5,300 lb (2,300–2,400 kg)
Fourth generation
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1961 Eldorado Biarritz Convertible
Overview
Model years 1961–1964
Assembly Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Designer Bill Mitchell
Body and chassis
Body style 2-door convertible
Layout FR layout
Platform C-body
Related Cadillac Sixty Special
Cadillac De Ville
Cadillac Series 62
Buick Electra
Oldsmobile 98
Powertrain
Engine 390 cu in (6.4 L) OHV V8
429 cu in (7.0 L) OHV V8
Transmission 4-speed Hydra-Matic
3-speed TH-400, automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 129.5 in (3,289 mm)
Length 1961–62: 222.0 in (5,639 mm)
1963: 223.0 in (5,664 mm)
1964: 223.5 in (5,677 mm)
Width 1961: 79.8 in (2,027 mm)
1962: 79.9 in (2,029 mm)
1963: 79.7 in (2,024 mm)
1964: 79.5 in (2,019 mm)
Curb weight 4,800–5,000 lb (2,200–2,300 kg)
Fifth generation
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Overview
Model years 1965–1966
Assembly Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Designer Bill Mitchell
Body and chassis
Body style 2-door convertible
Layout FR layout
Platform C-body
Related
Powertrain
Engine 429 cu in (7.0 L) OHV V8
Transmission 3-speed Turbo-Hydramatic THM400 automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 129.5 in (3,289 mm)
Length 224.0 in (5,690 mm)
Width 79.9 in (2,029 mm)
Curb weight 4,700–4,900 lb (2,132–2,223 kg)
Sixth generation
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1967 Cadillac Eldorado
Overview
Production 1967–1970
Assembly Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Designer Bill Mitchell
Body and chassis
Body style 2-door hardtop
Layout Longitudinal front-engine, front-wheel drive
Platform E-body
Related Buick Riviera
Oldsmobile Toronado
Powertrain
Engine
  • 429 cu in (7.03 L) OHV V8 (1967 only)
  • 472 cu in (7.7 L) V8 (introduced 1968)
  • 500 cu in (8.2 L) V8 (introduced 1970)
Transmission 3-speed automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 120 in (3,000 mm)
Length 221 in (5,600 mm)
Seventh generation
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Overview
Production 1971–1978
Assembly Linden, New Jersey, U.S.
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Body and chassis
Body style 2-door coupé
2-door convertible
Layout Longitudinal front-engine, front-wheel drive
Platform E-body
Related Buick Riviera
Oldsmobile Toronado
Powertrain
Engine 500 cu in (8.2 L) V8 (1971–76)
425 cu in (7.0 L) V8 (1977–78)
Transmission 3-speed automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 126.3 in (3,210 mm)
Length 224 in (5,700 mm) (1977–78)
224.1 in (5,690 mm) (1974–76)
223 in (5,700 mm) (1971–73)
Width 79.8 in (2,030 mm)
Height 54.2 in (1,380 mm)
Eighth generation
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Overview
Production 1979–1985
Assembly Linden, New Jersey, U.S.
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Body and chassis
Body style 2-door coupé
2-door convertible (1984-85 only)
Layout Longitudinal front-engine, front-wheel drive
Platform E-body
Related Buick Riviera
Oldsmobile Toronado
Powertrain
Engine 4.1 L V6
4.1 L V8
4.5 L V8
5.7 L V8
5.7 L Diesel V8
6.0 L V8
Transmission 3-speed automatic (1979-83), 4-speed w/electronic overdrive (1984-85)
Dimensions
Wheelbase 114 in (2,900 mm)
Length 204.5 in (5,190 mm) (1982–85)
204 in (5,200 mm) (1979–1981)
Width 71.4 in (1,810 mm) (1979–1981)
71.5 in (1,820 mm) (1982–83)
70.6 in (1,790 mm) (1984–85)
Height 54.3 in (1,380 mm) (1982–85)
54.2 in (1,380 mm) (1979–1981)

The Cadillac Eldorado is a personal luxury car that was manufactured and marketed by Cadillac from 1953 to 2002 over ten generations. Competitors and similar vehicles included the Lincoln Mark series, Buick Riviera, Oldsmobile Toronado and Chrysler's Imperial Coupe.

The Eldorado was at or near the top of the Cadillac line during early model years. The original 1953 Eldorado convertible and the Eldorado Brougham models of 1957–1960 were the most expensive models that Cadillac offered those years, and the Eldorado was never less than second in price after the Cadillac Series 75 until 1966. Eldorados carried the Fleetwood designation from 1965 through 1972.

The nameplate Eldorado is a contraction of two Spanish words that translate as "the gilded (i.e., golden) one" — and also refers to El Dorado, the mythical South American "Lost City of Gold" that fascinated Spanish explorers.

Chosen in an internal competition for a 1952 concept vehicle celebrating the company's golden anniversary, the name Eldorado was proposed by Mary-Ann Marini (née Zukosky), a secretary in Cadillac's merchandising department — and was subsequently adopted for a limited-edition convertible for model year 1953.

Palm Springs Life magazine incorrectly attributes the name to the Eldorado Country Club in Indian Wells, California, a favorite resort of General Motors executives in the Coachella Valley — though the resort opened in 1957, five years after Cadillac's own naming competition.

Cadillac began using the nameplates 'Eldorado Seville' and 'Eldorado Biarritz' to distinguish between the hardtop and convertible models (respectively) while both were offered, from 1956 through 1960 inclusively. The 'Seville' name was dropped when the hardtop was initially discontinued (1961), but the Biarritz name continued through 1964. Beginning 1965, the Eldorado became the 'Fleetwood Eldorado'. 'Biarritz' returned as an up level trim package for the Eldorado for 1977.


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