Did I count 3 American products???  How about the Cadillac CTS and XLR series. Are foreign produced cars so special that they garner such enduring recognition?  Wonder where one goes to have one's Ferrari repaired? Respectfully submitted,  Happy day, James ... View more

Cadillac was building a 16 cylinder engine in the 30's -- many of them still running strong. ... View more

Cadillacs of that era were designed to "make a statement" about one's affluence.  Arriving in a Cadillac was both the end of the journey--  a grand arrival at a destination, but also even more so, arriving at a successful station in one's life. The design notion of "understated elegance" was not part of this generation of Cadillacs. ... View more

Now that nearly every vehicle has some form of bucket seat, and all the large bench seats are forever gone, the Drive In comes back in style.   Perhaps Detroit will now find a market for "lux-o-barges" with sofa-like seating for the young and young at heart. ... View more

It was all about "arriving."  So that the elegant gentleman and those "high born" ladies were seen in places to be seen.   I think, though, the Cadillac advertisements of that period with the bejeweled Cadillac "V" in the background, takes conspicuous consumption to an even higher level.   Happy day, and thank you,  James ... View more

How about the Cadillac 500 cubic inch-- 1970 introduction ... View more

Hmmm how about the Cadillac 472 and then the 500 ? ... View more