Cadillac vehicles

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 67. Chapters: Cadillac Eldorado, Cadillac Sixty Special, Cadillac Sedan de Ville, Cadillac Seville, Cadillac Coupe de Ville, Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham, Cadillac Escalade, Cadillac CTS, Cadillac CTS-V, List of Cadillac models, Cadillac Allanté, Cadillac Northstar LMP, Cadillac STS, Cadillac Series 62, Cadillac Cimarron, Cadillac SRX, Cadillac DTS, Cadillac Series 70, Cadillac V-16, Cadillac Brougham, Cadillac BLS, Cadillac XLR, Cadillac Runabout and Tonneau, Elvis' Pink Cadillac, Cadillac STS-V, 2005 Cadillac DTS Presidential State Car, Cadillac Catera, Cadillac Calais, Cadillac Series 61, Cadillac Series 60, Cadillac Urban Luxury Concept, Cadillac XTS, Cadillac Model D, Cadillac XLR-V, Cadillac Series 65, Cadillac Commercial Chassis, Cadillac Type 51, Cadillac Model Thirty, Cadillac ATS, Cadillac Type 53, Cadillac Type V-63, Cadillac Series 355. Excerpt: The Eldorado model was part of the Cadillac line from 1953 to 2002. The Cadillac Eldorado was the longest running American personal luxury car as it was the only one sold after the 1999 model year. Its main competitors included the Lincoln Mark Series and the lower-priced Buick Riviera. Although cars bearing the name varied considerably in bodystyle and mechanical layout during this long period, the Eldorado models were always near the top of the Cadillac line. Nevertheless, and except for the Eldorado Brougham models of 1957-1960, the most expensive models were always the opulent, long wheel-based Series 75 sedans and limousines, not the Eldorado. The name was proposed for a special show car built in 1952 to mark Cadillac's Golden Anniversary; it was the result of in-house competition won by Mary-Ann Marini (née Zukosky ), a secretary in the company's merchandising department. Another source, Palm Springs Life magazine, attributes the name to a resort destination in California's Coachella Valley that was a favorite of General Motors executives. However, the Eldorado Country Club in Indian Wells, California was not founded until 1957 - five years after Cadillac's naming competition. In any case, the name was adopted by the company for a new, limited-edition convertible that was added to the line in 1953. The name Eldorado was derived from the Spanish words "el dorado", "the gilded one" or "the golden one"; the name was given originally to the legendary chief or "cacique" of a South American Indian tribe. Legend has it that his followers would sprinkle his body with gold dust on ceremonial occasions and he would wash it off again by diving into a lake. The name more frequently refers to a legendary city of fabulous riches, somewhere in South America, that inspired many European expeditions, including one to the Orinoco by England's Sir Walter Raleigh. The 1953 Eldorado was a special-bodied, low-production convertible (532 units in total). It was the production versio