Cadillac Eldorado

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The Cadillac Eldorado is a long-running line of luxury personal coupes and convertibles produced by Cadillac from 1953 to 2002, known for its distinctive styling, front-wheel-drive layout in later generations, and status as a flagship American luxury car.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf automobile model
personal luxury car
assemblyLocation Detroit
surface form: Detroit, Michigan

Lansing, Michigan
bodyConfiguration two-door only throughout production
bodyStyle 2-door convertible
2-door coupe
2-door hardtop coupe
brand Cadillac
class full-size car
luxury car
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
drivetrainChangeDescription switched to front-wheel drive for the 1967 model year
drivetrainChangeYear 1967
engineType V8 gasoline engines
firstModelYear 1953
fuelType gasoline
generationCount 12
introducedAs limited-production convertible
introducedAt 1952 GM Motorama (as a show car)
layout front-engine, front-wheel-drive
front-engine, rear-wheel-drive
manufacturer Cadillac
marketPosition top-of-the-line Cadillac personal car
marketRegion primarily North America
marketRole image and technology leader for Cadillac
marketSegment American luxury car market
nameEtymology derived from Spanish words meaning "the gilded one" or "the golden one"
notableFeature distinctive styling
status as Cadillac flagship personal luxury car
notableFor being a symbol of postwar American automotive excess and luxury
being one of the longest-running Cadillac nameplates
front-wheel-drive adoption in 1967
high level of standard luxury equipment
iconic tailfins on late-1950s models
large-displacement V8 engines in mid-20th century models
parentCompanyOfManufacturer General Motors
platform E-body (GM) for front-wheel-drive generations
predecessor Cadillac Eldorado self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cadillac Series 62 Eldorado
productionEndYear 2002
productionStartYear 1953
segment personal luxury coupe
status discontinued model line
successor Cadillac CTS
surface form: Cadillac CTS coupe

Cadillac XLR
typicalSeatingCapacity 5
wheelDrive front-wheel drive (later generations)
rear-wheel drive (early generations)

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Oldsmobile Toronado sharedPlatformWith Cadillac Eldorado
Oldsmobile Toronado competitor Cadillac Eldorado
Buick Riviera competitor Cadillac Eldorado
Cadillac Eldorado Brougham show car relatedTo Cadillac Eldorado
this entity surface form: Cadillac Eldorado Brougham production model
Lincoln Mark series competitor Cadillac Eldorado
Chuck Berry Cadillac model Cadillac Eldorado
Cadillac Coupe DeVille successor Cadillac Eldorado
this entity surface form: Cadillac Eldorado (for personal luxury coupe role)
Cadillac Coupe DeVille relatedModel Cadillac Eldorado
Cadillac Eldorado predecessor Cadillac Eldorado self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cadillac Series 62 Eldorado
GM E-body usedForModel Cadillac Eldorado
GM E-body usedByModelGeneration Cadillac Eldorado
this entity surface form: 1967–1970 Cadillac Eldorado
GM E-body usedByModelGeneration Cadillac Eldorado
this entity surface form: 1971–1978 Cadillac Eldorado
GM E-body usedByModelGeneration Cadillac Eldorado
this entity surface form: 1979–1985 Cadillac Eldorado
GM E-body notableModel Cadillac Eldorado
this entity surface form: 1967 Cadillac Eldorado
Cadillac Allanté predecessor Cadillac Eldorado
this entity surface form: Cadillac Eldorado convertible
4.6 L Northstar V8 usedInModel Cadillac Eldorado
this entity surface form: Cadillac Eldorado ETC
GM K-body (front-wheel-drive) notableModel Cadillac Eldorado
this entity surface form: Cadillac Eldorado (front-wheel-drive, 1980s)
Bill Mitchell notableWork Cadillac Eldorado
this entity surface form: Cadillac Eldorado (late 1960s)
Bill Mitchell designed Cadillac Eldorado
this entity surface form: late-1960s Cadillac Eldorado