For the 1948 model. Cadillac
introduced the
which set
the
trend in automotive
styling for nearly
two
decades.
This
was followed
by
the
1949
model with
the
rwo door
hardiop
Coupe
DeVilIe
and
the
modern
overhead valve,
high co-pression
V8
engine.
Engineering
innervations,
con-
veniences and styling dotninated
the
'50s
and
'60s.
Cruise
controli auto-
matic climate control,
tiit
and
telescoping steering wheels, twilight
sentinel and four door hard tops
all
debuted
in
these
years. In
1957
the
Eldorado Brougham featured
ad-
vances such as air suspension, mem-
ory
seat,
automatic electric
d.oor
locks, transistor radio,
a
brushed
stainless steel
roof
and low profile
tires.
introduced in
1953,
was redesigned
for
t967
as
the
first front wheel drive personal
lux-
ury
car. The
472
cu. in.
V8
engine
used-
in
all Cadillacs
in
1968
and
1969
was
enlarged to
500
cu.
in.
for
all
1970
Eldorados.
An
Air
Cushion Restraint
Sys-
tem (airbag) was available for 1974,
1975 and
1976
Cadillacs.
Analog Electronic Fu.el Injec-
tion was available, on
1975
Cadillacs
and was standard on the new inter-
national size 1976 Sevifle. In
1978,
the Trip Computer option incor-
.
porated an on-board microprocessor.
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