’ Cadillac,

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A total 47,000 Cadillacs year in the $6,000
were Sold in 1927, the same Price bracket.

- $9,000

‘Between 1931 and 1937
Cadillac produced 8, 12 and

yearthe La. Salle, a less” 16-cylinder models in a wide
expensive campanion make, A custom body, however, - Yange of! body styles.
. was introduced. The. could cost as much as
previous year, General | $15,000. _ * Qne catalogue featured
Motors had acquired. oo . ' eleven’ styles on the V-8
The car was joined in 1931:

Fleetwood . Body Cor-
poration, ‘primarily to build by 2n equally impressive ohv
custom bodies for the 368 ci V-12, effectively.
and the basic Stealing the limelight from
model was extensively several other multi-

‘chassis, twenty-one on the
V-12, and thirty on the V-16;
a total of: sixty-two from
stock alone.

restyled in 1928. cylindered engines _ being Improvements over these
readied for production, and ‘ years were numerous, in-
Synchromesh  tran- blocking the rise of other ¢luding power brakes (1931),
_smission, a world first, had luxury cars: the Lincoln, -rside control (1932), and
its debut with the 1929 Auburn, and Pierce-Arrow. independent front.
hich also featured General Motrs. incurred a suspension (circa 1938).
hrofiitim plating and safety deficit by producing . the During this time the V-16
They ranged from which, by thattime, was being gradually de-
$3, "295 to $4 995. it could afford. | : emphasized; a 1934
_ Catalogue advised that only

After four years Losses were offset by the

consumers’ support of their
lower-priced lines, and the
Cadillac’s prestige, which
they rightly felt would .
benefit all company makes.

development, 1930 saw the
introduction of the ohv V-
16, with 452 ci and 185 bhp.
This car sold for four seasons
at an ayerage rate of 500 a

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ndustry:

four hundred would be
produced that year. .

1938 Cadillacs had a
standard column shift, a year
ahead of other General
Motors products. That year,
the V-16 was modified by
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«-It was replaced by an L-
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