Cadillac Calais

Cadillac
Cadillac Calais (1967)
Calais
Production period:	1964-1976
Class :	Upper class
Body versions :	limousine
Engines:	Gasoline engines : 7.7–8.2 liters (142–276 kW)
Length:	5690-5868 mm
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase :	3289-3302 mm
Empty weight :	1989-2260 kg
Previous model	Cadillac Series 62

The Cadillac Calais is a model built from 1964 to 1976 by the US car manufacturer General Motors under the Cadillac brand .

Model history

For model year 1965, the Calais replaced the previous Cadillac entry-level model Series 62 . Above the Calais, the Cadillac range included the DeVille models on the same wheelbase but with more equipment, as well as the Cadillac Sixty Special sedan on a longer wheelbase and the even longer State limousine of the Series 75 .

With the model change in 1965, the Cadillac models were given a conventional ladder frame instead of the X-frame that had been used since 1958. When it was launched, the Calais was available as a two-door hardtop coupé and as a four-door sedan with or without B-pillars . The drive was taken over by a seven-liter V8 and a three-speed automatic called Turbo-Hydramatic. The equipment of the Calais was a little less lavish than in the case of the more expensive DeVille, which it undercut by around 360 dollars, but was very extensive for the time and ranged from servo brakes to internally adjustable exterior rearview mirrors to front and rear seat belts. The Calais was available from $ 5059 - a comparable, but much weaker and smaller Mercedes 300 SE cost 8,662 dollars in the USA at the same time.

In 1969 the V8 grew to a displacement of 7.7 liters and the four-door B-pillar sedan was omitted. In 1972, General Motors generally replaced the SAE horsepower specifications that had previously been used by net horsepower; the 7.7 liter was now specified with 223 instead of 375 hp.

In 1974 there was a major facelift , in the course of which the coupé received a completely new roof line with B-pillars. The hardtop sedan now had small side windows in the C-pillars. The 7.7 liter had only 208 hp with four carburettors. From model year 1975 , the 8.2-liter V8 (193 hp), originally from the Eldorado , was installed in all large Cadillac models ; From March 1975 this machine was also available with electronic injection and 218 hp at an extra charge ($ 600).

With the downsizing of the classic Cadillac models for the 1977 model year, the Calais, which had faded into the background in terms of sales over the years in favor of the DeVille, was abandoned.

Overview: production figures and prices

Data Cadillac Calais (1965–1976)
Model year	Displacement (cm³)	Horsepower)	Wheelbase (cm)	Length (cm)	Empty weight kg)	Price (US $)	number of pieces
1965	7031	340	328.9	569	2009	5059-5247	34,211
1966	7031	340	328.9	569.5	1989	4986-5171	28,680
1967	7031	340	328.9	569	2014	5040-5215	21,830
1968	7736	375	328.9	570.8	2070	5315-5491	18,190
1969	7736	375	328.9	571.5	2063	5484-5660	12,425
1970	7736	375	328.9	571.5	2093	5637-5813	9911
1971	7736	375	330.2	573.5	2100	5899-6075	6929
1972	7736	223	330.2	581.7	2103	5771-5938	7775
1973	7736	223	330.2	586.8	2220	5886-6033	8000
1974	7736	208	330.2	586.8	2220	7371-7545	6773
1975	8194	193-218	330.2	586.8	2266	8184-8377	8300
1976	8194	193-218	330.2	586.8	2260	8629-8825	6200

swell

• Sieber, Mary and Buttolph, Ken: Standard Catalog of Cadillac 1903-1990 . Krause Publications, Iola 1991, ISBN 0-87341-174-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Covello, Mike: Standard Catalog of Imported Cars 1946-2002. Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87341-605-8 , p. 533