Cadillac El Camino

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El Camino
Presentation year: 1954
Vehicle fair: GM-Motorama
Class : Sports car
Body shape : Coupé , roadster
Production model: none

The Cadillac El Camino was a concept vehicle that the Cadillac division of General Motors presented at GM-Motorama in 1954. The name is derived from the Spanish name El Camino Real (German: Königsweg), a road known as Highway 101 in the United States .

The two-door, two-seater coupé was painted in silver gray and had monstrous tail fins , as they were not only to be seen on Cadillac production models in the following years. The sides of the vehicle were decorated with spear-shaped edges, one running from the front wheel arch to the doors, the other starting at the door and ending at the rear. The front of the car featured twin headlights for the first time on Cadillac, and the chrome-plated, rocket-shaped bumper horns with rubber caps attached to the tips were just as monstrous as the tail fins. The flat roof structure was made of stainless steel and closed at the front and back with a panoramic pane.

A roadster, the Cadillac La Espada , with the same applications was placed alongside the coupé . This Spanish name means sword in German . The car was painted in Apollo gold (a creamy white with a slight gold metallic touch). It was equipped with individual seats and a center console. There was also the lever for opening and closing the plastic top. A large warning sign was attached underneath, instructing the driver not to move the convertible top while driving. The inside mirror was mounted on the dashboard.

Both vehicles were never produced in series, but many styling details, such as the enormous tail fins and the spear-shaped edges on the vehicle sides, were found in the Eldorado Brougham series model from 1955. The rubber-reinforced bumper horns in rocket shape and double headlights were only realized in the Cadillac models from 1957/1958.

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