Cadillac Le Mans

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Le Mans
Presentation year: 1953
Vehicle fair:
Class : Upper class
Body shape : Cabriolet
Engine: Otto engine :
5.4 liters (184 kW)
Length: 4978 mm
Height: 1295 mm
Production model: none

The Cadillac Le Mans was a concept vehicle developed by the Cadillac division of General Motors in 1953. It was named after the Le Mans 24-hour race that Cadillac took part in in 1950. The two-seater sports car with a GRP body was only 1295 mm high up to the upper edge of the windshield frame. This concept vehicle was the first to see a panoramic windshield on Cadillac . The car was powered by a 250 bhp (184 kW) version of the Cadillac V8 engine with 5424 cc. Cadillac only realized this engine performance in series vehicles in 1955. The total length of Le Mans was 4978 mm. Four were built, but never went into series production and it took Cadillac more than 50 years to develop another car with a similar concept, the XLR . One of the four copies of Le Mans was destroyed in a fire; the other three still exist, with one currently in the Cadillac Historical Collection.

Web links

Commons : Cadillac Le Mans  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Photo and history of the Cadillac Le Mans (1953) at Motortrend.com (English)