Cadillac Orleans

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Orleans
Presentation year:	1953
Vehicle fair:
Class :	Upper class
Body shape :	limousine
Engine:	Otto engine : ?? Liters (154 kW)
Production model:	none

The Cadillac Orleans was a concept car that the Cadillac -Division of General Motors developed for the automotive exhibition 1,953th It was the first four-door hardtop . With a hardtop there are no B-pillars like most contemporary production models. The Orleans was powered by a V8 engine with an output of 210 bhp (154 kW) and was never mass-produced. The innovations in this design were not used until 1956 in the Sedan DeVille . The car also had suicide doors , a panoramic windshield , air conditioning and various security features. The doors could only be opened when the automatic selector lever was in the "N" position. Another luxury detail was an inverter with a transformer and a normal household socket , which made it possible to use normal electrical devices in the car. A razor , make-up case and mirror were stored in a shelf in the back of the car .

Web links

• The (New) Cadillac Database: Dream Cars on Cadillac Chassis (1952-1953) , car-nection.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Photo of a Cadillac Orleans (1953) ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.