Cadillac Series 314

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Cadillac Series 314 Custom Touring (1927), $ 3,450
Cadillac Series 314 Custom Touring (1927), $ 3,450
Series 314
Production period: 1925-1927
Class : Upper class
Body versions : Touring car , roadster , limousine , Pullman limousine , coupe , convertible , landaulet
Engines: Petrol engines :
5.2 liters (59 kW)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 3353-3810 mm
Empty weight : 1476-2091 kg
Previous model Cadillac Type V-63
successor Cadillac Series 341

The Cadillac Series 314 is a V8 model built by the US automaker Cadillac from August 1925 to summer 1927 .

Model history

Cadillac 314 (1926) sedan, side view

In August 1925, Cadillac presented the Series 314 with a V8 engine as the successor to the V-63 .

Technically, the 314 was an improved version of its predecessor; The springs on the rear axle, the radiator, the steering (in spring 1926), the valve train (no rocker arm) and the drive of the generator (via belts instead of chains) were changed.

The bodies were also revised; they received longer, curved front fenders, front doors hinged at the front, a modified radiator grille and a one-piece windshield throughout.

The standard series (wheelbase as before 335.3 cm) no longer offered open models, but only 6 different closed two and four-door models; the custom series (368.3 cm wheelbase, 335.3 cm roadster) comprised a dozen different variants. Furthermore, for the first time since 1919, special bodies with an extra-long wheelbase of 381 cm were on offer (hearse and ambulance, plus an armored sedan weighing around 3 tons).

For the 1927 model year, the standard range was expanded to include a two-seater Sport Coupé and a four-door Sport Sedan. As part of the custom series, not only factory bodies were offered (the number of which was now 13, after a Dual Cowl Phaeton was added, among other things), but also a large number of superstructures supplied by well-known bodybuilders. From Fleetwood, no fewer than 15 different bodies in the list (starting at $ 4,775); The three bodies offered by Brunn and the Town Cabriolet with Willoughby body were in similarly high price regions.

In September 1927 the 314 was replaced by the Cadillac Series 341 ; by then, a total of 50,619 of the Series 314 had come off the production line.

Data Cadillac Series 314 (1925-1927)
model Displacement (cm³) Horsepower) Wheelbase (cm) Length (cm) Empty weight kg) Price (US $) number of pieces
1925 5155 80 335.3-381 not known 1476-2091 2995-4485 50,619 (incl. 1926)
1926 5155 80 335.3-381 not known 1860-2091 2995-5750 50,619 (incl. 1925)

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  • Mary Sieber, Ken Buttolph: Standard Catalog of Cadillac 1903-1990 . Krause Publications, Iola 1991, ISBN 0-87341-174-9 , pp. 195-197.