1969 Cadillac - GM Heritage Center

1968-1902 CADILLAC MILE STONES-Continued
Model
Year
Total
Production
1955 140,778
(11 months)
1954 96.680
(3 months)
1953 109,657
1952 90,715
(11 months)
1951 110,340
1950 103,357
1949 92,554
1948 52,706
(9 months)
1947 61,926
194S 29,194
1945
1944
1943
1942 16,511
1941
1940
(Production halted
February, 1942)
66,130
37,162
Type of Cars
Produced
V-8 "55-62"
V-8 "55-60"
V-8 "55-75"
V-8 "54-62"
V-3 "54-60"
V-8"54-75"
V-8 "53-62"
V-8 "53-60"
V-8 "53-75"
V-8 "52-62"
V-8 "52-60"
V-8 "52-75"
V-8 "51-62"
V-8 "51-60"
V-8 "51-75"
V-8 "50-61"
V-8 "50-62"
V-8 "50-60"
V-8 "50-75"
V-8 "49-61"
V-8 "49-62"
V-8"49-60S"
V-8 "49-75"
V-8 "48-61"
V-8 "48-62"
V-8 "46-60S"
V-8 "48-75"
V-8 "47-61"
V-8 "47-62"
V-8 "47-60S"
V-8 "47-75"
V-8 "46-61"
V-8 "46-62"
V-8 "46-60S"
V-8 "46-75"
V-8 ••42-61"
V-8 •42-62"
V-8 •42-63"
V-8 "42-60S"
V-8 •42-67"
V-8 "42-75"
V-8 "41-61"
V-8 "41-62"
V-8 "41-63"
V-8 "41 -60S"
V-8 "41-67"
V-8 "41-75"
V-8 "40-50"
V-8 "40-52"
V-8 "40-62"
V-8 "40-8QS"
V-8 "40-72"
V-8 "40-75"
V-1S "40-30"
List Price
(Typical Car)
$3,976.70*
4,728.32*
6,136.78 1
3,932.70"
4.883.32'
5,874.78'
3,666.26*
4,304.88*
5,604.34*
3,636*
4,270"
5,361*
3,315*
3.892*
4,887'
2,866*
3,234"
3,797*
4,770'
2,893*
3,050*
3,828*
4,750*
2,647*
2,781*
3,506*
4,471"
2,324*
2,523*
3,195*
4,471*
2,176*
2,359"
3,099*
4,298"
1,647"
1,754"
1,882"
2,435*
2,896*
3,306*
1,445*
1,495*
1.695"
2,195"
2.595*
2,995"
1,320*
1,440*
1,745"
2,090*
2,670»
2,995*
5,140"
Wheelbasa
129"
133"
149%"
129"
133"
149%"
126"
130"
147"
126"
130"
147"
126"
130"
147"
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126"
130"
147"
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126"
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126"
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136"
126"
129"
133"
136"
126"
129"
133"
136"
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129"
126"
133"
139"
136"
126"
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139"
136"
123"
123"
129"
127"
138"
141"
141"
Milestones
Cadillac establishes new production and sales records by
building and selling over 140,000 motor cars in 11 months.
Cadillac is First to provide Power Steering as standard
equipment on its entire line of cars.
Cadillac offers highest horsepower engine ever used in an
American production motor cat.
Cadillac celebrates its Golden Anniversary.
'Manufacturer's suggested ratai! price at Detroit: does riot include optional equipment or state and local taxes.
Cadillac moves into defense production of tanks in Cleveland
without interruption of automobile production.
Cadillac production exceeds 100,000 cars for the first time
in its history.
Cadillac's 1 millionth car produced November 25, 1949.
Cadillac presented its greatest engineering achievement in
45 years—the new, compact, better performing, more e •
nomical, valve-overhead, V-type, eight-cylinder engine ior
all 1949 Cadillacs.
Postwar production reaches over 90% of prewar peak.
Cadillac increases fine-car leadership with over 96,000
unfilled orders.
Presentation of the 1946 Cadillacs, using the battleproved
Cadillac V-type engine and Hydra-Matic transmission,
the only automotive units of this kind to be produced
and improved without interruption during the war.
Continued production of the world-famous M-24 light tank
for distinguished use in European and Pacific theaters. Introduction
of the M -19, a potent anti-aircraft gun motor carriage.
Cadillac produced the M-24, one of the world's fastest and
most maneuverable combat vehicles of its kind. This famous
light tank, which served on all battlefronts, was powered by
Cadillac V-type engines and Cadillac Hydra-Matic transmissions.
Cadillac-built light tanks and motor carriages contributed
measurably to the struggle for victory and peace. Precision
aircraft engine parts made by Cadillac helped power
America's leading combat planes, Army-Navy "E" award to
Cadillac for excellence in production of war equipment.
Presentation of the Fortieth Anniversary Cadillacs. Introduction
of sealed, ribbed Super-Safe Brakes and All-Weather
Ventilation System.
First to introduce to the medium price field a motor car of
unquestioned prestige without a compromise in quality.
First high price cor to offer Hydra-Matic, the completely
automatic transmission that eliminates the clutch pedal and
all gear shifting. Cadillac outsold all makes of cars in both
the medium and high price groups.
First .o offar custom car interiors at medium price. Firet
to equip passenger cars with Ball Bearing Steering. First to
introduce an ultramodern, large, luxurious motor car—the
Cadillac Fleetwood 72. During first six months, 1939,
Cadillac outsold all makes combined with series having 5
touring sedans priced at or above ¢1,300.
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