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What is the best Cadillac of all time?

By YPB Team

Tailfins taller than a child, a supercharged manual sedan, an electric flagship and the rebadged Chevy everyone wants to forget. A century of one Detroit badge.

  1. 1959 Eldorado Biarritz — ranked #11
    1959 Eldorado Biarritz
    The convertible with the tallest tailfins Detroit ever built.
    1000pts
  2. Allanté — ranked #22
    Allanté
    The 1987 two-seat roadster with bodies flown from Italy on 747s.
    733pts
  3. XLR — ranked #33
    XLR
    The 2004 hardtop roadster built alongside the Corvette.
    622pts
  4. Series 62 — ranked #44
    Series 62
    The 1948 model that introduced Cadillac's first tailfins.
    466pts
  5. Coupe de Ville — ranked #55
    Coupe de Ville
    The 1949 hardtop coupe whose name became shorthand for a Cadillac.
    466pts
  6. Eldorado Brougham — ranked #66
    Eldorado Brougham
    The hand-built 1957 hardtop with a stainless roof, priced above a Rolls-Royce.
    466pts
  7. Escalade — ranked #77
    Escalade
    The full-size SUV launched in 1999 that made Cadillac cool again.
    363pts
  8. 1967 Eldorado — ranked #88
    1967 Eldorado
    The front-wheel-drive personal luxury coupe with knife-edge styling.
    363pts
  9. CTS-V — ranked #99
    CTS-V
    The supercharged sport sedan that lapped the Nürburgring faster than its German rivals.
    363pts
  10. Lyriq — ranked #1010
    Lyriq
    Cadillac's first electric SUV, on sale from 2023.
    363pts
  11. Seville — ranked #1111
    Seville
    The 1975 compact luxury sedan built to fight Mercedes, later with a bustle-back trunk.
    363pts
  12. Cimarron — ranked #1212
    Cimarron
    The 1982 rebadged Chevrolet Cavalier, often called Cadillac's low point.
    363pts
  13. V-16 — ranked #1313
    V-16
    The 1930 sixteen-cylinder flagship built to outclass every rival of the Depression era.
    0pts
  14. Fleetwood Sixty Special — ranked #1414
    Fleetwood Sixty Special
    The long, low sedan Elvis bought in 1955 and painted pink for his mother.
    0pts
  15. CT5-V Blackwing — ranked #1515
    CT5-V Blackwing
    The 668-horsepower manual sedan sold as the last great V8 Cadillac.
    0pts
  16. Celestiq — ranked #1616
    Celestiq
    The hand-built electric flagship priced at about $340,000.
    0pts

Comments 1

Sixteen Cadillacs, from the 1930 V-16 to the electric Lyriq, and the Cimarron is in the field too: https://youpick.best/articles/cadillac-ranked-many-ways

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