# What is the best Cadillac of all time?

> 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.

*By YPB Team · Published October 2, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-cadillac-of-all-time*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

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

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