Cadillac Pt. 2: Tailfins to Track Monsters - Past Gas #259

Past Gas by Donut Media

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Automotive, Leisure, Comedy, History

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🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 63 minutes

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0:00.0	This week on past gas we're talking about Cadillac part two. This is not the good years we're talking about.
0:06.4	We are talking about Hailfins too nowadays. So there are a bunch of different eras, the land yacht era of the 70s, the crazy long ones, and then
0:14.9	there's some years where they don't really hit the mark and then they find their stride again,
0:19.2	but it's with an unusual car that they don't usually make. What is that car? We'll find out this week
0:25.0	on Cadillac Part 2. Let's get into it. During the first three quarters of the
0:30.4	20th century Cadillac was the luxury vehicle of choice for presidents and movie stars.
0:36.0	These landyots were celebrated in pop songs by iconic artists like Aretha Franklin,
0:41.3	Bruce Springsteen, and the Clash.
0:43.6	But by the mid-90s, Cadillac was in a sad state.
0:47.3	Cars had lost half their market share, and it wasn't even clear whether General Motors
0:51.1	should continue making it. Today I'm past Gas, what force has nearly killed America's premiere
0:56.0	Auto Markie?
0:58.0	How did it bounce back?
0:59.0	And what does the future hold for Caddies and their daddy?
1:02.0	It's the history of Cadillac part do. Let's go! We'll be right back after these messages.
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